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Date: Mon, 12 Oct 1998 16:24:33 -0700
From: "Atkinson, Charles" 
To: "'inkpot@webvisions.com.sg'" 
Subject: On deserving rescue

You mentioned Private Ryan growing old with a great insecurity about
whether he had "earned" his rescue.  But I think the admonishment that
caused that insecurity was directed as much at us as at Private Ryan,
and I think if there is anything to be gained from the losses our
forefathers suffered at Normandy, it is in a nagging insecurity we may
have over whether we have "earned" the lease on freedom they bought for
us.  Maudlin sentimentalism?  Maybe for some.



				

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