Memories Forgotten, Made, Remembered
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Clair Davies (22) is grieving after her Nan passes in her sleep. Now her insane, optimistic, driving force of inspiration who has done everything in her power for Clair is gone, Clair is determined to do one last thing for her Nan, only problem is she doesn't know what. It isn't until she stumbles on some old letters of her Nan's from a soldier that she figures out what.
Al Kellison (76) Australian Vietnam soldier can only remember war and post war, having abstained a head injury four months after his deployment he all is memories. He was found by locals and treated and nursed back to health until an American Mary corps scouted the area and found him. Six months after with rehabilitation and retraining he is redeployed to fight now going by the name Al Kellison. Now 42 years later he is in an retirement home with no family and suffers from PTSD and a constant nagging that he has forgotten something important.
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