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marble falls

(57,063 posts) Mon Aug 16, 2021, 10:33 AM Aug 2021

'Nam grunts talk about Afghanistan in "Hamburger Hill"

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'Nam grunts talk about Afghanistan in "Hamburger Hill" (Original Post) marble falls Aug 2021 OP

We have Vietnam redux ashredux Aug 2021 #1

Exactly. And it don't mean nothin', not a thing. marble falls Aug 2021 #2

One might argue that this simple lesson learnt by some Boomers in Vietnam... malthaussen Aug 2021 #3

A good effect. We learned to put information where it belonged in relation to what ... marble falls Aug 2021 #4

ashredux

(2,603 posts)

1. We have Vietnam redux

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Mon Aug 16, 2021, 10:43 AM

Aug 2021

marble falls

(57,063 posts)

2. Exactly. And it don't mean nothin', not a thing.

Reply to ashredux (Reply #1)

Mon Aug 16, 2021, 10:45 AM

Aug 2021

malthaussen

(17,184 posts)

3. One might argue that this simple lesson learnt by some Boomers in Vietnam...

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Mon Aug 16, 2021, 12:54 PM

Aug 2021

... has had an affect on our society down the road.

-- Mal

marble falls

(57,063 posts)

4. A good effect. We learned to put information where it belonged in relation to what ...

Reply to malthaussen (Reply #3)

Mon Aug 16, 2021, 01:07 PM

Aug 2021

... our current circumstances were. It was not about ignoring the events or the circumstances or trying to weave relief out of whole cloth.

Good attitude even today in Pandemic and in ending yet another stupid SE Asian land war.

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