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When you were 19 (1st OT post) Vietnam
Posted on 8/18/17 at 2:45 am
Posted on 8/18/17 at 2:45 am
Everything going on is so bad. Until you read these. My father gave me these scrapbooks when I turned 21
This post was edited on 8/18/17 at 3:20 am
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Posted on 8/18/17 at 2:49 am to LSUEngineEar
You're a failure
Posted on 8/18/17 at 3:31 am to LSUEngineEar
Cool pics, OP
Posted on 8/18/17 at 5:19 am to LSUEngineEar
Very cool stuff man. Thanks for sharing.
Posted on 8/18/17 at 6:19 am to LSUEngineEar
cool stuff 
Posted on 8/18/17 at 6:21 am to LSUEngineEar
Someone is skipping leg day perpetually
Posted on 8/18/17 at 6:21 am to LSUEngineEar
Looks like you skip leg day early and often.
Posted on 8/18/17 at 6:42 am to LSUEngineEar
Nice pics.
Thanks to all who served.
Thanks to all who served.
Posted on 8/18/17 at 6:44 am to LSUEngineEar
Those are really great. I watched the nightly reports on tv, but for some reason your pictures make it seem much more "personal."
I cant imagine the fear there was creeping through that jungle, just trying to stay alive so you can go home again. When you think about it, most of these guys were kids!
I cant imagine the fear there was creeping through that jungle, just trying to stay alive so you can go home again. When you think about it, most of these guys were kids!
Posted on 8/18/17 at 6:52 am to LSUEngineEar
quote:Good stuff
LSUEngineEar
Posted on 8/18/17 at 7:28 am to LSUEngineEar
Last night at a business dinner in a restaurant here in Nashville, the 4 of us were fortunate to have a 92 yr. old WWII vet come in and dine at the table next to us. He's wearing his vet ball cap and he's with his daughter (legit OT 7.5-8). We wanted to pay for their meal but someone had beat us, so we offered him a fine dessert cordial (he chose 18 yr Glenlivet and later after he learned it was us getting it for him jokingly said he should've got the Louis the 13th 
) and was treated to 45 mins of conversation with him. Okinowa, Guam, Tokyo. Wow! A wonderful soul with so much life led and more to come. It was a great, great moment in our blessed lives to hear him speak and to honor his service with the little we did. These guys are special.
Eta: I apologize. I forgot to even thank you for posting your pictures here which are really cool! You should be honored! Thanks for bringing this out this morning.
) and was treated to 45 mins of conversation with him. Okinowa, Guam, Tokyo. Wow! A wonderful soul with so much life led and more to come. It was a great, great moment in our blessed lives to hear him speak and to honor his service with the little we did. These guys are special. Eta: I apologize. I forgot to even thank you for posting your pictures here which are really cool! You should be honored! Thanks for bringing this out this morning.
This post was edited on 8/18/17 at 7:51 am
Posted on 8/18/17 at 8:01 am to LSUEngineEar
Sorry your dad couldn't get in to college
Posted on 8/18/17 at 8:28 am to LSUEngineEar
The last 2 lines of that poem gave me chills. Really cool stuff, thanks for sharing.
Posted on 8/18/17 at 9:01 am to LSUEngineEar
In WW2, the age of the average soldier was 26.
In Vietnam, it was nineteen. Na na na nineteen.
Nineteen. Na na na Nineteen.
In Vietnam, it was nineteen. Na na na nineteen.
Nineteen. Na na na Nineteen.
This post was edited on 8/18/17 at 9:07 pm
Posted on 8/18/17 at 9:21 am to LSUEngineEar
If your Dad is still around, shake his hand and thank him for me.
Posted on 8/18/17 at 9:22 am to LSUEngineEar
Na Na Na Nineteen, Na Na Nineteen...
Posted on 8/18/17 at 9:38 am to LSUEngineEar
Thanks for that OP.
My dad and all my uncles that served in WWII are gone. They had a tough time talking about it and no pictures. I salute your dad and all who served.
To the haters. You truly live sorry little lives.
My dad and all my uncles that served in WWII are gone. They had a tough time talking about it and no pictures. I salute your dad and all who served.
To the haters. You truly live sorry little lives.
Posted on 8/18/17 at 8:15 pm to LSUEngineEar
My dad was there too (66-67) in the 1st Cavalry. I have a shitload of pictures just like in the OP, as well as a bunch of letters he wrote home to his mom.
'Nam fricked with my dad's head pretty hard and he never got over it, really. He without a doubt had PTSD, but back then it wasn't treated and no one talked about it.
I think a lot of it had to do with the fact that most of the guys were so young when they got in country compared to today. You're taking guys straight from HS who have never been out of their hometown and throwing them into a meat grinder in the jungle.
'Nam fricked with my dad's head pretty hard and he never got over it, really. He without a doubt had PTSD, but back then it wasn't treated and no one talked about it.
I think a lot of it had to do with the fact that most of the guys were so young when they got in country compared to today. You're taking guys straight from HS who have never been out of their hometown and throwing them into a meat grinder in the jungle.
Posted on 8/18/17 at 8:22 pm to LSUEngineEar
Thanks....is your Dad still alive?? There is only about a third of us still living out of about 3 Million.
Is he a member of VVA???
Go Navy
Is he a member of VVA???
Go Navy
Posted on 8/18/17 at 8:26 pm to LSUEngineEar
Look through some old photos; I adored you in every one of those.
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