Fifty years after Hattie Ford's husband was killed in the Vietnam War, she crossed the globe to meet a man who was involved in his death. (April 12, 2019)
Guys, forgiveness isn't something you "gift" someone. Forgiveness is something you do for *yourself* so you can let go and move on. Because she forgave, she was able to have a clearly loving and full life. Now at the end does she sound to you like she has any regrets? My grandfather died from lingering wounds from Pearl Harbor and man, my grandmother hate, hate, HATED the Japanese until the day she died. I always wished she could have forgiven. Anger just holds you to a time and place.
As an American who lost a family member in Vietnam I understand her to a point but just as she forgave her husband’s possible killer I also feel she’s got it in her heart to and hope she has forgiven her country as well. Because when we take an oath we don’t get to choose what war we will serve in or if it’s a “just” war in the eyes of everyone.
soldiers dont really make their own decisions. they have to kill or be killed. men on either side and their families can understand that, so holding grudges forever isnt very rational. a bad memory for you is also a bad memory for the enemy, we cant forget they are also human.
And he killed her husband point blank basically murder he cluld have just let them live thier chopper got shot down and was bjrned they was alpne had no way to go fight the enemy so was nothreat to the vjetnam soilders and coild have just made them pows but instead shot them point blank, I woildnt be able to hold my composure lile sje did
