Tag: vietnam
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July 23, 2007 10:42 PM EDT --
(This is a repost of my original article for a new group I've joined.)
In Memoriam - January 4, 1950 to November 8, 1969
I didn't realize how difficult this was going to be . . . more
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January 23, 2008 09:13 AM EST --
My daughter is a hippie born 40 years to late. I'm compileing a CD of "Hippie Tunes" for her.
What do you recommend that I include? Especially Vietnem War era.
Background info on . . . more
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May 21, 2008 03:56 AM EDT --
Master Sergeant John Thomas Stone, 52, National Guard, killed by friendly fire in Afghanistan. March 29, 2006. Stone was struck in the torso by small-arms fire, according to the Boston . . . more
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July 15, 2008 11:43 AM EDT --
My first experience with rockets involved only one. I was in tower twenty feet high at three a.m. when it suddenly slammed the ground next to the tower. It was raining and I'd . . . more
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August 20, 2008 07:36 PM EDT --
The following poem kept me awake last night for some reason. Back in 1968-69 I was engaged to a soldier in the US Army stationed in Viet Nam. What is below is what returned. My last memory of us together . . . more
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March 21, 2008 05:39 PM EDT --
Sometimes, the goal of a preacher is (or should be) to get people to think about things which they ordinarily wouldn't think about.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/03/20/AR2008032003021.html . . . more
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February 11, 2007 12:36 PM EST --
He was 17 when he enlisted, so eager to serve his country that he had his father sign him into the army. It was 1967, and there was no doubt that he would be shipped off to Vietnam. . . . more
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March 19, 2007 03:31 PM EDT --
Four years of war. I can barely comprehend how many lives have been lost. When I was a child, one of my earliest memories is of my mother crying when she learned the Vietnam war was over. I couldn't . . . more
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June 01, 2008 01:16 AM EDT --
Insurgent war is an intense,
endless version of hide and seek.
Our opponents are virtuoso hiders
but everyone knows how to play.
At least once a month,
a similar-sounding intelligence . . . more
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July 08, 2008 01:06 PM EDT --
Somewhere south of Bien Hoa, my first week in country, riding in the back of a small troop transport with a half-dozen other new guys. A thick morning fog decreased our . . . more
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July 20, 2008 03:18 PM EDT --
In Vietnam, it was impossible not to think about getting killed or wounded but I feared being alone when either happened. That fear was reinforced one night, after a brief but intense firefight . . . more
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February 04, 2008 02:38 PM EST --
This was sent to me today. I recommend you read it and forward it to friends and family--especially Vietnam vets. It has some very interesting information about John McCain.
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September 24, 2007 05:53 PM EDT --
Last fall my husband and I decided that we wanted to do something to "give back", because we feel we have been very blessed...not monetarily (yet), but we certainly live charmed lives. So we . . . more
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November 08, 2007 10:39 PM EST --
[writer's note: I wrote this story several years ago for alocal newspaper, but republish or reprint it every so often because I think it's important to remember those who have died in service . . . more
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November 30, 2007 02:10 AM EST --
While studying Spanish in Guatemala, I got to meet some interesting folk. Most of these people are beautiful hard working people who struggle to survive. But day after day the government's . . . more
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September 10, 2007 07:33 AM EDT --
I had a bracelet when I was a kid. My soldier actually came home, luckily. I got another was in Washington DC this year. Did you have one?
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May 19, 2006 02:18 PM EDT --
In October 1970, Richard Nixon and the Republican party faced foreboding poll numbers in the congressional elections.
His invasion of Cambodia earlier that year and the subsequent escalation of anti-war . . . more
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September 15, 2006 11:38 PM EDT --
First, reflect on the lyrics to this Johnny Cash song, "Drive On:"
I got a friend named Whiskey Sam
He was my boonierat buddy for a year in Nam
He said is my country just a little . . . more
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May 27, 2007 06:01 PM EDT --
This was going to be a tribute and memorial to my brother Jerry. I've struggled the past few days with posting the pictures and letters from his commanding officers, including General Westmoreland, . . . more
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August 26, 2007 02:57 PM EDT --
Both of the Sunday political discussion programs I watched this morning featured very interesting guests with well-reasoned interpretations of what is happening in Iraq. One guest has a new . . . more
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