I found a good book in my house. The title of the book is "You Don't Know War" which was written by Allen Nelson. Do you guys and ladies know him? I didn't know him until I read this book. He was a soldier of the States, and went to Vietnam War, and killed Vietnamese there. He survived the war, and went back to his home. Long time later, he started to tell people the truths of wars in various places, and he did some lectures at schools in Japan too. Then I felt that I wanted to take his lecture some day. Do you think that KGU has a chance to make an appointment for his lecture? I really hope KGU has it.
Allen Nelson wrote that the people who are the best at asking questions are young children like elementary school students or even younger kids because they are just honest in what they want to know. At the very first time when Allen Nelson's friend who was a teacher then asked him to talk about his experience in the war to her students, he was going to tell her students just the facts of wars. He didn't want to express what he did in the war to the children, so he tried not to mention his own experience, but after he finished his telling, there was a questioning time, and a little girl asked him if he killed people in the Vietnam War. Nelson wrote that when he looked at her eyes, he thought that he couldn't lie. Then for his first time, he told what he did in Vietnam to people honestly. When he said "Y-e-s", all the children hug him, and everyone there were crying together. This part of his book moved me to tears. He had a difficult time struggling to forget the war, but the children's hearts made him realize that telling facts was the way he should have faced instead. Since then, he has told his own experience to people in various places to let them realize how cruel wars are, and how important the world with no wars is.
There is another good part of this book which introduces the moment Nelson found a humanity of him again during the war. He wrote that during the war, he didn't think of Vietnamese as human beings, and he forgot that he was a human being himself. One day, when Nelson went into a bunker, he met a Vietnamese girl who was just having a baby at that time there. He wrote that he was confused, and didn't know what he could do to help her because in the army, they didn't tell soldiers how to help people, they just told soldiers how to kill. After the event, he backed to himself, then he started to help Vietnamese people without telling other soldiers. He even stole medicine from the army to give Vietnamese people. I learned from this part that during a war, people can't be sane at all, that's why people can do cruel things to other people. I thought that it was very sad that Nelson couldn't have a humanity until he faced the biirth of life, but everytime, people regret killing after wars are over which is even worse. Wars are cruel themselves, but wars also make people insane and cruel too. I think that such things should not happen in the world or our children's world.
In his book, there are more parts which I want to tell. Every single his explanation made me think about wars so deeply. Also, I found that there was no adjectives which fully describe wars. Cruel, terrible, bad, insane, awful... thoses words don't even sound enough. Wars make people desperate not only during wars but also after wars over. Allen Nelson overcame his physical and mental sickness after he survived the war, and he decided to tell the truths of wars so that he gives people chances to think about wars, and realize how cruel wars are. After I read his book, I noticed that I think about wars more than before, and that's what people need to do not forget how essential peace is.
Allen Nelson wrote that the people who are the best at asking questions are young children like elementary school students or even younger kids because they are just honest in what they want to know. At the very first time when Allen Nelson's friend who was a teacher then asked him to talk about his experience in the war to her students, he was going to tell her students just the facts of wars. He didn't want to express what he did in the war to the children, so he tried not to mention his own experience, but after he finished his telling, there was a questioning time, and a little girl asked him if he killed people in the Vietnam War. Nelson wrote that when he looked at her eyes, he thought that he couldn't lie. Then for his first time, he told what he did in Vietnam to people honestly. When he said "Y-e-s", all the children hug him, and everyone there were crying together. This part of his book moved me to tears. He had a difficult time struggling to forget the war, but the children's hearts made him realize that telling facts was the way he should have faced instead. Since then, he has told his own experience to people in various places to let them realize how cruel wars are, and how important the world with no wars is.
There is another good part of this book which introduces the moment Nelson found a humanity of him again during the war. He wrote that during the war, he didn't think of Vietnamese as human beings, and he forgot that he was a human being himself. One day, when Nelson went into a bunker, he met a Vietnamese girl who was just having a baby at that time there. He wrote that he was confused, and didn't know what he could do to help her because in the army, they didn't tell soldiers how to help people, they just told soldiers how to kill. After the event, he backed to himself, then he started to help Vietnamese people without telling other soldiers. He even stole medicine from the army to give Vietnamese people. I learned from this part that during a war, people can't be sane at all, that's why people can do cruel things to other people. I thought that it was very sad that Nelson couldn't have a humanity until he faced the biirth of life, but everytime, people regret killing after wars are over which is even worse. Wars are cruel themselves, but wars also make people insane and cruel too. I think that such things should not happen in the world or our children's world.
In his book, there are more parts which I want to tell. Every single his explanation made me think about wars so deeply. Also, I found that there was no adjectives which fully describe wars. Cruel, terrible, bad, insane, awful... thoses words don't even sound enough. Wars make people desperate not only during wars but also after wars over. Allen Nelson overcame his physical and mental sickness after he survived the war, and he decided to tell the truths of wars so that he gives people chances to think about wars, and realize how cruel wars are. After I read his book, I noticed that I think about wars more than before, and that's what people need to do not forget how essential peace is.
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