Veterans

[william johnson]

as a viet nam vet you are all welcome it was an honor to serve

Originally Posted by william johnson

as a viet nam vet you are all welcome it was an honor to serve

- I have the tracings and locations on the Wall where the names of two of my very best friends from HS are- both KIA in 'Nam. Donny went from 82nd. Airborne in SF and was killed in an ambush. Tony was a door gunner in the Air Cav on a Huey that took a direct hit from a SAM. I can still close my eyes and see them when we graduated in 1960- we all enlisted as we knew we would be drafted sooner or later. I won't get political in this sector, but Bro Romig has the exact co-ordinates- we were sold out by LBJ and that Ford bean counter McNamara. You don't win wars or conflicts by "micro-managing" troops, you win them the way Gen Patton explained in no uncertain terms to his troops and officers--

My two best friends are gone forever- maybe we'll hoist a few in the next life- and 58286 KIA and countless MIA's are the legacy- they died and that traitor Hanoi Jane Fonda is still alive and doing fine I hear. God sure has a strange sense of humor I guess- Semper Fi!!

[Bill Murphy]

I was teary eyed when our President spoke on Memorial Day, 2010. He said, "I am here to honor all of our fallen heroes. I see many of you are here today." I wonder if he made a speech about our Veterans from his location in China or wherever the hell he is today? I'm sure it will also bring tears to my eyes today again. Yup, that was me, 11-1-67 to 10-31-69. Thanks to the rest of you today.