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#613081 03/28/22 12:20 PM
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As a Vet, I wish to thank all those who served and to remember those and their families who made the ultimate sacrifice for us. It's been 24 years since for me, but I won't forget!
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with all due respect to those who served in se asia and elsewhere, i was damn lucky enough to be 2a during the draft...



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Thanks Karl, 20 months there....changed my life:

Elephant patrol, Ban Don A-233, 5th Special Forces Group, January 1967:
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i was not there...that certainly changed my life and gave me a chance to have a long life...

not so, with some of my friends and classmates...an army platoon leader and an army medevac chopper pilot come to mind, when i think of viet nam...i have not forgotten them either...

let us hope that we have finally learned not to pursue wars of culture change...neither foreign nor domestic...

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Ed, you are the time that tries mens' souls! You have sure managed to demean "Vietnam Veterans' Day!"

Culture change? You mean helping a people defend themselves against a million man invading army led by a Red homicidal maniac (aren't they all), who decided the only "nationalist" was a communist and all the others needed to be killed?

Ed, Could I please suggest that you get off the drugs and just shut the flip up about Vietnam. As usual you know diddly. Now go off and flash your peace sign, put flowers in your hair, chant "Hey Hey LBJ How Many Kids Did You Kill Today?" and "Out Now!" and join hands with Jane Fonda at the Canadian border and glory in the great Spring Victory of a totalitarian dictatorship that pushed 2 million people into small boats floating in the South China Sea, herded a million more into reeducation camps for up to 10 years, conducted a genocidal campaign against the Montagnards, and reduced Vietnam to the poorest country in the world for 20 years. Do feel proud of your brave exploits during that period? You shouldn't be. And leave our day, the one dedicated to men who tried, alone. JERK

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I was either in the National Guard (joined as a high school senior in 1962, when my local Guard unit was significantly under strength) and was either in the Guard or working for the CIA during the remainder of the war in SE Asia. I tip my cap to all those who were "in country". This country is in a much better place these days, when Vietnam vets get the respect from their fellow Americans that they always deserved. It was too long in coming.

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Been to the wall and rubbed a few names on it. Powerful. RIP friends, I'll be with you soon enough. Thank you from the bottom of my heart. Jon

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Karl/Argo
a tip of the hat to some of my brothers in arms.
Nuff said. words cant convey.
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Larry,
You are correct. I'm glad that people are starting to understand that. I was shocked when returning through the San Francisco airport to get home, I was spit on by a couple of collage guys passing by me.
That is why I remember this day in particular!
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argo, if only you knew...and you apparently dont...

and i am gratful that i do not know what you know...

got an old movie fur you to watch...


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