"Tearjerker."

You said it. *quality

Boosting this quality contribution up in the Hot Listing - declared quality by RedSky.

boom head shot.

Oh wow. I don't think I've cried so hard in a long time. Amazing video, truly.

I had to stop as the tears were welling...or as I tell my girlfriend when we're watching a sad movie "I had popcorn in my eyes"

What a great man to return and ask for forgiveness. Honorable and respectable.

those last few frames was him saluting, i presume, her fathers grave. Honorable indeed.

Damnit now *I* need a kleenex

War.

Damn good post. War sucks, but the people that fight it don't have to. Kudos to this man for his exemplifying honor, and to this woman for forgiveness.

*group hug*

Wtf. Surely you killed my father prepare to die would be more entertaining.

Dead is dead, just because the killer returns the photo of your father (who he killed, let's not forget that) doesn't make it better.

I'm not necessarily anti-war - or should we say, anti-politics/corporate-gain - but in this particular case, wouldn't re-opening a wound she'd presumably closed, and moved on from count as being excessively cruel? I'm not a psychiatrist either. Would this give her the same closure he's been seeking for, what, 33 years?

^ they did a study on ww2 veterans that showed that most never shot to kill. they would either shoot blindly or at legs. it takes a sociopath to kill someone and not feel anything, even if it is war. He killed him, it's war, and I doubt he wanted to. It's what your survival instinct moves you to do, as does this sense of "pride" to defend your country. Very different then murder in my opinion.

BRB, there is something in my eye.

Touching indeed although im not gonna upvote because it might get too much publicity and then become a hollywood movie.

Reminds me of the anniversary of Pearl Harbor where they brought the surviving US and Japanese veterans together. I wish I could remember where I saw it... on the History Channel, I think.

When the two sides first come face to face, one of the Japanese pilots says to one of the American sailors (and unfortunately I have to paraphrase here), "I am sorry for bombing your ship."

The American replied, "You have nothing to be sorry for. We were soldiers and we were just doing our duty."

It was really amazing to watch them come together.

Beautiful. *sniff*

@westy: HAHAHA wtf dude, you're a dick, but that was good.

I suspect that with a different soundtrack the emotional impact would have been much less.

Also, the firing rate for American soldiers was much improved from WWII by Vietnam, the military was aware of the problem and soldiers were trained to overcome it. I think it was around 75-80%.

The capacity of the Vietnamese to forgive and move on is truly awe-inspiring.

Great sift.

Fuck war, and fuck everyone who has ever started one.

Shes probably crying because she wants to kill him, but knows she can't get away with it like he did.

I was just thinking to myself before i watched this: "There is no way the american media will make this will be more interesting than it is manipulative." Well, i dont know much, but it aint all that hard to know the folks who frame (and profit from) these kinds of stories.

>> ^miaoux:
Wtf. Surely you killed my father prepare to die would be more entertaining.
Dead is dead, just because the killer returns the photo of your father (who he killed, let's not forget that) doesn't make it better.
I'm not necessarily anti-war - or should we say, anti-politics/corporate-gain - but in this particular case, wouldn't re-opening a wound she'd presumably closed, and moved on from count as being excessively cruel? I'm not a psychiatrist either. Would this give her the same closure he's been seeking for, what, 33 years?


Actually it does make it better. It just happens I've spoke with several councilors and psychologists about this issue. I'm the curious sort.

It is worse if the person has been killed and the daughter has the impression that the killer doesn't care... doesn't think of that person or action at all. In fact this is exactly what the daughter probably thought before being contacted. The man carried the photo around for decades. Obviously the event is something that he places importance on and was greatly affected. This adds great weight to the apology and lets the daughter know this was important to this man.

Closure... it's not just for movies.

Wow I was surprised she showed emotion - from what I've seen usually people from war torn countries like that have long cried themselves dry.

Epic.

>> ^kymbos:
The capacity of the Vietnamese to forgive and move on is truly awe-inspiring.
Great sift.


Lets not go assuming the entire Vietnamese population has forgiven American and its soldiers for what they did.

Go to Hanoi and walk around the streets: keep an eye open and you'll see a few cold stares.

War, who would have thought that the other guy had a family right?

Generates so many mixed emotions.
Powerful

Holy shit. That pulls at the heart strings. Great post.

Man, I wish this weren't *dead.

I can't remember if this was the same video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mXZ0DxhuT5Y

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