My college sweetheart a Vietnam war pilot disappeared 55 years ago on my annual flight to his memorial a voice from the cockpit said my name

took me to Thomas, now elderly and seriously ill. The young soldier I remembered had returned from captivity in 1973, fallen in love with his nurse, and married her after she became pregnant. He admitted he had chosen silence out of shame and fear of disrupting his new life. Worse, he had told his parents that I knew he was alive and wanted no contact.continue reading …