IKE
Well-known Member
- Location
- Oklahoma....U.S.A.
To all the Vietnam veterans and especially those men and women who gave their lives while serving for this great country........You are Not Forgotten !
Vietnam Veterans Day.
- Thread starter IKE
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squatting dog
We don't have as far to go, as we've already been
- Location
- Arkansas, and also Florida
squatting dog
We don't have as far to go, as we've already been
- Location
- Arkansas, and also Florida
Nathan
Well-known Member
- Location
- High Desert- Calif.
I had forgotten about it, until my friend at the gym who's the VFW post commander's wife wished me "Happy Vietnam Veterans day". That was nice.
hearlady
Ready for Spring!
- Location
- N Carolina
Thank you to all that served!
David777
Senior Member
- Location
- Silicon Valley
Served in the USAF to avoid being a grunt with an M16 wading through leech, mosquito, and snake infested Mekong Delta swamps. But was stationed within the Pacific theater, but never in Viet Nam or any active war zone. Some of my childhood friends never came back and I'm forever scarred in other ways.
Llynn
Non-ranked Constituent
- Location
- Pacific NorthWET
I was in Vietnam waters enough to get combat pay for a few months. Went to the memorial while on a business trip to DC many years later. Couple of friends names were on there.
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squatting dog
We don't have as far to go, as we've already been
- Location
- Arkansas, and also Florida
After all this time, I still can't bring myself to go to the wall. Too painful.Been to the wall...saddened me.
Sassycakes
SF VIP
- Location
- Pennsylvania
God Bless all the Viet Nam Veterans every day. My Husband before we got married but were dating went into the Navy during the Viet Nam war. He was rejected by the Army so he tried joining the Navy and they accepted him.I lost friends during that war.
squatting dog
We don't have as far to go, as we've already been
- Location
- Arkansas, and also Florida
Ride the pale horse... and death followed.
Don M.
SF VIP
- Location
- central Missouri
I spent 1967 stationed on the USAF base at Takhli, Thailand....servicing the electronics on F105's. Hearing the news about what the Army and Marines were going through made me glad that I was in the AF.
Remy
Well-known Member
- Location
- California, USA
There was a segment on the local news with a gathering of veterans. Some said they had a really hard time returning home. It could not have been easy.
squatting dog
We don't have as far to go, as we've already been
- Location
- Arkansas, and also Florida
let's not forget there were american civilians involved in the vietnam conflict...
http://www.usmm.org/vietnam.html
http://www.usmm.org/vietnam.html
Skyking
Member
- Location
- Mid-west USA
I am a Vietnam 'era' veteran and a retired vet. I was in pilot training when it ended. I wanted to go and see history being made. But since then I have changed my mind. I read the post above giving facts about the wall, the age of the kids who died, and it sickens me when I think of the uselessness of it all. What a waste and not of their making. The ultimate sacrifice was given and to what end? Society and life went on without them. They were all heroes and I am proud of them, but is a name on a wall enough for a life given? Save your anger at me. Try and understand, this is just one old man's opinion. I was one of you and on your side. I'm just glad I'm not on that wall because it's just not enough. God bless them all.
Michael Z
Senior Member
- Location
- Northern Wisconsin
You would be a sitting duck on that boat!
Sassycakes
SF VIP
- Location
- Pennsylvania
My future husband at the time was refused by the army so he joined the Navy. They accepted him and fortunately, he never went to Viet Nam.
Many years later When my son was in Kindergarten I volunteered at his school his teacher's last name was the same as the boy I went to school with. I asked Her if he was her son. She teared up and said yes. Then she told me he died in the Viet Nam war. Then I cried.
Many years later When my son was in Kindergarten I volunteered at his school his teacher's last name was the same as the boy I went to school with. I asked Her if he was her son. She teared up and said yes. Then she told me he died in the Viet Nam war. Then I cried.
ElCastor
Senior Member
- Location
- Northern CA
I spent most of three years of the war in a carrier in the South China Sea. After 5 years my time was up and I returned to the States. Exposed to civilian reporting I came to realize what a damnable mistake that war was.
john19485
Member
I spent a little time there, when my wife, and I were married it was the happiest I have ever been, just to wake up next to her and see her face ment everything to me, to see her teaching the the kids, or nursing some child's wounds gave me a warm feeling inside, when she was killed my world came to an end, not a day go by that I don't think of Kim.
Your wife was Vietnamese @john19485?