Letter was repulsive

The letter on Monday’s Voices page by Robert W. West from Greers Ferry honestly sickened me. I found it so totally repulsive. He started out saying his letter would probably take some heat for the content, but I had no idea how disgusting he would get in the text he presented.

My father was a war hero in World War II. He piloted a B-29 in the 509th Composite Group that helped end that war. I will never forget a time in my childhood when my family visited my father’s hometown on a family vacation. My aunt—my father’s older sister who I was meeting for the first time— asked me if I understood what a hero my father actually was. Her eyes welled up as she explained how he was little more than a child when he volunteered for military service at 18 years of age. By the time she was through explaining the magnitude of his service, I so proud of my father. My father never bragged about his bravery because he felt it was about the honor of defending our country. He wasn’t shot down or captured, but each time he went into the air, it was a definite possibility for a very young man. His service and bravery were both beyond the comprehension of me or anyone who had never been through it.

My father died in 2015, but he would have written this letter if he were still alive. Mr. West needs to honor John McCain and every other person who served in our military service in times of war and forget the political drama being created over his death by so many who never served and have no deeper message than to belittle a political opponent.

STEVE EASTON Conway