The Army Son

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Posted by: " * Vinay * " vinayspandey

Fri Aug 1, 2008 5:30 pm (PDT)

 

- Story With Moral - Worth Reading -

 

The Army Son

Author Unknown

 

The Creightons were very proud of their son, Frank. When he went to

college, naturally they missed him; but he wrote and they looked

forward to his letters and saw him on weekends. Then Frank was drafted

into the army.

 

After he had been in the army about five months, he received his call

to go to Vietnam. Of course, the parents' anxiety for his first letter

was greater than ever before. And ever week they heard from him and

were thankful for his well-being. Then one week went by without a

letter ~ two weeks ~ and finally three. At the end of the third week a

telegram came, saying, " We regret to inform you that you son has been

missing for three weeks and is presumed to have been killed inaction

while fighting for his country. "

 

The parents were shocked and grieved. They tried to accept the

situation and go on living, but it was tragically lonesome without Frank.

 

About three weeks later, however, the phone rang. When Mrs. Creighton

answered it, a voice on the other end said, " Mother, it's Frank. they

found me, and I'm going to be all right. I'm in the United States and

I'm coming home soon. "

 

Mrs. Creighton was overjoyed, with tears running down her cheeks she

sobbed, " Oh, that's wonderful! That's just wonderful, Frank. "

 

There was silence for a moment, and then Frank said, " Mother I want to

ask you something that is important to me. While I have been here, I

have met a lot of wonderful people and I've really become close

friends with some. There is one fellow I would like to bring home with

me to meet you and Dad. And I would like to know if it would be all

right if he could stay and live with us, because he has no place to go. "

 

His mother assured him it would be all right.

 

Then Frank said, " You see, he wasn't' as lucky as some; he was injured

in battle. He was hit by a blast and his face is all disfigured. He

lost his leg, and his right hand is missing. So you see, he feels

uneasy about how others will accept him. "

 

Frank's mother stopped to think a minute. She began to wonder how

things would work out, and what people in town would think of someone

like that. She said, " Sure frank, you bring him home for a visit, that

is. We would love to meet him and have him stay for a while; but about

him staying with us permanently, well, we'll have to think about

that. " There was silence for a minute, and then Frank said, " Okay,

Mother, " and hung up.

 

A week went by without any word from Frank, and then a telegram

arrived " We regret to inform you that your son has taken his life. We

would like you to come and identify the body. "

 

Their wonderful son was gone. The horror stricken parents could only

ask themselves, " Why had he done this? " When they walked into the room

to identify the body of their son, they found a young man with a

disfigured face, one leg missing, and his right hand gone.