The medals are still displayed below an Army photo of Roger Jr. on the wall of the family bungalow in Richfield. The photo is fading. The memories are not.
With young soldiers dying in another distant war today, the echoes of 1970 can seem as fresh and as painful as ever.
"I think people worry that Iraq will turn out the same as Vietnam," says Luella. "It seems such a waste. You can't print what I think about it."
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