Never thought of this!

[usabaker]

My Uncle was a military advisor with the 5th Special Forces in the early 60’a then went back for two more tours. I have some pictures that i found of him there. Lost all his hair and more scars then I could count as a child. He never said much about his time there. One has to wonder how a person can survive 3 tours in Vietnam with the SP’s only to be killed by getting hit by a truck on a icy Connecticut road on his way home from my grand uncle Funeral.

[oldpaul]

When I was there the snake was called a krait snake and reportedly gave you three steps instead of two. In any case there is no snake in the world that can kill a person that quickly. The stories are just one of the many myths that seem to arise when you get a bunch of young men together to tell 'there I was' stories. This is not to say that some of these reptiles weren't deadly as without anti-venom many would most certainly kill and I don't remember any anti-venom being supplied. Tom

[Paul S.]

Lost a friend to AO a while back. I think of him often.
Thanks for your service.

There's a high probability that Agent Orange is the cause of the Melanoma I'm currently dealing with. Side effects from the cancer meds nearly (literally) killed me in June.

I did three tours. I know I was in areas that had been sprayed, were actively being sprayed while I was in them, and down stream from sprayed areas. All our drinking water came from rivers and stream in those no bottled water days. And of course, there was also the chemicals used to make the 'water' safe to drink -- not to mention the little orange bomber anti-malaria tablets that gave you the trots.

[CINDERS]

Fate plays a cruel hand sometimes USA.

I've just read an article written by a Dr on affects of certain drugs they gave to our troops no U.S troops, apparently 3000 were given these drugs which were rather nasty in side affects apparently when you signed the dotted line you actively volunteered for everything and could not deny or withdraw from the trial it was a very long read if I can find the article I may post a link. The last one I posted on how our veterans are being treated by our Govt got booted as I was trying to expose no doubt what perhaps happens in the U.S to your vets, one senator alone has called the Department Of Veteran Affairs out and wants a royal commission as we are losing 2 vets a week to suicide whilst the DVA sits on its hands anyway it was just to highlight the ineffective way how young men sent to war to fight for freedom to give us peace come back broken and are left with nothing........

Its not political Doug its murder by other means of men and women abandoned by the powers that be. I will apologise if I have X'ed a line

[HOOKED ON HISTORY]

There's a high probability that Agent Orange is the cause of the Melanoma I'm currently dealing with. Side effects from the cancer meds nearly (literally) killed me in June.

Situation sounds very familiar. My friend and his wife were both battling at the same time she made it he did not. Thanks for your service and I am glad you made it also.
Not sure most of us won't end up in the same boat with all the chemicals I the food , water, pharmacuticals etc...

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Fate plays a cruel hand sometimes USA

Whole post Very well stated and very sad as well.

[Paul S.]

Situation sounds very familiar. My friend and his wife were both battling at the same time she made it he did not. Thanks for your service and I am glad you made it also.
Not sure most of us won't end up in the same boat with all the chemicals I the food , water, pharmacuticals etc...

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Whole post Very well stated and very sad as well.

Not sure most of us won't end up in the same boat with all the chemicals I the food , water, pharmacuticals etc...

We will all end up in Toe Tag City sooner or later. I just prefer later -- a lot later -- than sooner.

[Surpmil]

Read somewhere of a officer who was somehow grabbed by a tiger in India; the tiger had his shoulder near the neck in its jaws and was dragging him along. He happened to be wearing a decent-sized hunting knife or dirk and had the presence of mind to feel along the tiger's underside for the beat of its heart, whereupon he stabbed it with the dirk and it rapidly expired. The wounds left him with a permanent hunch for the rest of his life. He must have been a healthy fellow for the wounds not to have turned septic considering how bites from even domestic cats are inclined to do so. Though perhaps tigers in the wild had better dental hygiene due to a more natural diet - just like humans!?

[HOOKED ON HISTORY]

We will all end up in Toe Tag City sooner or later. I just prefer later -- a lot later -- than sooner.

I prefer later but trust the eventual location will be far superior.

[Surpmil]

I prefer later but trust the eventual location will be far superior.

Reminds me of a story about the famous Canon Scott, chaplain in the CEF. Marching up to the line one day with a battalion someone called out to him, "Padre, where are we going?"
"That depends entirely on how we have lived!" replied the Canon, which led to much laughter, and perhaps some thought.

[old tanker]

It was rumored that tigers in Viet Nam associated gunfire with free food. Between that and the VC, leaving the area after springing an ambush was prudent. Some folks think they are not the only predators to have learned that behavior.