Two Feathers

Thanks , as a ground pounder I got ride with you some.

Lou Salamon Loc: Calabash, nc

Welcome Home, Bob!

I was a corpsman with Hotel Co 2/3/3 '69

cjshh

Amen

George

Two Feathers

FrankR Loc: NYC

To all who were there, my heartfelt thanks and respect. Semper Fi!

chase4 Loc: Punta Corona, California

In respectful memory of those that served in Vietnam, both the ones that did not make it home alive and those that did.
I guess I was one of the lucky ones. HHT 2/17 CAV, 101st Airborne, I CORPS 1969-70. chase

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smiling fox Loc: Baltimore, md

Some bad times for our country.
I am glad you guys got back safe, and mourn our losses. Yes, all of you are heros. Served our country. BRAVO!

They wouldnt let me serve, so my decisions were easy, worked to get you home.

I prob dont have the right to say this, but in a way we were fighting here too, But from the comfort and safety of home.

We couldnt seperate the loyalty, honor, bravery, of our men and women from the washington politic.

Again, BRAVO to you guys. !!!!!.
Happy V.V.DAY. 🖒

Smiling Fox

Nuclear13 Loc: North Lauderdale, Florida

I was one of the lucky ones. I was stationed first at Walter Reed Army Hospital & then 5th Field hospital, Bangkok Thailand. I talked with alot of guys that served in Viet Nam. You guys went thru hell & my heart goes out to you. At Walter Reed there was medic in my barracks that was a consciousness objector. I gave this guy all the credit in the world. He served his country. Another anecdote from Walter Reed. I did x-ray on the graveyard shift. There was this male in the intermediate care unit that I would take his portable chest x-ray every other day but I stopped in every day to shoot the breeze. We'd get downright raunchy all the time. When I got orders for Bangkok I find out he was a two star General. I told the nurse in the unit, "oh boy. There goes my court Marshall". Surprisingly she said to me & I quote, "You're not going to be court Marshalled. He looked forward to you coming in everyday". That was a shocker. Even more shocking was in Bangkok we lived in a hotel & got combat pay. To all my brothers & sisters in uniform in the past & today, GOD bless you all.

mas24 Loc: Southern CA

I was unaware about Vietnam Veterans Day. I generally acknowledge Veterans Day in November. I was in DC in the Spring of 2015 and visited the Vietnam Memorial. It was an experience I'll never forget. Those names upon that wall. All young men and women.

smiling fox Loc: Baltimore, md

And let me add,
Its been many years since i visited the wall, my pic, of the wall, with reflection of the flag and statues, hangs on my wall, ....

I remember the conversations of people there so well. The wall laid out chronologically,
"I dont remember the date he died, around....., his name is here somewhere".
The veterans and park service got cross references out fast to find our lost heros.

And, my high school, just had our 50th reuion, we paused and paid honor to our lost classmates. Yes, our brothers and sisters, too.
Smiling Fox

Pudge Factor Loc: Texas

Welcome Home Ladies and Gentlemen, thank you for your service and may our Heros rest in peace, God Bless
I was USAF in Da Nang '61 same time MAGG troops were in country.

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Went in Feb.8, 1962, to Feb 11, 1965, was E 3 in left as O 3 Lt USN, Nobody ever stopped the RAIN !!! I hate choppers and unlike Kerry I can show you my scars.

chasgroh Loc: Buena Park, CA

Hear Here! ...here's to US! Thanks for the reminder ('cuz I never would've remembered, ijs). Every day I wake up grateful that I'm here and on the correct side of the grass, and thoughtful about those who are not.

robertjerl Loc: Corona, California

Now you have all got me remembering. And being a retired history teacher I have to tell stories.
My brother was ready to go to Canada, but signed as a consciousness objector, signed a contract that he couldn't be sent to Nam (I was there anyway, siblings had to both agree to be in Nam at the same time.), became a medic, went to Korea as a platoon medic patrolling the DMZ. His unit had more casualties than my whole Support Group had during the same period (Tet was in there.)
And guess who stayed in over 23 years? Alternated between Korea, Germany and US bases for training. Even went to UC Berkeley medical school and learned to do battlefield surgery. Was offered the chance to be a Doctor in 18 months and a direct commission as a Captain. Said no, he didn't want to stay in, then stayed for over 23 years anyway.

For you chopper pilots. At Qui Nhon we had a heavy lift crew who had to live with the nickname "Bombers". Their big chopper was coming in with a huey hanging underneath, bucking a heavy wind off the bay making the huey swing wildly. We heard about it on our radios in the Tac Ops Center so several of us grabbed cups of coffee and went out to watch them go over. Then I heard the Colonel say "Oh, Shit!", turned back from the door and watched the huey dropping free. Rotor tie down broke and the rotor started to rotate, fast in that wind. (That was what made the Colonel say "Oh, Shit") When it hit the cables holding the huey one cable snapped, then the other one. The huey landed in the main depot's reefer yard and destroyed a bunch of reefers that had been prepped for a whole shipload of frozen chicken that had just docked. No one was hurt or killed but fires destroyed a bunch of reefers, no where for the chicken to be stored. For about two weeks we had fried chicken, roast chicken, chicken soup etc, three meals a day. And so did every unit in the northern half of Two Corps. Units were not allowed to get any food unless they took chicken also. Before the reefers were all replaced a ship of ice cream arrived, guess what we ate? The Catholic Orphanage refused to take any more ice cream because the children got tired of it.
Units in the field had crates of ice cream in dry ice dropped in their LZs.

Bridges Loc: Memphis, Charleston SC, now Nazareth PA

Thanks for the reminder! Glad I was there, glad to be back!