He was just an 18 year old kid. National Honor Society. D.A.R.E award. Bronze Star with a V and a Purple Heart.
Lotta water under the bridge since that day and government, as good as it was back then, has only gotten better and better.
Kennedy. Lyndon. McNamara. I'm having a drink in honor of the honorable dead. These other folks can kiss my cat.
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Blackfork, I mourn the loss of your brother and my other 58,194 brothers whose names are also on our "Wall." As a Charlie Model gunship pilot in the 129th AHC, I had the privilege of often providing fire support for the "grunts" of the 173rd and was very familiar with the Bon Son area. May they all rest in peace. flurme
I met you after his death, and find it hard to imagine that the man/boy I've heard so much/so little about would be 60. 60. A prayer for you and your mom from me. Namaste, mi compadre.
Sorry about your brother. I too lost many brothers-in-arms in that war. A little different to be sure, but heartbracking enough anyway.
glass raised in honor
Yeah, I can raise a glass for all those that went, served, died or didn't, it wasn't a nice country to come back to as I recall, but it was the only one I had -- still is and is still going the wrong way inside the beltway. Do all the lovely people live in fly over country? I believe so.
It wasn't nice to come back to if you wore the uniform. I too offer sympathy on the loss of your brother there. Sad part is we left before the job was done and really wasted all those lives. I will never trust a Democrat to do the right thing. Or for that matter anything.
May you live well and prosper.
I lost my favourite cousin PFC C.S. Bryant, May 1968, several kilometers south west of DaNang. 1 Marine Division as I recall. His funeral was the first I remembered going to. I was 5.
To this day, I have some brass I policed up from the salute, and I cry like a baby when I hear taps.
I hope our country will someday see the honour of our warriors, and appreciate their sacrifice for our freedom.
Good memories, thanks for the reminder.
Semper Fi Steve....de...StxRynn
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