</font><font color="blue" class="small">( Antietam was a surreal trip, we were not prepared for the emotional feeling learning that the day we went was actually the date the battle took place in 9/17/1862. I can't explain the sense I got knowing that just over 23,000 soldiers were killed/missing there that day. It was an overwhelming feeling! )</font>
I know the feeling, Michael! Whenever I traveled overseas I visited battle sites where my fellow Marines fought and died. Never failed to bring a tear to my eye. I just think of all those youngsters who never had a chance to find love, raise families, grow old and wise. The level of sacrifice is incredible.
Semper fi, Pete