"It took me quite awhile to believe the incredible circumstances which had just transpired.  Without any guidance from me and with no personal knowledge of the location themselves, the family had chosen to pull off the road to consecrate Dam's remains at the exact point, where I had marched my troops 39 years ago to climb the ridgeline, where I encountered and killed Dam.  The totality of this scared me.  So much so, that I waited until the next day to tell everyone.  I wanted time to relive it in my own mind and be sure about the memories.  I had forgotten about the details of landing in the valley and marching up the road, until I saw the concrete facing of the hillside, and spotted that same tree we had used as a guide us so many years ago.  It had to be Dam's spirit leading our thoughts.  There simply is no other way to account for such an incredible coincidence."  (From Homer's journal during his trip to Vietnam on the road to return Dam's remains to his family.)