WannaJumpMyScooter
(1000+ posts)
Send PM |
Profile |
Ignore
|
Thu Nov-20-03 10:24 PM
Original message |
Wow, where does the time go? 30th Anniversary of my first |
|
day in VietNam. Only reason I remember it is because as the Jeep was pulling into the Embassy there was some kind of ceremony for the 10th anniversary of JFK's murder.
Where does the time go?
|
flamingyouth
(1000+ posts)
Send PM |
Profile |
Ignore
|
Thu Nov-20-03 10:26 PM
Response to Original message |
1. Thank you for your service |
Catch22Dem
(1000+ posts)
Send PM |
Profile |
Ignore
|
Thu Nov-20-03 10:32 PM
Response to Original message |
|
So you were getting there pretty late then, right? So, what was your MOS?
|
WannaJumpMyScooter
(1000+ posts)
Send PM |
Profile |
Ignore
|
Thu Nov-20-03 10:40 PM
Response to Reply #2 |
|
Yeah, I got there for the mop-up stuff, and all the fun of leaving.
|
Catch22Dem
(1000+ posts)
Send PM |
Profile |
Ignore
|
Fri Nov-21-03 12:11 AM
Response to Reply #4 |
|
I appreciate you brother, but I don't envy you much. ;)
I had a buddy who was also a corpsman although later than you. Served on the Comfort.
|
populistmom
(1000+ posts)
Send PM |
Profile |
Ignore
|
Thu Nov-20-03 10:37 PM
Response to Original message |
|
Thanks for all you did, WJMS. :) I always love to find out that fellow DUers are veterans because I think they always add an extra dose of credibility to the cause. I somehow remember you served, but I didn't know it was in Vietnam.
|
ScreamingMeemie
(1000+ posts)
Send PM |
Profile |
Ignore
|
Fri Nov-21-03 12:13 AM
Response to Original message |
6. I am glad you are back home with us. |
|
Words cannot express how much I wish you didn't have to celebrate that anniversary, but extremely glad you are able to mark it.
Hugs, Laura
|
Rowdyboy
(1000+ posts)
Send PM |
Profile |
Ignore
|
Fri Nov-21-03 02:00 AM
Response to Original message |
7. Too quickly, my friend |
|
Far too quickly. Happy anniversary!
:toast: :smoke: :beer:
|
geniph
(1000+ posts)
Send PM |
Profile |
Ignore
|
Fri Nov-21-03 03:08 PM
Response to Original message |
8. For me, it's 30 years since 9th grade |
|
...but for my husband, it's about 30 years since he was married the first time. He was already back from Vietnam by 1973.
|
nini
(1000+ posts)
Send PM |
Profile |
Ignore
|
Fri Nov-21-03 03:26 PM
Response to Original message |
9. Thankfully, you came back alive. |
|
what a nightmare that was..
So, you didnt' have a low draft number with that birthday? :-)
or did you enlist?
|
WannaJumpMyScooter
(1000+ posts)
Send PM |
Profile |
Ignore
|
Fri Nov-21-03 04:22 PM
Response to Reply #9 |
10. Very low number... 2, I recall |
|
So, I enlisted in the Navy to stay out of the Army and well, I thought out of the war. Oops. Shit happens.
|
DU
AdBot (1000+ posts) |
Fri Apr 19th 2024, 11:03 AM
Response to Original message |