STORY HEX
HEX 168

Remembrance

Kenneth Ortiz Claimed May 23, 2026
Maine, United States of America
Maine · USA
46.428°N·67.926°W
Hex Type
Story
Owner narrative
Hex Number
168
of 220 total
Coordinates
46.43°N 67.93°W
Maine, United States
Claimed
May 23, 2026
by Kenneth Ortiz
Owner's Story

My father served in Vietnam from 1968 to 1970. He never talked about it, not once, not even when I asked directly. He came home, married my mother, started a hardware store in Portland that stayed open until 2003. He died in 2017. The week before he passed he told me, finally, one thing about the war — just one sentence — and I will carry it with me until my own end. This hex is for Dad. Whatever it cost him, he never let it cost us.

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