Vietnam 1970-1971
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From: Downeast
Old Dogs.....Hate to tell you this but Hollywood’s version is a bit embellished
Tihere is a new film about the Battle of Long Tan you might view....tells the story from the ANZAC point of view!
Tihere is a new film about the Battle of Long Tan you might view....tells the story from the ANZAC point of view!
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Please refer to his 10+ hours of documentary on the subject.
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Vietnam was a tragedy and we should never have been there in my view, but it’s not as simple as the ‘good’ NVA / VC vs ‘evil’ American grunts. A lot of good, brave people died on both sides.
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I checked the VHPA site.....no member listing appears for the Family Name of "Shake".
Any idea which unit the fellow flew for in Vietnam?
There might be a Unit Web Page on-line that could be looked up.
Odd thing....my Flight School Class began to return home following a one year tour in Vietnam....exactly Fifty Years ago to the Day.
Some of us are staying in touch today remembering the old times.....and having to deal with being officially known to all as "Old Geezers".
One wound up as a Squadron Commander on U-2'sin the USAF and another as a Senior Development Test Pilot on Ospreys.
Twenty-Nine were killed in action during that one year tour.
Any idea which unit the fellow flew for in Vietnam?
There might be a Unit Web Page on-line that could be looked up.
Odd thing....my Flight School Class began to return home following a one year tour in Vietnam....exactly Fifty Years ago to the Day.
Some of us are staying in touch today remembering the old times.....and having to deal with being officially known to all as "Old Geezers".
One wound up as a Squadron Commander on U-2'sin the USAF and another as a Senior Development Test Pilot on Ospreys.
Twenty-Nine were killed in action during that one year tour.
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From: Canada
I sure agree with your second comment, though.
50,000 Americans and 1.5 million Vietnamese in a war that never should have happened.
Reminds me of a few other recent wars that "shouldn't have happened" in which lots of innocent people died.
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What I have seen of Oliver Stone's Viet Nam work (he served there) it is pretty well documented.
I sure agree with your second comment, though.
50,000 Americans and 1.5 million Vietnamese in a war that never should have happened.
Reminds me of a few other recent wars that "shouldn't have happened" in which lots of innocent people died.
I sure agree with your second comment, though.
50,000 Americans and 1.5 million Vietnamese in a war that never should have happened.
Reminds me of a few other recent wars that "shouldn't have happened" in which lots of innocent people died.
are you you on some form of medication?
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Ask the French old Dogs.
Uncle Ho made a lot of sense starting around 100 years ago. Perhaps the French could pay a percentage of GDP towards restitution since their tourist income of today was financed from colonies like Viet Nam.
As for isolated, rather brutal events? Going to happen anytime heavily armed late teens/early twenty somethings lose close friends and react commensurate to their age. Sad, but fact of life.
Uncle Ho made a lot of sense starting around 100 years ago. Perhaps the French could pay a percentage of GDP towards restitution since their tourist income of today was financed from colonies like Viet Nam.
As for isolated, rather brutal events? Going to happen anytime heavily armed late teens/early twenty somethings lose close friends and react commensurate to their age. Sad, but fact of life.
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Ask the French old Dogs.
Uncle Ho made a lot of sense starting around 100 years ago. Perhaps the French could pay a percentage of GDP towards restitution since their tourist income of today was financed from colonies like Viet Nam.
As for isolated, rather brutal events? Going to happen anytime heavily armed late teens/early twenty somethings lose close friends and react commensurate to their age. Sad, but fact of life.
Uncle Ho made a lot of sense starting around 100 years ago. Perhaps the French could pay a percentage of GDP towards restitution since their tourist income of today was financed from colonies like Viet Nam.
As for isolated, rather brutal events? Going to happen anytime heavily armed late teens/early twenty somethings lose close friends and react commensurate to their age. Sad, but fact of life.
Not sure what your last comment refers to. What heavily armed late teens/early twenty somethings lost close friends and reacted commensurately?
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