Mr. Cole, I’ve been thinking about this piece ever since you published it. I’ve read it four, maybe five times, and each time it pierced me even deeper. You invited feedback, and feelings too and I thought of Leon Bass. It took a bit to find, but this recording, less than 4 minutes long, answers far better than I can, for as he says:

“I Saw The Walking Dead”

http://historymatters.gmu.edu/d/142/

"Never forget" is far more than words. Just as Bass saw them, they saw him - and none of them could forget.