Happy veterans day to my vet friends

[37chief]

US Navy,It was an adventure right off the farm. 64-68 Stan

 

[cumminstinkerer]

Thank you, and you're welcome, Army 98, blew out a knee beyond continuing service

 

[Larry H.]

US Navy,It was an adventure right off the farm. 64-68 Stan

US Navy Uss kitty Hawk 65-69

 

[bmack95hd]

Thanks, US Navy ADJ2, HT8 Milton, FL. ‘71-‘75.

 

[Roger in Iowa]

Thank you. USAF 68 -72 Vietnam 69-70

 

[BlaineM]

Marines 69-71 Vietnam

 

[Bill of TN]

US Army, Dec 75- Feb 79.

 

[Case/Chev]

Navy ......Naval Air Station Ellyson Field Pensacola Florida 1967-1969. Great time for a small town Iowa boy. Another brother on Battleship in Atlantic and third brother on minesweeper in Mekong Delta area all at same time. Our mother said a lot of prayers!!

 

[Rich'sToys]

Army, 1970-72. Okinawa.

 

[Ray,IN]

Thank you all for writing that blank check! For in-country RVN veterans WELCOME HOME!

 

[37chief]

Thanks, US Navy ADJ2, HT8 Milton, FL. ‘71-‘75.

ADR 3 here. Finally passed ADR2, but not enough time left to add the stripe. Stan

 

[the tractior vet]

Thanks U S ARMY 1966-68 , Nam vet collected several of them thar purple hearts . won't get into what i did over there . Made it thru Tet and missed my freedom bird by a day as i was out in the bush somewhere we they said no US forces were . Spent a lot of time across those lines doing things that still come back to me in my sleep. Of the org. team after a year we were down to three of the org group . I left in Mid May and the other to oped for the BONUS if they stayed 90 more days . Last i got a letter back was in the first week of Aug 68 and i have not heard anything since . By the time i out processed that added one more day in country . Then my going home party back at base was great with stakes baked taters and top shelf liquid refreshments . the Co. had it arranged to fly me to Saigon at 8 the next morning and catch a flight out . we partied till 1:30 Am when i went to my Hooch to get some sleep under the influence or AL-KI_HOL big time . Charlie had other ideas of letting me get some sleep and threw in god only knows how many mortar rounds around 2 , out of my bed grabbed my pants boots shirt and weapon and dove into a bunker totally out of my mind with fear . This lasted till 3:30 . Now way i was going back to my hooch and went to the como bunker and layed down behind a stack of new mattresses till 6 then went to the mess hall for my last breakfast with the guys they helped carry my stuff to the chopper and we were off on the hour and a half flight to Saigon . It landed with in fifty yards of the D C 10 setting waiting on me with engines running . Ground crew loaded my stuff and i went up the steps stopping long enough to toss my AK 47 to a E 5 air man along with the 10 mags . Walked on in looking for my seat and all i was was BRASS nothing lower then a Cpt. and i am still in my tiger stripes . I had my summer dress in a plastic cover that i did not put on till after we were in the air . From Saigon to ANCHORAGE non stop as they picked up a strong jet stream and figured they had more then enough fuel to make it with out a stop . And a hour and a half there and back in the air and the next stop was N.J. Fort Dix . 19 hours . Had a few issues at DIX where they kept pushing reuppapers on me . Till i made on phone call to my one uncle who wore two stars and he made a call and now they could not get me off base fast enough . I managed to get a flight out of N/J after some business man gave up his seat for me on the 7 Pm flight to Pittsburgh as he said he would take the 9 o clock so i could get home a little faster . I guess i had changed while over there that my own parents walked by me two times before my younger brother said i think that is him standing there . . No my time in the service was NOT and enjoyable time , it was filled with fear, tarrier , sorrow , days with out sleep , exhaustion , . How many days can you go with out sleep ?? on the move knowing if you stopped you were dead . Being the sucker walking point moving in darkness . The Tet hit end of Jan. 68 . Us stupid Americans believed in the cease fire and they caught us with or knickers down and almost died the first night and more then likely None of you had the experience of house to house street fighting on a over run town . Starting on the second day . Working hit and runs over the lines working in from the back sides of attaches with out small group disrupt there supply lines with hit and run hunt down there chain of command and make it go away . then RUN .

 

[JWA]

US Army, 66-74.

 

[bmack95hd]

Navy ......Naval Air Station Ellyson Field Pensacola Florida 1967-1969. Great time for a small town Iowa boy. Another brother on Battleship in Atlantic and third brother on minesweeper in Mekong Delta area all at same time. Our mother said a lot of prayers!!

Case/Chev, I got to NAS Ellyson Field in late ‘71. Were you also in HT8, if I remember correctly we moved to Whiting Field in ‘72 sometime? HT8 split into HT8 and HT18. Huey’s were 18 and Jet Rangers were 8.

 

[JIM MN]

US Army 1963-1970

 

[SkipperII]

US Army/1st Cavalry Division Airmobile

 

[NIK OWEN]

66-67, 121 ASLT HELO CO., SOC TRANG TIGERS, IN DELTA...1100 HRS HUEY CREW CHIEF/DOOR GUNNER...I WUZ LOST, TILL AGE 46...NIK/TX

 

[Ray,IN]

Thanks U S ARMY 1966-68 , Nam vet collected several of them thar purple hearts . won't get into what i did over there . Made it thru Tet and missed my freedom bird by a day as i was out in the bush somewhere we they said no US forces were . Spent a lot of time across those lines doing things that still come back to me in my sleep. Of the org. team after a year we were down to three of the org group . I left in Mid May and the other to oped for the BONUS if they stayed 90 more days . Last i got a letter back was in the first week of Aug 68 and i have not heard anything since . By the time i out processed that added one more day in country . Then my going home party back at base was great with stakes baked taters and top shelf liquid refreshments . the Co. had it arranged to fly me to Saigon at 8 the next morning and catch a flight out . we partied till 1:30 Am when i went to my Hooch to get some sleep under the influence or AL-KI_HOL big time . Charlie had other ideas of letting me get some sleep and threw in god only knows how many mortar rounds around 2 , out of my bed grabbed my pants boots shirt and weapon and dove into a bunker totally out of my mind with fear . This lasted till 3:30 . Now way i was going back to my hooch and went to the como bunker and layed down behind a stack of new mattresses till 6 then went to the mess hall for my last breakfast with the guys they helped carry my stuff to the chopper and we were off on the hour and a half flight to Saigon . It landed with in fifty yards of the D C 10 setting waiting on me with engines running . Ground crew loaded my stuff and i went up the steps stopping long enough to toss my AK 47 to a E 5 air man along with the 10 mags . Walked on in looking for my seat and all i was was BRASS nothing lower then a Cpt. and i am still in my tiger stripes . I had my summer dress in a plastic cover that i did not put on till after we were in the air . From Saigon to ANCHORAGE non stop as they picked up a strong jet stream and figured they had more then enough fuel to make it with out a stop . And a hour and a half there and back in the air and the next stop was N.J. Fort Dix . 19 hours . Had a few issues at DIX where they kept pushing reuppapers on me . Till i made on phone call to my one uncle who wore two stars and he made a call and now they could not get me off base fast enough . I managed to get a flight out of N/J after some business man gave up his seat for me on the 7 Pm flight to Pittsburgh as he said he would take the 9 o clock so i could get home a little faster . I guess i had changed while over there that my own parents walked by me two times before my younger brother said i think that is him standing there . . No my time in the service was NOT and enjoyable time , it was filled with fear, tarrier , sorrow , days with out sleep , exhaustion , . How many days can you go with out sleep ?? on the move knowing if you stopped you were dead . Being the sucker walking point moving in darkness . The Tet hit end of Jan. 68 . Us stupid Americans believed in the cease fire and they caught us with or knickers down and almost died the first night and more then likely None of you had the experience of house to house street fighting on a over run town . Starting on the second day . Working hit and runs over the lines working in from the back sides of attaches with out small group disrupt there supply lines with hit and run hunt down there chain of command and make it go away . then RUN .

Welcome home brother!!!

 

[dbNga]

Choi oi, dap wah, lade' homi cai (sp)