tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post8269756844568109432..comments2024-03-29T07:51:11.714-07:00Comments on Chant du Départ: Vietnam, Another Story in the Works...OldAFSargehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-72290172425750966062015-06-02T05:06:54.384-07:002015-06-02T05:06:54.384-07:00Re: self-centered, uncaring and shallow...
Not mu...Re: <em>self-centered, uncaring and shallow</em>...<br /><br />Not much has changed.OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-57408593660008440432015-06-01T17:28:46.985-07:002015-06-01T17:28:46.985-07:00Dear AF Sarge . . . after the ball ;
http://w...Dear AF Sarge . . . after the ball ; <br />http://www.jmawelsh.blogspot.com/2012/01/06-jan12.htmlsnuffynyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12843569994073955970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-66986079036625773532015-05-30T20:35:51.065-07:002015-05-30T20:35:51.065-07:00Bastards.Bastards.OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-39769852798307050642015-05-30T18:22:18.152-07:002015-05-30T18:22:18.152-07:00Everyone had different experiences when they came ...Everyone had different experiences when they came back to the states. In '72 they were beginning to fly some of <br />us back on civilian airlines and I flew into San Francisco International. A few hundred feet down the concourse I <br />was passing a small bar when three people came out and started calling me everything they could think of. At the <br />end of their spiel one of them threw her beer in my face. While I was angry over this I thought they were drunk and<br />not responsible for their actions. But what really shocked me the most was the large crowd that gathered to watch <br />the show and they seemed to enjoy it.<br /><br />Farther into the airport was a USO so I stopped in there since I had a 5 hour layover. The lady behind the counter<br />looked at me, shook her head and said that I wherever I was going, I should change into civilian clothes because<br />it would be a whole lot safer. So much for my welcome home.rkinionhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05432551832152096206noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-31095330289201551902015-05-30T16:22:39.869-07:002015-05-30T16:22:39.869-07:00Damn!Damn!OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-65816575357062456432015-05-30T15:10:06.341-07:002015-05-30T15:10:06.341-07:00A bit more to the story. After his paperwork was p...A bit more to the story. After his paperwork was processed, I got a call from a snippy HR person questioning my decision. I knew socially (from General Aviation activities) one of the senior VPs at the headquarters who was a Korea Marine. Gave him a call. Never heard from HR again.Well Seasoned Foolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16670165728759453075noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-30761823723936242302015-05-30T14:40:23.174-07:002015-05-30T14:40:23.174-07:00It was still early days in '65, still surprise...It was still early days in '65, still surprises me that they didn't want volunteers. Maybe they figured it would be an all-Marine show.<br /><br />The treatment many vets received still pains me as well WSF.OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-60710008300140202552015-05-30T14:38:08.135-07:002015-05-30T14:38:08.135-07:00Wow, great story Virgil.
Damn, why can't I re...Wow, great story Virgil.<br /><br />Damn, why can't I read these stories and not tear up. I am so damn proud of the guys who fought over there and so damned pissed at the way many were treated when they got home. I don't necessarily mean ill-treated but many were just ignored. They went off, fought a war and came home to... What?<br /><br />I don't know. I didn't know then, I don't know now.<br /><br />Thanks for sharing that Virgil.OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-59012145470484845592015-05-30T14:35:32.537-07:002015-05-30T14:35:32.537-07:00You smelled the same thing on that Wiki, right STx...You smelled the same thing on that Wiki, right STxAR? That's why I need to dig some more.<br /><br />I pray your Uncle is at peace, we lost far too many good men out there.<br /><br />Thanks for stopping by, great to have you!OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-56457227574620459982015-05-30T14:33:07.068-07:002015-05-30T14:33:07.068-07:00Damn if that didn't make it all dusty in here,...Damn if that didn't make it all dusty in here, all of a sudden.<br /><br />Whether or not your old English prof would like it is a big "who cares?" You told it straight and you told it from the heart.<br /><br />I felt like I was there. Excellent post Snuffy. I loved it.OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-7158736845175747442015-05-30T12:13:09.318-07:002015-05-30T12:13:09.318-07:00I've never written about this, but my experien...I've never written about this, but my experience coming home from RVN was pretty uneventful. Got off Tiger Airlines at LAX, waited a few hrs, boarded a flight to New Orleans and there I was. Spent solid three weeks drunk/partying in N. O and Baton Rouge, then hopped onto a Delta flight to my parents home in Illinois in my suntans "space A" I was so wasted that a Delta Stew (UN PC term now, I know, ) approached me unbidden with a Bloody Mary in hand, saying "You look like you <i>really</i> need this--it's on the house" She followed it up with one more, at which point I blissfully slept until arriving in St Louis@ Lambert field, to be met by my parents who had driven down from Charleston, Ill. Wish I could remember the name of that Stew...saved my life.., lol virgil xenophonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14577165785872035948noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-20712033169576367952015-05-30T10:14:51.766-07:002015-05-30T10:14:51.766-07:00Hey Ron! Welcome home. Job well done.
I read so...Hey Ron! Welcome home. Job well done.<br /><br />I read some of the wiki and was turned off as well. Whoever wrote the first bit swallowed the lefty version of events. Not what really happened.<br /><br />I lost my uncle in May 1968 in operation Allen Brook. He'd been in-country about 3 weeks. They were overrun. His funeral was the first one I remember going to. I policed up some of the brass and still have it. <br /><br />Your blog AF, is a stopping spot for me everyday. Always something good and thought provoking. Good job. STxARhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04588850178293194825noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-61402594796058302242015-05-30T09:25:03.167-07:002015-05-30T09:25:03.167-07:00Coming home was both . . . exciting and difficult....Coming home was both . . . exciting and difficult.<br />http://jmawelsh.blogspot.com/2013/04/05-apr-13.html<br />snuffynyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12843569994073955970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-57863476558034842812015-05-30T09:05:27.010-07:002015-05-30T09:05:27.010-07:00When the big buildup in Vietnam started (1965) I w...When the big buildup in Vietnam started (1965) I was in an Engineer Company is Germany. USAREUR soon issued a policy/regulation? that volunteers, unless fluent in French, were not wanted, and requests for transfer would not be processed. Fast forward a few years I hired a man who did a tour in Vietnam as a draftee infantryman to a minimum wage job. I told him I was embarrassed to hire him, a recent college grad, for the position. If memory serves he said, "Damnit, I need a job, any job, and no one will hire me". He ended up making a career with the company, starting with my job when I moved on. The job for me was something to do while finishing college. To see a man of his caliber spat upon by his fellow citizens simply because he served pains me to this day.Well Seasoned Foolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16670165728759453075noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-51432809202966587732015-05-30T07:47:17.844-07:002015-05-30T07:47:17.844-07:00The way the men and women were treated coming home...The way the men and women were treated coming home from Vietnam is a national shame.<br /><br />The Vietnam vets served with honor, they went where their country sent them and were despised for it. A shame.OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-45801429996811093952015-05-30T07:12:35.614-07:002015-05-30T07:12:35.614-07:00I think all of us have strong emotions of that tim...I think all of us have strong emotions of that time Sarge. Both for the event itself, though in my case the way I was treated when I came home in Uniform.Ron Snyderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01217389199007968254noreply@blogger.com