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Posted: 4/16/2017 6:53:10 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Snake_driver:
Hmmmm, 60 Klicks to Loc Ninh is pretty deep into indian territory!  Were you North or West of there???50 years ago is a long time to remember, we spent a lot of time up there, my last trip was Sept of 68 |
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Posted: 4/16/2017 7:14:25 PM EDT
[Last Edit: Snake_driver]
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Denner:
We were right up on the border, we tried to plot an arty and they no, can't shoot there. It might be less than 60 clicks , 50 years ago is a long time to remember, we spent a lot of time up there, my last trip was Sept of 68 Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Denner:
Originally Posted By Snake_driver:
Hmmmm, 60 Klicks to Loc Ninh is pretty deep into indian territory! Were you North or West of there???50 years ago is a long time to remember, we spent a lot of time up there, my last trip was Sept of 68 |
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Posted: 4/16/2017 7:29:55 PM EDT
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That was a nasty area, I hated going there, we lost the Division Commander, General Ware and his command group on Sept 13th, 1968 when his helicopter was shot down. They turned us toward the crash site and we ran into part of an NVA regiment going the same way, we lost 6 KIA and 7 WIA stopped the NVA, but never made it to the crash site, B company did and found no survivors. That was my last trip , I went home soon after that, place still haunts me.
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Posted: 4/16/2017 7:45:23 PM EDT
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Denner, thank you for sharing those stories. I can't imagine being left behind so far outside the wire. Holy shit.
Welcome home, sir. 
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Posted: 4/17/2017 8:34:51 AM EDT
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Have not been on here for some time and just saw the newsletter and opened the Nam thread. I did a tour with the Herd 67/68 B 1/503.
Guess I have to dig out some 50 year old pics, Damn I'm getting old. 
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Posted: 4/17/2017 8:40:17 AM EDT
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Thank you to all you Vietnam vets.
jungle fighting just seems scary as all hell. |
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Posted: 4/17/2017 8:47:25 AM EDT
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Glad to see this thread still going.
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Posted: 4/17/2017 9:32:08 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By somedude:
I got a few books that have pics or stories of guys just wearing the cloth helmet cover as improvised hat. Not sure how common that was. |
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Posted: 4/17/2017 10:02:59 AM EDT
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Will ask Dad for some of his pics to post here.
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Posted: 4/19/2017 6:52:39 PM EDT
[Last Edit: somedude]
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By 72coupe:
What you are seeing is probably dew rags not helmet covers. During daylight everyone wore a steel pot and flack jacket but at night different rules. 
1st Lt. Ward Abbett of Englewood and “Leslie,” the spider monkey mascot of his 11th Armored Cavalry unit are picture when he was serving in Loc Ninh, South Vietnam in 1968 
US SF member posing with Sten MK II S 
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Posted: 4/19/2017 9:36:12 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By somedude:
I swear that is what it said, I am trying to find pics. in the meantime a few more I liked. Glad those of you that were there made it back. [SNIP] 1st Lt. Ward Abbett of Englewood and “Leslie,” the spider monkey mascot of his 11th Armored Cavalry unit are picture when he was serving in Loc Ninh, South Vietnam in 1968 https://donmooreswartales.files.wordpress.com/2016/03/img_2559.jpg?w=900 |
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Posted: 4/19/2017 10:27:47 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Snake_driver:
I had pet monkey just like that one shown in the picture. It was our company mascot. He was a real hoot! Actually it isn't a spider monkey, but rather a Stump-tailed Macaque. When I took him up to the Highlands with me, he must have jumped on the wrong hootch-maid, because the Montagnards eat monkeys and he disappeared one day while we were out flying. I hope he gave them indigestion! |
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Posted: 5/13/2017 6:39:54 PM EDT
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not sure if this was posted already. Ran across this story a couple weeks ago and it had good pics. It was from 173rd Airborne trying to hit a sniper at night from their base at Phu Tai.
link if you want more info with most of the same pics. click  Attached File Attached File Attached File Attached File Attached File |
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Posted: 5/13/2017 6:40:59 PM EDT
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Posted: 5/13/2017 7:32:44 PM EDT
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Old school laser light show.
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Posted: 5/28/2017 7:03:02 PM EDT
[Last Edit: MadMardigan]
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 Attached FileIt's been 50 years since this picture was taken after coming out of Khe Sahn, Vietnam. The worst was yet to come for us. RIP - Flipper Seals, Francis Connor, Pineapple Mikaele, Wildman Dickey and Charlie Powell. --From my dads Sergeant |
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Posted: 5/28/2017 7:50:33 PM EDT
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At the range today and there was a family of Vietnamese. They were speaking Vietnamese and shooting pistols but not well. I tried helping them with advise and demonstration but it didn't help. They shot more than 200 rounds at one of those 10 inch sticky targets at 25 yards but only hit it 4 times.
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Posted: 5/28/2017 10:22:51 PM EDT
[Last Edit: somedude]
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few more pics to keep the thread alive.
people sniffer attachment  Attached Filechopped m-14  Attached Fileready for a fight  Attached File |
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Posted: 5/28/2017 10:31:45 PM EDT
[Last Edit: Shagohod]
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I watched the Vietnam in HD series on History Channel for a lot of the day.
Thanks Vietnam vets. In a thankless war people may or may not agree with it but ya'll did what you had to do. Thank you. |
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Posted: 5/28/2017 10:31:46 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By somedude:
chopped m-14 https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/91913/SgtRobertHoward-218725.JPG
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Posted: 5/28/2017 11:18:49 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Snake_driver:
Very familiar with the area. In early April of '72 we fought for several days trying to keep the commies from overrunning the SF Camp at Loc Ninh. The NVA bastards mounted a huge offensive and came charging across the border just above Loc Ninh with several divisions of regulars. The camp was the first stop along QL 13. We were unsuccessful at stopping them and several U.S. advisors lost their lives there as well as two of our guys from my unit. U.S. Air Power finally stopped the NVA onslaught at An Loc, but it took 3-months to finally defeat them. The ARVN's weren't all that much help. |
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Posted: 5/28/2017 11:49:47 PM EDT
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God bless all who served over there, you are not forgotten about in my household and if any of you are ever in my area beers are on me.
It's the least I can do to show my appreciation for all you gave over there. I talked to my old boss today who was in a dust off unit and thanked him, he is one that can still talk about it, and while we worked together I showed him this thread and sent him a link as well there would be a number of times I would stop at his desk and he would be reading it and I was one of the few at work where he would share stories of his time over there. For his retirement gift I found and got him a small repo door of a huey (it was 8x12") and mounted on a wood base and everyone signed it and he loved it and has it displayed now in a place of honor in his house. From what he shared with me he was in the thick of things in some of the worse battles and they would fly in under all sorts of small and heavy arms fire and he would run out and work on the wounded. Again, God bless all of you guys that were over there. 
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Posted: 5/29/2017 10:39:56 AM EDT
[Last Edit: RTUtah]
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By 30calTBLkid:
I can't remember the MSGs name, but the A Team Daddy at Loc Ninh wrote a book called "Tanks In The Wire". Good Lord. There's also a few accounts out there from Plasters notes of guys who were there. Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By 30calTBLkid:
Originally Posted By Snake_driver:
Very familiar with the area. In early April of '72 we fought for several days trying to keep the commies from overrunning the SF Camp at Loc Ninh. The NVA bastards mounted a huge offensive and came charging across the border just above Loc Ninh with several divisions of regulars. The camp was the first stop along QL 13. We were unsuccessful at stopping them and several U.S. advisors lost their lives there as well as two of our guys from my unit. U.S. Air Power finally stopped the NVA onslaught at An Loc, but it took 3-months to finally defeat them. The ARVN's weren't all that much help. Need to check that book out, 30cal. 
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Posted: 5/29/2017 11:20:15 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By RTUtah:
A-team A-244 at Ben Het was nearly overrun on 3 March 1969 by PT-76s but Pattons from the 1/69th knocked 'em out before they could really get close. That camp was ALWAYS getting hit and coming under siege. Need to check that book out, 30cal. https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/af/Destroyed_PT76_tank_at_Ben_Het.jpg The main guy on the ground that we were in contact with at Loc Ninh in '72 was Captain Mark A. Smith, call sign Zippo. He escaped Loc Ninh and survived the war. Here is an interesting account of his side of the battle: Call Sign Zippo - Loc Ninh, 1972 |
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Posted: 5/29/2017 11:34:20 AM EDT
[Last Edit: CrazedCat]
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Ken Burns Finally has gotten to the Vietnam War .
Premieres Sunday September 17, 2017 at 8/7c. In an immersive narrative, Ken Burns and Lynn Novick tell the epic story of the Vietnam War as it has never before been told on film. The Vietnam War features testimony from nearly 100 witnesses, including many Americans who fought in the war and others who opposed it, as well as Vietnamese combatants and civilians from both the winning and losing sides. Linky to info Thursday night the 1st of June on PBS at 9pm their doing a preview of the series |
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Posted: 5/29/2017 11:40:50 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Snake_driver:
The PT-76 was a fast scout tank, but lightly armored. Very easy to attack and kill with a Cobra. The T-54 & 55 main battle tanks required HEAT Rounds to kill. The main guy on the ground that we were in contact with at Loc Ninh in '72 was Captain Mark A. Smith, call sign Zippo. He escaped Loc Ninh and survived the war. Here is an interesting account of his side of the battle: Call Sign Zippo - Loc Ninh, 1972 |
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Posted: 5/29/2017 11:43:07 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Snake_driver:
The PT-76 was a fast scout tank, but lightly armored. Very easy to attack and kill with a Cobra. The T-54 & 55 main battle tanks required HEAT Rounds to kill. The main guy on the ground that we were in contact with at Loc Ninh in '72 was Captain Mark A. Smith, call sign Zippo. He escaped Loc Ninh and survived the war. Here is an interesting account of his side of the battle: Call Sign Zippo - Loc Ninh, 1972 |
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Posted: 5/29/2017 11:43:35 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By CrazedCat:
Ken Burns Finally has gotten to the Vietnam War . Premieres Sunday September 17, 2017 at 8/7c. In an immersive narrative, Ken Burns and Lynn Novick tell the epic story of the Vietnam War as it has never before been told on film. The Vietnam War features testimony from nearly 100 witnesses, including many Americans who fought in the war and others who opposed it, as well as Vietnamese combatants and civilians from both the winning and losing sides. Linky to info Thursday night the 1st of June on PBS at 9pm their doing a preview of the series |
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Posted: 5/29/2017 11:51:49 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By saigamanTX:
Snake did you ever see the bird you flew in Vietnam ever again after you left country? Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By saigamanTX:
Originally Posted By Snake_driver:
The PT-76 was a fast scout tank, but lightly armored. Very easy to attack and kill with a Cobra. The T-54 & 55 main battle tanks required HEAT Rounds to kill. The main guy on the ground that we were in contact with at Loc Ninh in '72 was Captain Mark A. Smith, call sign Zippo. He escaped Loc Ninh and survived the war. Here is an interesting account of his side of the battle: Call Sign Zippo - Loc Ninh, 1972 |
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Posted: 5/29/2017 2:15:05 PM EDT
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Everyone I ever saw on the Dustoff's were Fearless when it came to coming into a Hot LZ to pick up our wounded , was your Boss a Medic on one of the Dustoff's ..
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By MILLERLGT82:
God bless all who served over there, you are not forgotten about in my household and if any of you are ever in my area beers are on me. It's the least I can do to show my appreciation for all you gave over there. I talked to my old boss today who was in a dust off unit and thanked him, he is one that can still talk about it, and while we worked together I showed him this thread and sent him a link as well there would be a number of times I would stop at his desk and he would be reading it and I was one of the few at work where he would share stories of his time over there. For his retirement gift I found and got him a small repo door of a huey (it was 8x12") and mounted on a wood base and everyone signed it and he loved it and has it displayed now in a place of honor in his house. From what he shared with me he was in the thick of things in some of the worse battles and they would fly in under all sorts of small and heavy arms fire and he would run out and work on the wounded. Again, God bless all of you guys that were over there. |
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Posted: 5/29/2017 2:24:09 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By somedude:
https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/91913/uploads-2F2017-2F4-2F26-2Fvietnamfirefight4-7-207818.JPG https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/91913/uploads-2F2017-2F4-2F26-2Fvietnamfirefight4-9-207819.JPG https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/91913/uploads-2F2017-2F4-2F26-2Fvietnamfirefight4-10-207820.JPG https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/91913/uploads-2F2017-2F4-2F26-2Fvietnamfirefight4-11-207821.JPG |
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Posted: 5/29/2017 2:47:53 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By RTUtah:
I don't really count since I wasn't there, BUT while writing a Cholon district bar scene in the sequel to Gentle Propositions yesterday, I listened to Jefferson Airplane's "White Rabbit" and Cream's "Tales of Brave Ulysses". From there, YouTube took me to "When I Was Young" by the Animals, Del Shannon's "Move It On Over", and finally "Shape of Things" by the Yardbirds. Epic inspiration for mentally putting me in a place and time I've never been to before. Timeframe in the story is now early March 1970.  Failed To Load Title |
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Posted: 5/29/2017 3:07:57 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By DanDaVinchi:
I can remember hearing MCR for the 1st time in my flight helmet while flying as a gunner over LZ Sharon/Quang Tri. We would monitor AFVN Radio and Birthcontrol 6 (artillary directive chan) while flying out.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oCHXHVEFwIcQuote HistoryOriginally Posted By DanDaVinchi:
Originally Posted By RTUtah:
I don't really count since I wasn't there, BUT while writing a Cholon district bar scene in the sequel to Gentle Propositions yesterday, I listened to Jefferson Airplane's "White Rabbit" and Cream's "Tales of Brave Ulysses". From there, YouTube took me to "When I Was Young" by the Animals, Del Shannon's "Move It On Over", and finally "Shape of Things" by the Yardbirds. Epic inspiration for mentally putting me in a place and time I've never been to before. Timeframe in the story is now early March 1970. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oCHXHVEFwIc Badass callsign.
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Posted: 5/29/2017 3:12:19 PM EDT
[Last Edit: MILLERLGT82]
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By M10KEN:
Everyone I ever saw on the Dustoff's were Fearless when it came to coming into a Hot LZ to pick up our wounded , was your Boss a Medic on one of the Dustoff's .. He was in the 54th |
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Posted: 5/29/2017 3:16:16 PM EDT
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Badass post
I recently made a post and updated it about a Nam themed Documentary http://www.ar15.com/forums/t_1_5/1996328_.html&page=1&anc=66199271#i66199271 |
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Posted: 5/29/2017 3:26:01 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By RTUtah:
A-team A-244 at Ben Het was nearly overrun on 3 March 1969 by PT-76s but Pattons from the 1/69th knocked 'em out before they could really get close. That camp was ALWAYS getting hit and coming under siege. Need to check that book out, 30cal. https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/af/Destroyed_PT76_tank_at_Ben_Het.jpg book |
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Posted: 5/29/2017 3:31:58 PM EDT
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God bless you all.
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Posted: 5/29/2017 3:47:35 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By 72coupe:
At the range today and there was a family of Vietnamese. They were speaking Vietnamese and shooting pistols but not well. I tried helping them with advise and demonstration but it didn't help. They shot more than 200 rounds at one of those 10 inch sticky targets at 25 yards but only hit it 4 times. It was very weird for me teaching Vietnamese to shoot. |
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Posted: 5/29/2017 3:56:00 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By 30calTBLkid:
I'm dumb. The name of the book is "Team Sgt" by William T Craig book Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By 30calTBLkid:
Originally Posted By RTUtah:
A-team A-244 at Ben Het was nearly overrun on 3 March 1969 by PT-76s but Pattons from the 1/69th knocked 'em out before they could really get close. That camp was ALWAYS getting hit and coming under siege. Need to check that book out, 30cal. https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/af/Destroyed_PT76_tank_at_Ben_Het.jpg book |
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Posted: 5/29/2017 4:01:53 PM EDT
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man,i thank all you vets!you guys got balls!....i gotta ask,was the enemy mainly hidden the bulk of the time?it seems like the old films i see,it shows what looks like guys just kinda shooting into the forest and such?.if thats the case,that would drive me nuts!not being able to see what im shooting at!
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Posted: 5/29/2017 4:54:15 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By hanker71:
man,i thank all you vets!you guys got balls!....i gotta ask,was the enemy mainly hidden the bulk of the time?it seems like the old films i see,it shows what looks like guys just kinda shooting into the forest and such?.if thats the case,that would drive me nuts!not being able to see what im shooting at! |
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Posted: 5/29/2017 5:52:11 PM EDT
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Vietnam Wall Catalogue of Items - National Park Service
"Items Left at The Wall - The Virtual Collection NPS logo Since the Vietnam Veterans Memorial (The Wall) was dedicated in November 1982, more than 400,000 items have been left by visitors as remembrances and tributes. The National Park Service collects, catalogs, and preserves these objects as part of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial collection, with curatorial support from the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund. These are the curatorial records of a small portion of the items that have been left at The Wall over the years, but this is the largest collection of items left at The Wall ever made available to the public. Once the Education Center is funded and constructed, approximately 4,000-6,000 items will be on public display." |
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Posted: 5/30/2017 10:11:44 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By rlltd42:
Vietnam Wall Catalogue of Items - National Park Service "Items Left at The Wall - The Virtual Collection NPS logo Since the Vietnam Veterans Memorial (The Wall) was dedicated in November 1982, more than 400,000 items have been left by visitors as remembrances and tributes. The National Park Service collects, catalogs, and preserves these objects as part of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial collection, with curatorial support from the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund. These are the curatorial records of a small portion of the items that have been left at The Wall over the years, but this is the largest collection of items left at The Wall ever made available to the public. Once the Education Center is funded and constructed, approximately 4,000-6,000 items will be on public display." |
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Posted: 5/30/2017 11:29:01 PM EDT
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I went to see the Traveling Wall when it came to Unionville ,MO several years ago , I stayed about 3 hrs , walking up and down looking at all the Names , and later found the ones that were KIA from my unit , and one name that I had been wondering about for years , there it was on the wall , I then thought how lucky I was to get home alive, to get married , and to have kids of my own , when so many left in those cold black body bags , I made my way back to my PU and started home , several miles down the road I had to pull over because I was blinded by my tears , and could hardly stop them until I got home , there are times when I wish I had never went to see it , it did bring back a lot of great memories and some not so great , looking at the wall also brought back all those smiling faces I remember when we were there ...
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Posted: 5/30/2017 11:44:41 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By jblomenberg16:
Wow that is amazing. I saw it more than 20 years ago and didn't really grasp what it meant until I got a bit older. Reading through some of those hand written letters is both heart wrenching and heart warming. He got up quickly and wiped a tear from his eye and walked away and didn't look back. Other people in my group wanted to pick up or touch the items and one of the teachers in the group was a vet and he yelled at them to show some fucking respect.(some kids were shocked as this was a Catholic school ttrip) You could tell it was a roller coaster of emotions he was going through while we were there and one of the park service Rangers there explained to us about the items left there. It nice to see that they are going to display some of them, but I think the notes shouldn't be in my opinion as they are part of the healing and are personal between the person who wrote them and who they were left for. You are right about the letters Again, you vets are not forgotten in my household and God bless everyone of you |
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Posted: 6/14/2017 11:20:17 AM EDT
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Posted: 6/14/2017 11:31:17 AM EDT
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That's way overdue. |
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Posted: 6/14/2017 2:07:57 PM EDT
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Posted: 6/14/2017 8:10:51 PM EDT
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May 1969 was a pretty rough time for people in the Americal Division. As I remember.
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Posted: 6/15/2017 12:13:53 PM EDT
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It was pretty tuff on alot of GI's if you were in RVN in 69
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By 72coupe:
May 1969 was a pretty rough time for people in the Americal Division. As I remember. |
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