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Shrapnel in the Heart: Letters and Remembrances from the Vietnam Veterans Memorial is an assortment of letters, poems, and other mementos left at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.In 1986 Laura Palmer researched many of the letters left at the monument and was able to trace many of them back to the very persons who had written them.Laura Palmer then interviewed many of the authors of the letters, and with their permission she created a very powerful and heartbreaking book.
This book contains many actual letters left at the monument, and along with each letter is the story of the fallen hero the letter was addressed to and the person still grieving for them today.Many of the letters were written by mothers and wives, or girlfriends.A number of letters were written by sons and daughters.Men also wrote and left letters, but these letters were usually from other veterans of the war.Fathers seemed to be less frequent in leaving letters for their children.
Shrapnel in the Heart: Letters and Remembrances from the Vietnam Veterans Memorial talks about a war that for many years America has tried to forget.Vietnam was a war that many believe should have never taken place.It destroyed many families when they were told their loved one did not survive.It tore people and lives apart.For the Veterans of the war their homecoming was less than desirable.Many of the Veterans where shunned, if not worse, by people they once considered friends.The Vietnam Veterans Memorial is a place was people go to find peace with the war and with their loss.This book also provides an outlet for many to find some sort of peace in life.It helps people to understand what others have had to go through and it lets them know that they are not alone.
When Ifirst began reading this book I could barely read a page without tearing up.Shrapnel in the Heart is a very emotional book.The more I read the more mixed up my emotions became.I f…