Power of the Pen 1-17-08

Power of the Pen 1-17-08

Written by Peter Macdonald 465 Packers falls rd Lee NH 03824 603-659-6217

U.S. Military Veterans are a token thought of the 89% of the U.S. citizens that never served. How many disabled Veterans do you pass on the street every day and do not even know it? How many Veterans do you pass on the street every day and have no idea if the silent memories that haunt these hero’s is effecting their every movement ? We (the Veteran) as a child gave something to the U.S. that you that have never been there can conceive. We gave our innocents, we gave our childhood, we gave our lives to see that the existence of the United States continued. If a token thought is all you can muster, we are proud to receive it.

I talk about the discrimination that the State of New Hampshire has inflicted on me. I received three injuries while serving. Two came during separate combat support missions. The percentage of each when added, totals 120%. I survived eight convoys as an American Advisor. As a child I killed with a bayonet. Last year the VA told me that I may suffer from PTSD. I have relive every day my first kill at the most inopportune times since I came home. The NH Veterans task force members tell me real veterans do not talk about what happen in country. The NH government has tortured me. Separated me from others. Taken my VA medical. The Lee and Dover NH police refuse to allow me to file a complaint against a U.S. congresswoman from NH that files false police complaints against me. The NH State police harass my family at work and home. This discrimination against Veteran’s is not just in NH. It is across the U.S. happening to many Veterans. I talk about what NH is doing to me because it is so outrageous.

I have said many times that I came back alive and that I should not have. I have devoted my life since my return in 1974 to volunteer helping others. I continue this with out hesitation until I die. My memories of duty long hours in no where land waiting to die when the offensive starts. The memory of others under me being destroyed and I continued the mission with out feelings because that was my orders. The lives on both sides of the fence that my actions have effected warrants the criminal actions of the NH Government has bestowed on me. My mission or goal is to see that no other Veteran is discriminated against or taken as a token thought as the State of New Hampshire has done to me and my family. This is not a hate full letter. I am proud to be a United States citizen. God Bless you all

Peter Macdonald Sgt USMC