Foss
23rd Dec 2006, 17:19
Just a little something I thought cabin crew might be interested in.
I'm into history.
In a book called 'Vietnam, The definitive oral history from all sides' I am reading at the minute about how a hostie dealt with American soldiers going to Vietnam.
Her quote is 'I was their wife, their sister, their girlfriend.'
This was in 1966 and 67.
She read letters that soldiers had written home, final letters, to check they made sense.
They were escorted by F-4 Phantoms mostly, this is an airline jet, but she doesn't say what type.
But the bit that got me is that she said she never said goodbye, or goodluck. Like you get. It was always see you later.
She also talks about all the other stewardesses crying because the aeroplanes doing a return were coming back empty. Because the troops were either dead or wounded.
Thought you might be interested. It's only about five pages in a book.
But it was very touching.
ISBN 0091910110
Fos
I'll head back to jet blast now and leave you guys alone. :O
I'm into history.
In a book called 'Vietnam, The definitive oral history from all sides' I am reading at the minute about how a hostie dealt with American soldiers going to Vietnam.
Her quote is 'I was their wife, their sister, their girlfriend.'
This was in 1966 and 67.
She read letters that soldiers had written home, final letters, to check they made sense.
They were escorted by F-4 Phantoms mostly, this is an airline jet, but she doesn't say what type.
But the bit that got me is that she said she never said goodbye, or goodluck. Like you get. It was always see you later.
She also talks about all the other stewardesses crying because the aeroplanes doing a return were coming back empty. Because the troops were either dead or wounded.
Thought you might be interested. It's only about five pages in a book.
But it was very touching.
ISBN 0091910110
Fos
I'll head back to jet blast now and leave you guys alone. :O