There's no better time than now, because tomorrow is never promised.

It’s important to record these memories and capture these faces and expressions, full of raw emotion NOW. No one else needs to lose that choice.

But, even if they wanted to talk, no one really wanted to listen.

Never before did a war divide the country like Vietnam, it was the dirty little secret no one wanted to discuss but everyone knew about. Upon their homecoming, some veterans found people would either avoid them or avoid bringing up the war. Of course, there are also the veterans who experienced a violent homecoming, fists, spit and other objects hurled at them.

War isn't pretty, nor fair.

Imagine this: receiving a letter at 18, 19, 20-years-old telling you to report for war, undergoing training meant to break you down and build you back into a soldier or Marine who must listen to orders no matter what they are. Sailing or flying thousands of miles to a foreign country where the enemy could be everywhere and you don’t know whom you can trust. That enemy may even use children to carry out missions against you and your countrymen. Getting dropped out of a helicopter in the middle of a firefight. Seeing people die in front of you. Seeing limbs blown off from expertly crafted booby traps. Living in a jungle for 3-4 weeks at a time with nothing but c-rations, hardly sleeping, constantly watching your back and never feeling safe? Most of us can’t even begin to imagine…

This is the opportunity to hear veterans side of the war, not the politicians.

The war’s history is a complicated mess of East vs. West, Capitalism vs. Communism, big egos, American idealism, embedded media, half-truths, all out lies, and so much we may never understand. But this is our chance to understand the point of view of those on the ground, sailing the waters and in the skies.