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There, on the other side, we could see his wife and son waving and crying.

His youngest daughter had died the previous year.

I am unashamed to admit that I cried. I cry to this very day when I reflect and

as I am telling you this story.

My lesson that day was that you never know; you just never know. Freedom
can be snatched away in a moment. After talking with Charles and gaining a

better perspective of what the Berlin Wall represented, I decided to re-enlist
and do my share for the cause of freedom.

I hope I contributed in some small way. I feel it was the right thing to do, for
all the right reasons.