Caring Is Tough To Do


Caring Is Tough To Do

"Caring is easy to say. It's tough to do. It's very easy to say that you're going to care for somebody. But if you want to, if you want to genuinely care for somebody, then you have to open up yourself, and allow yourself to be hit hard, I guess. People have often given me the feedback about myself that they say you know, you're sincere. And I say, yeah, I guess. I guess what's made me sincere is the fact that I had a lot of experiences. I left and enlisted in the Army wanting to have experience. And I wanted to experience life. And life's, life's hit me pretty hard. I've had some experiences. But I think it's those experiences that has made me capable of caring. There were times when life tore a lot of stuff out of me. And I thought I was empty. But it was by caring that I was able to fill back up that emptiness. All the losses that I felt, the hurt. The hurt of Vietnam, and many of the experiences that happened after Vietnam. Pain causes loss. But if you're, if you are committed to wanting to care, and not just in the lip sense of the word, but genuinely care for somebody, you've got to be willing to pay the price. And don't just say, yeah we're soldier medics because we care, without counting the costs. Because there are some tremendous costs that have to be paid, before you can really, really care for somebody. Being a medic, working in that field can provide you with some of the greatest joys, the greatest fulfillment and satisfactions. I've never felt as important, or as significant, as I did being a medic. But I also never felt pain, as saddened, as I did when I was a medic. So the advice that I would give is, if you're going to be a medic, and if you're going to care, be prepared to count the costs. And really, really care. Which means you're going to have to, have to be open to everything. Don't shut yourself off."

http://ameddregiment.amedd.army.mil/moh/bios/beikirchInt.html

Originally shared by Susan Jahn

"@zulufucxs - On April 1, 1970, Gary B. Beikirch was serving as a sergeant with B.Co, 5th SFG, 1st Special Forces when the their camp (Dak Seang) was attacked by an overwhelming NVA force.

Learning that a fellow American soldier was wounded and lying in an exposed position, he ran through heavy fire to rescue the man. He was hit by shrapnel in the process, including one fragment which struck near his spine and partially paralyzed him. For the remainder of the battle, he had his Montagnard assistants carry him from one position to another as he treated the injured. He was wounded in the side while giving mouth-to-mouth resuscitation to a Montagnard fighter and was then shot in the stomach.
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Despite all of his wounds, he continued to provide medical care and fire his weapon from his stretcher until losing consciousness. He was evacuated by helicopter (his balls by boat) and spent six months recovering at Valley Forge Medical Center. For his actions on that day, Sgt. Beikirch was awarded the Medal of Honor."
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