In the summer of 1984, the war in Vietnam comes home to Sam<br />Hughes, whose father was killed there before she was born:<br /> The soldier-boy in the picture never changed. In a way that made him depeno 1-<br /> ble, But he seemed so innocent.<br /> "Astronauts have been to the moon," she blurted out to the picture. "You<br /> missed Watergate. I was in the second grade"<br /> She stared at the picture, squinting her eyes, as if she expected it to come to life.<br /> But Dwayne had died with his secrets. Emmett was walking around with his.<br /> Anyone who survived Vietnam seemed to regard it as something personal and<br /> embarrassing. Granddad had said they were embarrassed that they lost the war,<br /> but Emmett said they were embarrassed that they were still alive. "1 guess you re<br /> not embarrassed !! she said to the picture