The Vietnam Story

[houstonscott]

Houstonscott,I already told you what I served in.Maybe you forget.So how many tours did you do in Nam? You seem to have some kind of hang up about serving 1 yr tours in Nam and how we are complainers.Again how many did you do...russ

I just want people to understand the much bigger sacrifice today's military member is making without notice.

 

[Rock knocker]

You still haven't answered my question about Giap's book. Are you claiming that he said NV almost surrendered because that is what your actually read in his book? Or are you repeating unverified third, fourth and fifth hand information regarding Giap's statements that you in fact read on the fake-news web. I'm pretty sure the latter is the case, cause that is a lot easier and more inflamatory.

 

[6thgpSF]

houstonscott ,I think you are a wannabe poser. Anybody that was KIA ,WIA etc. in ANY WAR will always have my RESPECT !!! You and the other wannabes that WISH SO MUCH TO BE A COMBAT VET. are the problem w/this country.This country made a huge mistake when it did not reinstate the draft after 911. The men and women w/ multiple tours will have the same problems the vet from any other war had, This country used them up and will spit them out the same way as they did the war vet from other wars.I wish you would have served w/me in NAM,I would of put you on point or strapped a prc25 on your back to see what you are really made of. In closing I won't say because it would probably get me kicked me off this forum.enough said....russ

 

[/pine]

...I wish you would have served w/me in NAM,I would of put you on point or strapped a prc25 on your back to see what you are really made of...

Sorry fella but this does not sound like any combat vet I have ever known and I have known many...it comes across as some phony dialog out of some tacky movie script...
The guys that were really in the trenches (so to speak) generally have to be coerced into talking about their service...it's the phonies/wannabees that run their yappers...

 

[gfreshour]

I gave up talking or arguing about Vietnam. Having said that, I will join the line of folks waiting for their turn to piss on Jane's grave. 38 months of my life trying to do something I later found out my country really didn't believe in. I have never been one to advocate digging up LBJs grave and hanging him, but I would relish reading the story.

 

[RichM752]

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I don't want to be kicked off the site.
have a nice day
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[TomSeller]

Having said that, I will join the line of folks waiting for their turn to piss on Jane's grave.

A good long piss I hope. She deserves very drop.

 

[turnkey4099]

I have watched many Burns documentaries. It's my opinion that some of them have a somewhat liberal bias.

I was in OCS when the Vietnam war was winding down, too late to be sent there. I served with many Vietnam vets during my time on active duty. They were generally not treated so well by the civilian population. When I came off active duty in mid December 1978, being a vet was an impediment to getting a civilian job, IMO. Sad. The Reagan years ended all that nonsense.

I served (AF) 1955 - 1975. missed all the wars, Korea (onlsy ine a few months before the official end) and all the others. Always on the oppossite side of the world from them except the ?1967? Israeli-Arab 7 day war. Was in Turkey for that.

1968 the army came around offering a greast deal for a few AF specialties. Resign AF, sign up Army as a Warrant Officer and we'll teach you to fly helicopters. I almost bit on it until my physical disability kicked in. The yellow streak up my back.

 

[Creamer]

My hat is off to any vet that has served on foreign soil and their families. There are vast differences between the experiences now and the experiences of past wars due to the differences in how they are fought and the communication. I think of all those that went into WWII and were sent off and their families did not hear anything except by exceptionally slow snail mail or the news. How difficult it was to live and worry. Those serving typically saw less days of actual fighting but they when it was on it had to be terrifying. Now it is much easier to move weapons and troops so they are in harm's way much more often and their loved ones back home know a lot more of what is going on. I am not sure any of it is better or worse but neither is anything close to going to work everyday and going home.

One Iraq vet I work with was laughing at people who were stressing out because they couldn't handle the pressures of work. He said "all you can do is what you can do what is there to stress about. I will tell you what stress is - it is kicking in a door and not knowing if it is wired or not and doing it 30 times in a day." Kind of put it in perspective for me.

 

[oldballs]

Another good story .... I saw an interview of a WWII combat vet. The interviewer asked if being in combat affected him mentally as the years went by. He said that ......"Yes it did. Now, everyday is a good day, because nobody is trying to kill me".

Let's just say that I did my time which I am proud of but never faced combat. May God Bless All Our Troops, whatever their job. As to the Burns documentary........it's probably mostly accurate, but probably tainted by its economic/political sponsor.

Cheers,
Mike