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Pleiku 6 months, 1 week ago
Thank you Mike. As you mentioned the journey for many has not been always easy. When Vietnam was over we promised to never let another generation of soldiers be forgotten. It is good to see that this has been accomplished.
To my brothers and sisters, Welcome Home. It can never be said enough.
ridikkulus 6 months, 1 week ago
To all of the Nam Vets, if it weren't for the boots you wore, I would have had none to put on. It was an honor to pick up the torch. Welcome home.
We are again becoming polarized. Young people called me "babykiller" when I wore my uniform on the college campus where I was in ROTC. They had never seen war. They had never served. Today, I am mocked for being a "stupid cog in the war machine", or accused of believing in "Blood for Oil". They mock me, saying, "I don't have freedom because of YOU. YOU were pointless. YOU were irrelevant." I was even told once, "I didn't HAVE to join the military, because I'm not STUPID. I was smart enough to get scholarships." Maybe so, but I still chose to serve. I would have happily faced down anyone who stood between those people and their right to say that. I gladly gave up my own right to speak freely for six years, in order to maintain theirs. I would gladly do so again. It is NOWHERE NEAR the disrespect dished out to our Viet Nam vets when they returned. They saw far more horror than I did, knew longer time "in the bush", and I can say I've never actually been spit on. Many can't say that.
Welcome home, all of you. To everyone who has ever said, "Thank you", you are very welcome. It was an honor. To everyone who hasn't ever said "Thank you", or who has said worse things, to ANY vet, you're still welcome. It was still an honor. You can't take that from us.
oldbaldguy 6 months, 1 week ago
when I was a brand new 2d Lieutenant, the NCOs I had around me were all Vietnam vets. Some had served in Korea in combat too. They were some of the best soldiers I ever served with. I learned how to be a soldier from them and how to play poker. They did not give a crap about what people thought about them. I still tell stories about Bill Avery, T.C. Nettles and Bill Garvey. All earned their CIBs, God Bless them.
ridikkulus 6 months, 1 week ago
Thank you, too, oldbaldguy, and God bless your "Battle Buddies"!
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