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with all the war drums sounding, how many vets we got here?
-------------------- joe pribish-A SIGN MINT 2811 longleaf Dr. pensacola, fl 32526 850-637-1519 BEWARE THE TRUTH.....YOU MAY NOT LIKE WHAT YOU FIND Posts: 11582 | From: pensacola, fl. usa | Registered: Nov 1998
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My first husband was a Vietnam Vet. He lost his leg in Vietnam when he was 18. At age 33 he died from a heart attach. I was 24 at the time with our 2 daughters, age 2 & 3. They are 22 & 23 now and beautiful. He'd be proud of them. Judy
-------------------- Judy Hilliker/owner Hae Jude Custom Signs Silver Creek, NY www.haejude.com Posts: 65 | From: Silver Creek, NY 14136 USA | Registered: Nov 1998
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USAF 1070-79 Udorn and Korat Air Base Thailand flew over Viet Nam and Laos. It was actually a great assignment but gotta say I have a lot of respect for the Army and Marines who were in the jungles and rice fields, they did the heavy lifting.
-------------------- Tony Lucero Eagle Graphics Waterford, MI www.eaglegph.com Posts: 305 | From: Waterford, MI, USA | Registered: Apr 2000
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On our drive home from Kentucky, we managed to spend a few hours with Dave and Suzie Butler in Syracuse, IN.
Dave and Suzie are well known to most of you. Dave's sign and t-shirt designs have amazed and inspired us for almost 2 decades. There are always interesting projects on the go at The Butlers, but there was one design that really caught my eye.
A scale model of The Vietnam War Memorial is touring the USA. This project caught the attention and heart of Dave. He designed, printed and sold t-shirts featuring this logo. Thousands of dollars were raised as a result of Dave and Suzie's labour of love.
-------------------- Steve Shortreed 144 Hill St., E. Fergus, Ontario Canada N1M 1G9 519-787-2673
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I was there from 1961-1965. Yankee Station, South China Sea. Aboard USS Ranger (CVA 61)
We were shooting strikes off the carrier during that time.
That was a bad war....completly useless!! A lot of people died needlessly to satisfy a few peoples greed.
All war is useless...
But that is just my perspective!
-------------------- Jackson Smart Jackson's Signs Port Angeles, WA ...."The Straits of Juan De Fuca in my front yard and Olympic National Park in my backyard...
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I was Navy, stationed in Jacksonville '66 - '69, and we couldn't get Coors Beer! War Is Hell.
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My brother and my ex were both in Nam from 68 to 70. My brother enlisted because of his loyalty to our country and served a two terms. He got to seargent and wrote to me and my two sisters. Trained at Ft. Campbell, and then Texas, and went over to fight in the tanks, one time was stuck in one in the jungle for 3 weeks, no break back... My mother used to send candy for the care packages for the kids and then the next day they would show up with bombs to my brother to attack. I think that is what tore him up the most. And, with my brother there was humor.. when he was a private they played a trick on his sergeant that carried a monkey on his shoulder all the time. My brother trickled warm water down his back but did get discovered. They were all busting a gut,and he ended up digging a hole 12' by 12' and not an inch less for punishment. He also told me that the privates weren't allowed good beer as the commanders, he called it army "p" beer. He couldn't wait till he could just have a cold authentic beer. When he returned home, it was a surprise, since my Mother knew nothing about his return or safety. I opened the door and there he stood, full uniform with his best friend. I will never forget the joy in our hearts and my Mother's reaction when she saw him. She almost fainted. When other families were not so fortunate. The Chrysler plant in Belvidere gave him his job back with his added seniority which was a blessing at the time because most vets had a rough time getting jobs with the stigmatism of the war being a very unpopular war.(for those of you that are younger you might or might not know that it was despised by the American public toward the end. (also, my ex served from the draft and drove a medic truck- he still has nightmares, like my brother to this day.) But my brother's three vets still get together for lunch every week if they can. My ex goes to the Amvets quite a bit. I wanted to remark that the t-shirt is awesome and would like to get one of those for my brother for Christmas or "just because".
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-------------------- Deb Fowler
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I like to think the monkey really did pee down the Sarge's back and he got away with it, too, because your brother stood up for the little guy, if it did put him in a hole. "Naw, Sarge - it was me. Yeah, I uh...it was ...warm water - that's how it went. ,Yeah, that's the ticket, just some warm water."
You can always tell a sergeant --- but you can't tell him much.
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All I can say is God BLess every one of you, and you have my respect and admiration.
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