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In reply to the discussion: For some of us, there's no escape from the Vietnam War [View all]pinboy3niner
(53,339 posts)57. Welcome home, brother
We may have gone back to VN at the same time.
On that visit, I was invited to a coffee plantation at Ban Me Thuot where I had lunch with a group of former ARVNs, VC and NVA--plus one Vietnamese draft dodger. All of the Vietnamese jokingly called him "the monk" because he had hidden out at a Buddhist temple during the war, pretending to be a monk to avoid being grabbed up for military service by all of the factions that were conscripting.
At one point during the lunch I said that I wish we could have been laughing and joking like this back then, instead of killing each other. At that point we were all in tears...
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I don't think any mother gets over the loss of a son or daughter in such a terrible way....
OldDem2012
Feb 2013
#81
My eldest first cousin was killed in 'nam in 1968: his widow still grieves him and I
indepat
Feb 2013
#31
I hope there is a special place in hell for chickenhawk POS's like Nugent. nt
stevenleser
Feb 2013
#9
I've argued over the value of my service with my brother who is also a VN veteran.
HereSince1628
Feb 2013
#30
One of your statements really summarizes quite well my feelings about my service
Victor_c3
Feb 2013
#86
And we had to kill the guy we set up with our money and guns in both circumstances
Ikonoklast
Feb 2013
#100
The response here is overwhelming--and my heart goes out to all those who lost someone
pinboy3niner
Feb 2013
#51