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re: Any Viet Nam vets here? do you want to share your experience?
Posted on 10/23/19 at 9:38 pm to I B Freeman
Posted on 10/23/19 at 9:38 pm to I B Freeman
My brothers FIL was and he wouldn't talk about it but he would have bad dreams about the hell they went through.
The first night my brother spent the night at their house he got to see it. Everyone goes to bed and my brother is asleep on the couch in the living room. He wakes up to screaming coming from one of the bedrooms then the door flies open and Tommy comes running out butt naked screaming in coming. Tommy ran through the living room and out the back door.
I've had other guys tell me the stories all of us have heard but my brothers FIL was one that stuck with me. It happened so often that no one else in the house woke up.
The first night my brother spent the night at their house he got to see it. Everyone goes to bed and my brother is asleep on the couch in the living room. He wakes up to screaming coming from one of the bedrooms then the door flies open and Tommy comes running out butt naked screaming in coming. Tommy ran through the living room and out the back door.
I've had other guys tell me the stories all of us have heard but my brothers FIL was one that stuck with me. It happened so often that no one else in the house woke up.
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Posted on 10/23/19 at 9:39 pm to I B Freeman
I went to Vietnam for work a couple of times...
Posted on 10/23/19 at 9:44 pm to RummelTiger
quote:thank you for your service
I went to Vietnam for work a couple of times
Posted on 10/23/19 at 9:49 pm to I B Freeman
I know you can't call it Nam unless you been there.
Posted on 10/23/19 at 9:52 pm to I B Freeman
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Read this. It’s not “hey man want to talk about it”? Some just want to move on. Not being a popular war, they got shitted on for atleast 2 decades.
Read this. It’s not “hey man want to talk about it”? Some just want to move on. Not being a popular war, they got shitted on for atleast 2 decades.
Posted on 10/23/19 at 9:55 pm to shutterspeed
My father was in VN and passed some years later of related injuries/illnesses (corpman). I’ve spoken with 1000s of VN vets. I think as years go by they are aging and entering a different developmental state and trying to mentally reconcile it all. Whether it was killing enemies, watching comrades die, or just the betrayal of ones government and people back home; it hit each of them in different, but similar ways.
Your request to know “stories” on a message board comes across disingenuous even under the guise you’re offering anonymity. If you want to know, truly get to know some of them. Show compassion, interest, care, and the willingness to listen non-judgementally and some will talk.
Also, despite the popular notion, not all of them are hard line conservatives at all. VN vets cover to complete political spectrum from hardline conservative to out and proud homosexuals. Love them all regardless - they did what was asked of them for the love of our country and freedom.
Your request to know “stories” on a message board comes across disingenuous even under the guise you’re offering anonymity. If you want to know, truly get to know some of them. Show compassion, interest, care, and the willingness to listen non-judgementally and some will talk.
Also, despite the popular notion, not all of them are hard line conservatives at all. VN vets cover to complete political spectrum from hardline conservative to out and proud homosexuals. Love them all regardless - they did what was asked of them for the love of our country and freedom.
Posted on 10/23/19 at 9:56 pm to GeauxtigersMs36
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we got shitted on for atleast 2 decades.
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Amen.
When you meet a Nam Vet tell them "welcome home". It will mean a lot to them.
we got shitted on for atleast 2 decades.
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Amen.
When you meet a Nam Vet tell them "welcome home". It will mean a lot to them.
This post was edited on 10/24/19 at 11:05 am
Posted on 10/23/19 at 10:11 pm to OleWarSkuleAlum
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They hate China and therefore you so I doubt they will be very forthcoming
truePosted on 10/23/19 at 10:15 pm to northshorebamaman
The best way to describe Iraq and Afghanistan, especially if you deployed during the beginning, is days and weeks of boredom with minutes and hours of sheer terror mixed in. You are often cramming 5 days of work into 7.
Posted on 10/23/19 at 10:19 pm to CGSC Lobotomy
quote:Was there on day one in Iraq. Never went to Afghanistan.
The best way to describe Iraq and Afghanistan, especially if you deployed during the beginning,
Posted on 10/23/19 at 10:25 pm to I B Freeman
These guys want to tell their stories.
1. Vietnam Veteran - Les Dykema This is the best Vietnam story I have heard.
2. John O Connor Airborne Infantry, Long Range Reconnaissance Patrol (LRRP), 173rd Airborne Brigade
1. Vietnam Veteran - Les Dykema This is the best Vietnam story I have heard.
2. John O Connor Airborne Infantry, Long Range Reconnaissance Patrol (LRRP), 173rd Airborne Brigade
Posted on 10/24/19 at 12:30 am to ninthward
I knew an old guy that was a Ranger in Korea,he took 6 separate bullets,had shrapnel wounds,was bayoneted through one arm,burn scars one side of his face and his feet was frost bitten.I was visiting him one day and he told me couple stories,pretty chilling stories.
His wife told me she had never heard him talk about it all the years they were married.He ran his business until he was 80 and paid into Social Security all those years but refused to ever draw any SS.payments.She said she tried to talk him into applying for his benefits,he got angry and said he didn’t want a gd thing from US government.After he died she told me he had frequent nightmares all the years they were married.Also said he was bitter about all the friends of his that were killed,all the injuries he received and then the U.S. just walked away.
His wife told me she had never heard him talk about it all the years they were married.He ran his business until he was 80 and paid into Social Security all those years but refused to ever draw any SS.payments.She said she tried to talk him into applying for his benefits,he got angry and said he didn’t want a gd thing from US government.After he died she told me he had frequent nightmares all the years they were married.Also said he was bitter about all the friends of his that were killed,all the injuries he received and then the U.S. just walked away.
Posted on 10/24/19 at 1:05 am to I B Freeman
My grandfather in law was a Huey pilot in Vietnam.
He has some crazy, CRAZZZZY arse stories, if you're one to listen and imagine.
He didn't tell me this, but he almost died from stomach ulcers due to the stress of dropping down into hot (or not) LZ's multiple times a day for hundreds of days in a row around the clock and thinking-WONDERING- if each time was his last.
He's an old man now,
but in his day,
he sure was something.
He has some crazy, CRAZZZZY arse stories, if you're one to listen and imagine.
He didn't tell me this, but he almost died from stomach ulcers due to the stress of dropping down into hot (or not) LZ's multiple times a day for hundreds of days in a row around the clock and thinking-WONDERING- if each time was his last.
He's an old man now,
but in his day,
he sure was something.
Posted on 10/24/19 at 3:18 am to Bigbee Hills
My oldest sister had a close friend get low draft number and was highly likely to get drafted. He was also really against the war and protested against it. Before he graduated, he joined the peace corps to avoid fighting. He spoke French fluently which is the second language in Vietnam and that’s where he was sent. To help ensure the Hmong in the highlands could get fresh water and medical care
He did no fighting but still came back with nightmares from things he saw and was in the middle of shelling at different times from both sides.
He did no fighting but still came back with nightmares from things he saw and was in the middle of shelling at different times from both sides.
Posted on 10/24/19 at 3:42 am to LSUA 75
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In my experience,the guys that actually saw combat don’t really talk about it.
Some find it cathartic to talk about. Some guys are geared differently than others. Yeah, it fricked A LOT of people up...but there are some it didn’t bother at all. You’d think they went to work at McDonald’s for 3 years and came home. Those type people will talk to you. Just be aware they may be serial killers.
This post was edited on 10/24/19 at 3:47 am
Posted on 10/24/19 at 6:17 am to I B Freeman
The brother of one of my college roommates was a chopper pilot in Vietnam. Back in the mid 80s a bunch of us went camping and he came along.
Some of the stories he told us about his time there were very disturbing. Just gruesome stuff.
Some of the stories he told us about his time there were very disturbing. Just gruesome stuff.
Posted on 10/24/19 at 6:24 am to I B Freeman
My Dad and my Uncle were in Vietnam. My Uncle really does not talk about it, but did a few times after a number of drinks. He was a Forward Observer. I know he was in the big battle of Dak To in '68, I believe the year was. He also talked of his firebase being overrun and turning the howitzers into the camp and using flechette (beehive) rounds. Nasty stuff. Said they counted over 400+ enemy KIA. He was eventually severely wounded in a mortar attack. I've heard a few more of his stories, but except when he had a good buzz (or drunk), they tended to be on the lighter side. He saw some really bad shite and has yet to say how many NVA/VC he dispatched, but according to my Aunt it was quite a lot.
Posted on 10/24/19 at 6:29 am to I B Freeman
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Although as they get older if the subject comes up they talk a little more it seems. I don't ask but occasionally something comes up that they want to talk about.
That's how my Uncle is. He won't talk about it, and in my 40+ years on this earth, I've only heard him talk about it maybe 5 times at most, and that's after I asked him. And he was drinking. He saw some truly horrifying shite and still deals with it to this day.
Posted on 10/24/19 at 6:33 am to I B Freeman
I went to Viet Nam in 1968 with the USMC. I would say that my experience was not too bad since I did not get killed.
Posted on 10/24/19 at 6:43 am to I B Freeman
My FIL went to Vietnam. He never talks about it. Told me that the guy that used to cut their hair and shave their necks was a Vietnamese spy. Found out later. That’s just the simple things. He won’t talk about the rest.
Had a guy that used to work for me that was also a veteran. He would miss weeks at a time because he couldn’t handle the ptsd. Had to retire because of it.
I respect my FIL and coworker because of their sacrifice.
Had a guy that used to work for me that was also a veteran. He would miss weeks at a time because he couldn’t handle the ptsd. Had to retire because of it.
I respect my FIL and coworker because of their sacrifice.
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