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Memories of war

With the traveling memorial to fallen soldiers in town this week, we asked readers if they had memories of Vietnam they’d like to share.

Check out the emotional responses on the editor’s Web log:

http://fallingwithstyle.freedomblogging.com/

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The player of the week, honored for leaving a Web site comment that enlightens, inspires or just captures our interest, goes to ...

... Cloviscraig, a regular contributor.

We liked his thoughts related to the 2007 homicide of Emmett Salisbury, who police said may have been killed because of alleged ties to illegal drugs.

“If Mr Salisbury was dealing, then he deserved to be arrested and given his day in court. Not murdered,” Cloviscraig wrote.

Here’s a link to the story with other comments:

http://www.cnjonline.com/news/police_26681___article.html/shooting_believe.html