How Many Viet Nam Vets Here?

[Chuck Knopf]

1970 to 1971 Phu Bai

Quite a few stories when I returned , also . None good . Puff was a real thrill to watch working.

I was there from July '69 to Jun '70 US Army with the 101st Airborne stationed at Camp Eagle between Hue and Phu Bai. I was lucky, a Radar O'Riley type of sorts. Things were different then, we weren't looked at as heros but rather the scum of the earth when we got home. I'll never forget after I got home to Buffalo NY I flew down to Philadelphia to be with my Fiance and thought she would like to see me in uniform, so I did just that. When she saw me her look spoke volumes! She tried to recover and asked me why I was in uniform when I was discharged, and asked me If I wanted to change. I don't think she even kissed me right away, and it was obvious she was ashamed to be with me.

It has taken me up to just a couple of years ago to come to grips with all of it, and sure don't feel like any kind of hero. Better men than I didn't get to come home.

As of this year I am now a lifetime member of the VFW and a member of the American Legion as well, but am not active with either. To me it's just a cheap place to get drunk, but hopefully as I do get involved that outlook will change.

I am currently 60% disabled thanks to exposure to agent orange and type 2 diabeties and am trying to be declared 100% as I was sort of forced to retire last fall because of the increased discomfort of periferal neuropathy in both feet and hands.

So that's my story and I'm sticking to it! What's yours???

 

[rhino 2]

Quite a few stories when I returned , also . None good . Puff was a real thrill to watch working.

I agree.. Some i tell.... But most i'm taken to my grave....:cxtv:

 

[xlor8]

I was there

1st infantry 3bg Lai Kai Feb1966 to Nov 1967...

 

[Sully]

 

[grunt67]

vietnam Vet

Sept 2, 1969 to Sept 1, 1970 with Charlie Company 3/8 4th Infantry Div. Cambodia May 6, 1970

 

[rhino 2]

Sept 2, 1969 to Sept 1, 1970 with Charlie Company 3/8 4th Infantry Div. Cambodia May 6, 1970

Dragoons......I was with them At Lewis 65.. Nam 66/67....At that time we had to stay at least 2 clicks from Cambodian border......Orders from the 3 Stooges..
Johnson..Macmera..Westmoreland..

 

[Ret1SG]

Sept 2, 1969 to Sept 1, 1970 with Charlie Company 3/8 4th Infantry Div. Cambodia May 6, 1970

I also made that trip into Cambodia, traveling as a RTO to the FO for a ARVN Mech Unit. It was a 3 week raid for our trip.

 

[grunt67]

vietnam Vet

Thank You for your service. I made good friends there some I still have contact with them. enjoy life, it too short!

 

[Sully]

the-ultimate-vietnam-war-quiz

 

[rhino 2]

32 Outa 35......Coulda done better if i had more time to study... I hate pop quizzes :gah:

 

[Catfish]

32/35 here also. I missed the song by Country Joe McDonald, number of deserters, and the year ground operations started. :Shrug:

 

[Old Man Zzzz]

US Navy; Sep 67 - Sep 87; Stationed onboard USS FOX DLG-33, provided support off Yankee station, 5" gun support and SAR support.

 

[rhino 2]

US Navy; Sep 67 - Sep 87; Stationed onboard USS FOX DLG-33, provided support off Yankee station, 5" gun support and SAR support.

I was on the coast and on one patrol..[Army 66.].. And a ship... I guess it was a destroyer :Shrug: let loose with their 5'' guns over our heads... Very impressive.. And dead on i might add...ThumbUp

 

[Sully]

My state ( Georgia ) just came out with a Veteran Tag for Motorcycles. ThumbUp

 

[Phu Cat]

Entirely TOO cool.

PC

 

[jeyoung]

DaNang August 1971to July 1972. US Army 196th LIB. Carried M-60 for 9months then the Green Machine, RTO for the Captain for about 2 months. Earned the CIB, Air Metal and Army Accommodation Metal. They couldn't kill me but the Agent Orange is trying. Turned 21 while in the bush.

James Young :cxtv:

 

[rhino 2]

DaNang August 1971to July 1972. US Army 196th LIB. Carried M-60 for 9months then the Green Machine, RTO for the Captain for about 2 months. Earned the CIB, Air Metal and Army Accommodation Metal. They couldn't kill me but the Agent Orange is trying. Turned 21 while in the bush.

James Young :cxtv:

Yep... I carried the Prick 25....[66] I wonder if you did the same as i... When a resupply came in with new battery's [Too much weigh to carry] everyone wanted the plastic bags they came in.. So i made a deal if they carried the extra battery when i need it i would bayonet the old one toss it, And put a new one in and they would keep the bag.ThumbUp

 

[grunt67]

vietnam Vet

this is for jeyoung that served with the 196 LIB. My brother Richard Rocha also served April 71 until Tricky Dick brought him home with the 196 LIB. He was point man, and once or twice went into tunnels. He trying to find some of his bodies. As many Vets he remember their handle not their real name. This is a wild shot so I m hoping you serve with him and remember him. His wife threw all his photos away when they divorce. Thank You for your service and welcome HOME!

grunt69 4th ID

 

[jeyoung]

this is for jeyoung that served with the 196 LIB. My brother Richard Rocha also served April 71 until Tricky Dick brought him home with the 196 LIB. He was point man, and once or twice went into tunnels. He trying to find some of his bodies. As many Vets he remember their handle not their real name. This is a wild shot so I m hoping you serve with him and remember him. His wife threw all his photos away when they divorce. Thank You for your service and welcome HOME!

grunt69 4th ID

The name does not ring a bell, but my memory ain't what it use to be. I was with Co.B 2nd/1st !96th, 4th platoon, 1st squad. Our rear base was on the west side of DaNang.

I was there from Aug.

1971 till end of July 1972 when we stood down and came home. The only tunnel I went in was in the hills that surrounded DaNang and once in it turned into caves that was a NVA hospital.

 

[grunt67]

The name does not ring a bell, but my memory ain't what it use to be. I was with Co.B 2nd/1st !96th, 4th platoon, 1st squad. Our rear base was on the west side of DaNang. I was there from Aug. 1971 till end of July 1972 when we stood down and came home. The only tunnel I went in was in the hills that surrounded DaNang and once in it turned into caves that was a NVA hospital.

Thanks for the fast reply, he was there during your tour. He was with Charlie Company, also in the west side of DaNang. Again Welcome "Home"