Roosevelt Russell:  

Life I DON'T REALLY KNOW HOW TO BEGIN TALKING ABOUT MYSELF, THOSE PAST OR PRESENT EVENTS THAT CONTRIBUTED TO THE MAKEUP OF MY LIFE, BUT I'LL TRY. FIRST OF ALL AFTER I RETIRED FOR FEDERAL LAWENFORCEMENT(INS), ME AND SCOTT ARE STILL CLOSER THAN BROTHERS AND LIVE NOT TOO FAR FROM ONE ANOTHER. SOME OF MY YESTERDAYS... SINCE I DIDN'T GRADUATE ON TIME I WENT TO SUMMER SCHOOL AT BENNETT HIGH FOR ONE CLASS. THAT WAS OKAY THEY HAD GIRLS THERE WHICH WE DIDN'T HAVE AT SENECA DURING MY DAY AND YOU BETTER BELIEVE I MADE UP FOR THAT DISCREPENCY. I COMPLETED THE ONE COURSE I NEEDED TO GET MY DIPLOMA ANYWAY, SOON THERE AFTER I LEFT FOR THE MARINES. MY 4(FOUR)YEARS ENLISTMENT TURNED INTO 22(TWENTY TWO)YEARS OF SERVICE, I WENT TO VIETNAM SERVING TWO(2) TOURS AS IF I DIDN'T HAVE ENOUGH EXCITEMENT AFTER SERVING ONR(1) TOUR IN THE INFANTRY. I WAS BLESSED I TO NOT GET PHYICALLY WOUNDED, I WAS AND STILL NOT THE SAME BUT I GIVE GOD THE PRAISE FOR KEEPING ME MENTALLY TOGETHER FOR THOSE WHO WENT THE TIME SERVED NEVER LEAVE. I TRUELLY HOPE THAT THOSE GOVERNMENT LEADERS (AND I USE THE TERM SPARINGLY), WHO HAVE OUR CURRENT MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES SERVING IN HARMS WAY TAKE BETTER CARE OF THOSE RETURNING MENTALLY AND PHYSICALLY SCARED,AND DISABLED PROVIDE THE CARE NEEDED FOR THEIR HEALLING AND RECOVERY. THE...Expand for more