Marsha Burks Megehee
You often hear the same response to America's POWs. " I can't do anything. What can one person do?" Surely the act of one person cannot affect us all? Can you-one person-really make a difference? On Veterans Day I will visit the gravesite of my great-great grandfather, veteran of the Battle of New Orleans.
Daniel Burks was only 7 years old when he enlisted with his dad and
brothers at Natchez to fight for his country.
Hand in hand they walked off the ship, pretending to be mother and
son.Her name is lost in history but her heart lives on-making a difference.
Five of Daniel's great grandsons fought in World War II. Making a
difference for freedom.
Dad, was there as a navigator, Army Air Corps- picking up downed crews
in the South Pacific. Making a difference.
I'm writing this today-wishing I could take the hands of our hundreds of
lost little boys who grew up in captivity- America's POW/MIAs - and bring
them home to freedom.
I have often wondered-fate being what it is-if perhaps one of those men
my dad plucked from the South Pacific's rolling waves just might have been
that Special Lady's great grandson.I'd like to believe it came full circle.
It would seem so right.
She cared...she made a difference!
"Take my hand, you are my lost son!"
They all are...make a difference.
