I woke early today from a dream with many faces but few names and realized how glad I am to be alive another Februay 4th.
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I woke early today from a dream with many faces but few names and realized how glad I am to be alive another Februay 4th.
.....:cheers:....
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Agree, but I still remember the names and faces.
Welcome home Brother. :beerchug:
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Be aware, those of us that watched at a distance, are also glad you made it.
We know that all to well, and are very thankful.
Just a bit more comradery with those that trudged through the same dirt.
Thank you guys for your service to this country and thanks to those who served their respective countries as well. Your struggle is the reason the rest of us have less of a struggle. :super:
You guys are bringing back many memories.
Salt tablets, quinine pills, red clay dust, the smells, waiting for rotation. Now the effects of aging are beginning to exact another toll.
Great you guys served and sad you were not given the credit for what you did. My son told me this evening that somewhere in the US they had a "Welcome Home Vietnam Vets" parade today. Apparently the town wanted to show the respect you deserved.
To me it seems like it was yesterday as I was accepted into the USMC (1962) and it all fell apart over my not wanting to give up my Canadian citizenship.... it's a long story. So often I have wondered...what if?
You were brave soldiers doing a job you were sent to do.:thup:
I find myself at my own anniversary, it was 38 years ago today I joined the army. Scary part is, if I hadn't got out, I'd still be in!
Parade.....40 years after.....to late for to many, 10s of thousands if not more dead of old age and pick some disease, for me I don't give a rats rear end anymore. But thanks for the thanks. Yes we were "sent" to do the job the country wanted done then abandened like a unwanted Ba$tard. All the more reason to make sure the same im-moral treatment doesnt happen to the ones that have been and are doing the job they are being sent for "right now".
Regards
FTIII
Some things you can't un-see,,,LOL
Like Sophia in boy on a dolphin
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Hum, off track a little but...... WOW!
My buddy Jerry says he can't eat "ham and MFers" to this day. I just have to laugh but at the same time I sure am appreciative for the sacrifices you all made to "do your duty". :cheers: I toast you.
Ham and lima beans,,yuck before MRE's there were LRRP rations the first freeze dried food in a packet. we had access to these from the SOG/MACV ujnit we shared a compound with. Compared to the C and B rats they were heaven sent. Beef or chicken stew just some hot water and ta-da. I used to get this stuff call shake-a puddin from home just some water and a little ice and you had more friends than you ever knew. Ice was the problem but the CO wold get a mermite chest from the MACV officers club every night for his booze and stick in in the cooler in our mess tent. Depending on who running security we could get under the mess tent flap and have hot water and ice for our little feast. A pot of water was always on a gas stove for the officers to was with after dark. Only got caught once.
No open fires on our boats to cook in. We had WW2 dated rations heated up on the engine manifolds. My favorite desert was the Pecan Cake Roll. My god, what kind of preservatives it must have had being 20 years old and still tasting good. Maybe I can use the Twinkie defense now. :lol:
Seems like a fitting time for my first post. Made it just in time for Tet.. For my buddy Charlie..forever 21.
I have been very fortunate and I wish I knew then what I know now about Carbines and Garands.
Good to hear from you 429er and utmost respect for your service. Good you think of your buddy Charlie.Quote:
Originally Posted by 429er
When i went to see the Wall in DC I stood there looking at it and realized why it was shaped like it is because of the numbers on each pannel by the dates of their passing. I was standing in the deepest part of the wall and I could spread my arms and cover my time '67 and '68 and in that moment I saw in my arms my school mates and my service friends some I had known my whole life and others I would remember the rest of my life by the time I was 21. I have truly been blessed and pray I deserve it by the price they paid for me to have it.
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How about the fruit cake? We'd take an empty cracker tin and punch holes around the side with a "church key", cut out the bottom with a P-38 to be used as a spacer, melt candles in another empty tin, cut the toilet paper in half and set it in the melted wax as a wick. Light it up, set on the spacer, then place your tin of mystery meat or whatever you needed to heat on top and you were in business. Sometimes if there was no wax we'd use Aqua Velva aftershave lotion...what a stink!Quote:
Originally Posted by JimF4M1s
LOL I always wondered if I was eating something that had been dead longer than I had been alive.. :)Quote:
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ROTFLMFAO :rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl:Quote:
Originally Posted by 429er
I missed TET, but was there later.
WELCOME HOME brothers!
absent companions...
It was strange watching them pour big tins of jellied meat into big pots to feed us when it was 110F and 99% humidity. I could not eat the stuff in the heat I just took coolaid and dry foods.
I hated the dreaded Ham and Lima Beans Chopped. Looked like pigs feet to me. But at 18 years old I drank my first Hamm's beer.
Thank you all for your Service!!!
WELCOME HOME!!!