Veterans

monmouth4

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4. After VN was over, I was helping my husband at his restaurant cashiering. The young men, now home,

Thu Jul 11, 2019, 08:06 PM

Jul 2019

would come to the bar and you could spot them a mile away. No one bothered them because they didn't want to be bothered. Just sit, drink their beer and have their thoughts. After a few months most of them felt comfortable to talk a little and I was so appreciative for their coming out of their god-awful depression. Some drank too much but then eventually most of them saw the light and cut back or quit. Terrible days..

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Reading my old mans Vietnam diary I can imagine the feelings [View all] TEB Jul 2019 OP

i never understood my dads opposition to my enlisting in 1981. i did my 4 yrs got out and he was so Kurt V. Jul 2019 #1

The forgotten (police action) war. demosincebirth Jul 2019 #7

you don't need to go there. put that stuff down rampartc Jul 2019 #2

He told me the night before I left for benning TEB Jul 2019 #3

After VN was over, I was helping my husband at his restaurant cashiering. The young men, now home, monmouth4 Jul 2019 #4

I respectfully disagree DashOneBravo Jul 2019 #9

Vietnam was a special kind of Hell. nocoincidences Jul 2019 #5

I have a brother who was there. blueinredohio Jul 2019 #6

Why would they share? They were called "baby killers." demosincebirth Jul 2019 #8

You should donate it to the Infantry Hall at Ft Benning DashOneBravo Jul 2019 #10

No judge TEB Jul 2019 #11