whiteeagle2173 Loc: Corpus Christi, Tx 78408

Being a Vietnam Vet I HAD to go see this. I will probably not get to the one in DC.
It was raining, as it should have been. The tears of the 58,479 that didn't come home.

Jeep in center of wall




Live? Ammo

Judi Loc: Oregon

Thank you for sharing - my brother also served (2 tours) and thankfully survived physically, but his character had changed. War is insane.

angler Loc: StHelens England

Good set,lot of good men lost there.

whiteeagle2173 Loc: Corpus Christi, Tx 78408

Thank you for looking. And thank God your brother came back. I will put "Judi's brother" in my prayers.
Being in the Navy, some of us don't get into the action like your brother probably did. I have just, this past year, getting involved with Veterans issues. I found a Vets website and bot my Vietnam Vet hat. I've had it about 2 months and I kept getting saluted by old men, then I noticed their Vet hat. Old women would come up to me and thank me. I couldn't figure it out, then it hit, and it hit hard.

whiteeagle2173 Loc: Corpus Christi, Tx 78408

Angler, I welcome your response. Thank you.

whiteeagle2173 Loc: Corpus Christi, Tx 78408

I think you might want to go back to it. I noticed I posted more pix after your post.

whiteeagle2173 Loc: Corpus Christi, Tx 78408

Just to remind y'all. I mentioned it cold and raining. I didn't take close ups of the names because I was afraid I would find someone I knew. I would rather consider them all my brothers and sisters.
The camera was new, I really wasn't aware of some settings and I didn't want the cam ruined by the rain.
I have now taken the date off so it don't show on the pix.

canonmac100 Loc: New Jersey

Thanks for your pictures. I saw The Moving Wall when it came through New Jersey in Sept 2004. I just joined VVA..things happened when I came back in '70 so that I didn't talk about it for many years. The VA has changed and are more pro Vietnam vet than ever.
Thank you for your service. And welcome home brother.
Arnie

whiteeagle2173 Loc: Corpus Christi, Tx 78408

Thank you for your service also and welcome home brother.
I like that line, thank you.
I have become much more involved with Veteran issues the past couple of months. Yes, the VA has gotten very good about it. I found VetFriends web site and bought my Vietnam Vet baseball cap and I have been getting thank yous from people I have never known. One old man saluted me and I couldn't figure it out until I remembered seeing his Vietnam Vet baseball cap.
At this website, the VetFriends, I found explanations of Agent Orange. I was diagnosed with Porfyria in 76 and this site listed Porfyria as one disease from AO. I never went to Vietnam, I was in the Navy and never got close to it. But they say you can get infected by someone who had been. It's not a serious diseased more of a nuisance. I guess I should be saying Vietnam Era Vet.
Arnie PMed me about wanting a link to the VetFriends site.
www.VetFriends.com
Hey Arnie this is a shorter link than what I told you.
Hoping you are getting the treatment you need.
Peace forever.
Jimmy

al davis Loc: chesterfield virginia

Always nice to be patriotic and show respect for all vetrans.I have been to the one in DC and it is some thing to see.Also My dad was an officer in korea and vietnam.I went in in 1981 and now my son is a us marine.My other son will graduate this year and has joined the navy.I am very proud to say thank you and to be an american.Thank you for posting.If you would like I am posting my flickr link with some shots of my DC trip with a very good friend of mine.He is also a retired command sargent Major.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/aldavisphotography/

whiteeagle2173 Loc: Corpus Christi, Tx 78408

Thank you Sir. I am so happy that I've posted this thread. I have met several good men that have gone through this. Not just Nam. This is about all wars. I will be very happy to look at your flickr link.
Tell your family this:
Thank you for your service. And welcome home brother.
Jimmy

Ugly Jake Loc: Sub-Rural Vermont

Went to the wall in DC - I wet it some, yes I did.

Tom DePuy Loc: Waxhaw, N.C.

Beautiful......here's some from when the moving was in Indian Trail, North Carolina P.S. hope you didn't mind me posting these , Tom

whiteeagle2173 Loc: Corpus Christi, Tx 78408

Of course I don't mind. In fact, I thank you. These will be views I will never see if it hadn't been for you. Thank you.
Here's something I found from Arnie, here.
Thank you for your service. And welcome home brother.

whiteeagle2173 Loc: Corpus Christi, Tx 78408

I thank you so much for these. The one with the children in it is beautiful also.
Thank you for your service. And welcome home brother.