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Vietnam Vets: How are you doing today?
Posted on 7/11/26 at 9:24 am
Posted on 7/11/26 at 9:24 am
Firstly, thank you for your service. Never forget!
I’m currently hooked on YouTube snippets of Vietnam Vets describing various jungle battles and gun fights, point man situations, tunnel rats stories, orders to take an unnecessary hill to lose lots of men then fall back leaving men behind and then ordered to take the hill again…on and on.
I was born during the war. I had relatives who fought. One did not return. What I know I learned through history and stories. Workout gym has a few vets that I have befriended who have shared stories.
Much appreciation and respect! Hope you are doing well. What some of you saw and lived is unfathomable to me.
I’m currently hooked on YouTube snippets of Vietnam Vets describing various jungle battles and gun fights, point man situations, tunnel rats stories, orders to take an unnecessary hill to lose lots of men then fall back leaving men behind and then ordered to take the hill again…on and on.
I was born during the war. I had relatives who fought. One did not return. What I know I learned through history and stories. Workout gym has a few vets that I have befriended who have shared stories.
Much appreciation and respect! Hope you are doing well. What some of you saw and lived is unfathomable to me.
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Posted on 7/11/26 at 9:27 am to Everyday Is Saturday
Welcome Home 
Posted on 7/11/26 at 9:29 am to Everyday Is Saturday
Are there any here? They 'd average around 80 years old now.
Posted on 7/11/26 at 9:31 am to Everyday Is Saturday
Classy post, brother
Posted on 7/11/26 at 9:31 am to Everyday Is Saturday
Trump had a plan for getting out of Vietnam. Hopefully he has one for getting out of iran.
Posted on 7/11/26 at 9:56 am to forkedintheroad
quote:
Are there any here? They 'd average around 80 years old now.
I don't want to quibble about "average"(mean) and median and, certainly, that was a long war for the U.S. (heavily involved from 1965 to 1973, with the peak years (~500k) being '67 - '69 (giggity) of LBJ's buildup, before the Nixon drawdown.
So having said that - the average 20-yo being born between 1947 and 1949 satisfying that, I would say the "typical" age of a Vietnam vet should be 77 to 79 today. Obviously, folks got in younger (18 or even younger if volunteering) and there were regular army folks and vets of WWII and Korea in more senior positions (at a much smaller number, by head of course). Just as the early war experience would have had earlier birth years, the early 50s kids in country at the end likely washes that out.
So, you're not strictly wrong when you say "average around 80", but it might overstate how old they are by the slightest of exaggerations.
Posted on 7/11/26 at 10:01 am to Ace Midnight
A few moments for the Vietnam era:
Posted on 7/11/26 at 10:01 am to Ace Midnight
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Posted on 7/11/26 at 10:02 am to Ace Midnight
Posted on 7/11/26 at 10:06 am to Ace Midnight
I was in the USAF from 68-76 and I’m 78 yo. Did not serve in Vietnam.
Posted on 7/11/26 at 10:26 am to Everyday Is Saturday
My dad is late 70s and fought in nam, USMC. Was a heavy alcoholic until his 50s but does good now.
Posted on 7/11/26 at 10:43 am to Everyday Is Saturday
1993
Many of my elder brother’s best friends went (HS Class of ‘67).
One died there, another lost his legs there and eventually committed suicide after returning stateside, another got Agent Orange-d there an has subsequently died…
Tragic.
War is truly all hell.
Many of my elder brother’s best friends went (HS Class of ‘67).
One died there, another lost his legs there and eventually committed suicide after returning stateside, another got Agent Orange-d there an has subsequently died…
Tragic.
War is truly all hell.
Posted on 7/11/26 at 11:00 am to Everyday Is Saturday
quote:
Vietnam Vets
Why were there so many sick animals in Vietnam?
This post was edited on 7/11/26 at 11:04 am
Posted on 7/11/26 at 11:06 am to JodyPlauche
What these guys came home to was tragic
Posted on 7/11/26 at 11:20 am to Everyday Is Saturday
Took my buddy offshore yesterday who was over there in 1970. He's built a great life for himself. Have known many others that drank themselves to an early grave. Had a neighbor years ago whose parents got killed during hurricane Camille while he was over there. Just brutal
Posted on 7/11/26 at 12:04 pm to ScubaTiger
My Dad was in the Air Force and flew forward air control in Vietnam 1967-68. If he was still alive he'd be 92 today.
Posted on 7/11/26 at 12:08 pm to Dubosed
quote:I rented out a room to a vet in the early '90s. He would be wasted holding a bottle every day when I got home from school. He was a nice guy but he was tormented by what he experienced in Vietnam. Particularly one face to face encounter that he had with a North Vietnamese soldier in elephant grass. Wouldn't be surprised if he's passed on by now.
Have known many others that drank themselves to an early grave.
Posted on 7/11/26 at 1:42 pm to Everyday Is Saturday
My old man is still full of piss and vinegar.
Posted on 7/11/26 at 2:52 pm to Everyday Is Saturday
Agreed Sir...
Thank You and a shout out to our Vietnam Vets who didn't get the honor that they deserved from some of our citizens.
I wish that I could buy you all a beer.
Thank You and a shout out to our Vietnam Vets who didn't get the honor that they deserved from some of our citizens.
I wish that I could buy you all a beer.
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