Somehow the news missed this....
Vietnam Vets day
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Neither missed nor ignored for a change. CBS Evening News at 1830 Eastern had it as their last segment this evening.
388th Tactical Fighter Squadron, Takhli, Thailand 68-69.
Barely noticeable. (Sorry Wayne, I don’t watch network news)
I saw it announced on a VA newsletter with no participating events listed even by VA.
4th Division, II Corps (Central Highlands) Viet Nam 1967-68.
I saw it announced on a VA newsletter with no participating events listed even by VA.
4th Division, II Corps (Central Highlands) Viet Nam 1967-68.
There were a couple ceremonies covered on the local news here as well.
USAF AFCS 72-76 I was lucky, I was sent to the United Kingdom when I completed training.
USAF AFCS 72-76 I was lucky, I was sent to the United Kingdom when I completed training.
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Combat Medic: 173rd Airborne Bde (Sep) Central Highlands 69 - 70.
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Bless all of you. You did what the POTUS asked of you, There is a good Vietnam exhibit at the National Museum of Military Vehicles at Dubois WY.
Nothing going on here either. A slight mention on the local news of about 30 secs.
In 1968 I enlisted in the Army at the age of 19 before my draft # came up. Enlisted for Nike Hercules Missel electronics, internal guidance systems maintenance. No Nikes in South East Asia but plenty in Europe.
Was assigned to Redstone Arsenal @ Huntsville Ala. for 30 weeks of AIT then on to Fort Bliss, Texas for a short three months and then on to Germany for 4 years, Long Story short. finished out my military career of 20 +years in the Biomedical Engineering / Repair and Maintenance field. 1968 to 1991. We all did our part for the Big Green Machine. I have the greatest respect for those that made the trip to South East Asia.
In 1968 I enlisted in the Army at the age of 19 before my draft # came up. Enlisted for Nike Hercules Missel electronics, internal guidance systems maintenance. No Nikes in South East Asia but plenty in Europe.
Was assigned to Redstone Arsenal @ Huntsville Ala. for 30 weeks of AIT then on to Fort Bliss, Texas for a short three months and then on to Germany for 4 years, Long Story short. finished out my military career of 20 +years in the Biomedical Engineering / Repair and Maintenance field. 1968 to 1991. We all did our part for the Big Green Machine. I have the greatest respect for those that made the trip to South East Asia.
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I was in ROTC Airforce about 1968 when the capt brought me into the office and said with my physical disablilities I could never be part of a flight crew,,,,but I could work in supply, etc. So I left ROTC and learned to fly and be an aircraft mechanic and avionics tech....then went to the College of education. My dad's brother got the DFC in WWII and the Airforce cross in Vietnam and dad was a conservative. One day, he took me aside and told me he and mom had been talking and if I was ever drafted, they would be taking me to Canada! Then I found out my draft number was 354 and I just had to go into the pool for one year and I was "safe." While I will always honor those in the military, Mellow wont let me express my feeling about those that sent our people and equipment over there and for what reasons. That was the time I stopped trusting the feral govt.