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re: Louisiana fatal casualties of the Vietnam War
Posted on 2/3/15 at 8:09 am to fishfighter
Posted on 2/3/15 at 8:09 am to fishfighter
What's agent orange?
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Posted on 2/3/15 at 8:09 am to mikelbr
quote:
The Korean War Memorial in DC
That memorial is impressive. It looks as though the guys are moving as you walk around the site.
Posted on 2/3/15 at 8:11 am to Walt OReilly
quote:
agent orange
A defoliant sprayed by our military to expose Charlie's hiding places, and was found out later to be highly carcinogenic.
This post was edited on 2/3/15 at 8:12 am
Posted on 2/3/15 at 8:32 am to Tchefuncte Tiger
quote:
A defoliant sprayed by our military to expose Charlie's hiding places, and was found out later to be highly carcinogenic.
REM's Orange Crush was about it.
REM Orange Crush
Posted on 2/3/15 at 8:34 am to Tchefuncte Tiger
quote:
That memorial is impressive. It looks as though the guys are moving as you walk around the site.
I was admittedly ignorant on the entire conflict when I visited in 2005. Was a chilly November night(went over there after work training in McClean) and it was moving,haunting,humbling all rolled in one. I was very glad to be alone taking it all in that night.
Must visit at night if y'all haven't before.
This post was edited on 2/3/15 at 8:35 am
Posted on 2/3/15 at 8:38 am to ctiger69
I was a kid living on a Marine Base with my family during Vietnam. Dad went over three times. I remember one of my Little League coaches getting killed over there, as well as the son of a neighbor (a Marine Col. whose son was in the Army). The neighbor's son had been one of those older boys who all the local kids looked up to.
I was looking at my dad's "Cruise Book" (a yearbook of sorts) from his first tour of Vietnam, looking at the pictures of 11 men who were killed. It is sad.
I was looking at my dad's "Cruise Book" (a yearbook of sorts) from his first tour of Vietnam, looking at the pictures of 11 men who were killed. It is sad.
Posted on 2/3/15 at 8:41 am to chinhoyang
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Cruise Book
What ship was he on?
Posted on 2/3/15 at 8:41 am to ctiger69
I'm surprised there are only 3 on that list from Caddo parish.
Posted on 2/3/15 at 8:46 am to Spaceman Spiff
quote:The Marines call it a cruise book even though it wasn't a "cruise" - he was flying helicopters out of Danang in 1965.
What ship was he on?
Dad is the short guy (he still plays golf at 91):
Posted on 2/3/15 at 8:55 am to mikelbr
That's actually the Korean War Memorial.
I remember watching the movie "We Were Soldiers" and at the end of it they gave a full list of the men who died there. I was surprised to see a guy from the tiny town I grew up just outside the city limits.
I remember watching the movie "We Were Soldiers" and at the end of it they gave a full list of the men who died there. I was surprised to see a guy from the tiny town I grew up just outside the city limits.
This post was edited on 2/3/15 at 8:57 am
Posted on 2/3/15 at 8:55 am to magildachunks
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I hate this phrase. It implies that their deaths were for a noble cause.
Their lives weren't given, they were taken. And for no good reason
There's a better way to say what you're trying to say here.
Posted on 2/3/15 at 8:56 am to Darth_Vader
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That's actually the Korean War Memorial.
I'ma give you a pass for not reading b/c the thread is about Vietnam. But....
Posted on 2/3/15 at 8:56 am to ctiger69
The Wall in D.C. is a very sobering thing to experience.
Posted on 2/3/15 at 8:56 am to chinhoyang
That is awesome. Have my Dad's cruise book from the New Orleans. Did two tours and spent quite a bit of time over there.
Tell your Dad thanks for his service!
Tell your Dad thanks for his service!
Posted on 2/3/15 at 8:58 am to mikelbr
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I'ma give you a pass for not reading b/c the thread is about Vietnam. But....
I did read. That's why I pointed out he had posted a picture of the Korean War Memorial in a thread about the Vietnam War.
Posted on 2/3/15 at 9:00 am to Darth_Vader
Some people like to complain, eh?
Posted on 2/3/15 at 9:02 am to Spaceman Spiff
Welcome to the OT.
Posted on 2/3/15 at 9:02 am to Darth_Vader
Posted on 2/3/15 at 9:03 am to Darth_Vader
quote:
I did read. That's why I pointed out he had posted a picture of the Korean War Memorial in a thread about the Vietnam War.
Obviously not the part where I mentioned watching the Vietnam in HD series over MLK holiday and THEN go on to mention that the Korean War shocked me more than Vietnam b/c I had no idea of the number of soldiers we lost there. Turd butt.
This post was edited on 2/3/15 at 9:04 am
Posted on 2/3/15 at 9:07 am to Walt OReilly
My 2nd cousin was an M60 gunner for the 101st Airborne during the siege of Firebase Ripcord. Coincidentally, the same battle that Chuck Norris's brother, Wieland, was killed in.
My cousin died in 2006 at the age of 57 from cancer supposedly caused by being in the jungle sprayed with Agent Orange.
For those that have never heard of the Battle for Firebase Ripcord, it must've been hell for 23 straight days.
Ripcord
My cousin died in 2006 at the age of 57 from cancer supposedly caused by being in the jungle sprayed with Agent Orange.
For those that have never heard of the Battle for Firebase Ripcord, it must've been hell for 23 straight days.
Ripcord
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