Ernesto
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Fri Dec-24-04 11:43 AM
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I spent Xmas '67 outside Danang Vietnam @ a USMC combat base. |
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Edited on Fri Dec-24-04 11:59 AM by Ernesto
It was swell cause I didn't have to go "outside the wire" that day. I got an onion & a couple of oranges. Best of all, we had some pot & "The Mamas & Pappas" doing some "California Dreamin'" on tape. And I don't think anyone got hit that night.
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Fri Dec-24-04 11:50 AM
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1. Wow - Thanks For Sharing |
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that memory w/ us. Just curious about the onion, did you roast it, eat it raw?
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Ernesto
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Fri Dec-24-04 12:04 PM
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6. Actually onions were the "hot setup" |
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We used them to spice our c rations meals.
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Fri Dec-24-04 11:50 AM
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2. Good story, sorry about the onion |
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I hate onions, so that would have been a bad gift for me. I would have taken the oranges and the pot though :evilgrin:
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Fri Dec-24-04 11:51 AM
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3. Hi Ernesto, I was with you that day, I was at Bien Hoa, II Field Forces |
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& on guard duty.
Merry Christmas/Happy Holidays to you & your family.
Jon
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Fri Dec-24-04 12:07 PM
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Edited on Fri Dec-24-04 12:08 PM by mark414
glad to see you both made it home safe
god bless and merry christmas
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Fri Dec-24-04 11:57 AM
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4. For These Things We are Truly Thankful |
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Especially for not getting hit! :toast:
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Fri Dec-24-04 11:58 AM
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my future bother in law sent back a pound that my future wife and her friends smoked before he got home...strange days indeed,buying opuim from a cia guy,black hashish,oj`s in the mail..strange days indeed
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Fri Dec-24-04 06:27 PM
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10. Reminds me of another lie |
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we are told while fighting this 'drug war' - that the pot the kids smoke today is more potent than what hippies smoked in the 60s and 70s.
Well, unless these kids have found a connection in Vietnam, like we had, no way is the stuff they smoke more potent.
Those were the days when one hit pot really was one hit pot.
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Fri Dec-24-04 06:23 PM
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8. I spent Xmas '67 peeing on myself. |
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My excuse: I was only a month and a half old.
Seriously, thanks for sharing the story and thanks for being there.
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Fri Dec-24-04 06:25 PM
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9. thank you for your service |
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Fri Dec-24-04 06:29 PM
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11. Thank you for serving your country. |
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Fri Dec-24-04 06:47 PM
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12. From one vet to another, thanks for serving...n/t |
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