tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5183651835847025449.post8118171273133723480..comments2024-03-28T20:24:21.687-05:00Comments on Knuckledraggin My Life Away : Facts about The Wallwirecutterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12525620516837946733noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5183651835847025449.post-8716571390700837292011-11-16T20:58:26.784-06:002011-11-16T20:58:26.784-06:00Wow, simply amazing. I'll be sending this to ...Wow, simply amazing. I'll be sending this to friends and family and re-posting someday soon.<br /><br />I saw an unnerving stat on a show about Nam: the average infantry soldier in World War II experienced 10 days of combat per year. In Vietnam it was 240.<br /><br />No wonder so many people came back from that awful place messed up.Single White Alcoholichttp://singlewhitealcoholicseekssame.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5183651835847025449.post-8303364133225441332011-11-10T23:02:36.338-06:002011-11-10T23:02:36.338-06:00Was an 'advisor' in '64-65.
The big t...Was an 'advisor' in '64-65.<br /><br />The big texan fucked us.Skiphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05684179171065794525noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5183651835847025449.post-83214007497788228902011-11-10T21:16:28.918-06:002011-11-10T21:16:28.918-06:00Copied it, pasted it in an e-mail and sent it to D...Copied it, pasted it in an e-mail and sent it to Dad. He was not in Viet Nam, but Korea, late '50's during so-called "peace time", a Ranger, hanging out on the DMZ with the 7th Cav.<br /><br />Thank you to all who served and still serve. Thank you to Drjim, as well. You did serve, but in a different capacity. My grandfather did not serve in WWII, he worked in a shipyard building submarines, doing what he could. You both were just as an important part in the supporting the country as those who were using what you both created. Can't have one without the other.Debhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02550767558199877208noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5183651835847025449.post-90866867367989569702011-11-10T08:36:13.945-06:002011-11-10T08:36:13.945-06:00wow! amazing stats.thnak you vets.wow! amazing stats.thnak you vets.steve tompkinsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5183651835847025449.post-83375113646514032612011-11-10T07:11:53.466-06:002011-11-10T07:11:53.466-06:00as i read there names i still see the faces. the w...as i read there names i still see the faces. the wall is still a hard place to visit<br />art.. us army 1972 to 1975Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5183651835847025449.post-20421547779630840412011-11-09T23:52:53.427-06:002011-11-09T23:52:53.427-06:00Good one, Kenny!
I have a lot of friends who serve...Good one, Kenny!<br />I have a lot of friends who served.<br />Some came home OK.....<br />Some came home crippled, in body and/or mind...<br />Some never came home....<br />"Some Gave All. ALL Gave Some".<br />I never served, and it bothers me to this day. No, I didn't have a college deferment....I failed the physical.<br />After college, I went into Aerospace, and helped design, test, and produce some of the weapons systems our military uses.<br />I always did 110% of what the job "required" because I knew someday, somewhere, somebody might have to use some of the things I helped with, and I damn well wanted them to be made as good as they good be made.<br />I thank all our our servicemen and women for doing their jobs.drjimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05647484115197408897noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5183651835847025449.post-35391864944041105112011-11-09T23:41:59.679-06:002011-11-09T23:41:59.679-06:00I had a cousin, Richie Mahaney, he thought the war...I had a cousin, Richie Mahaney, he thought the war was wrong. Believed we shouldn't be over there.<br /><br />But like a lot of us back in the 60's, he'd been raised that you do what those in authority required of you. So when his draft number came up, he left for the Army. Still didn't believe in the war but you do what you gotta do.<br /><br />Two weeks over in Nam a mortar round fell short, blinding him for life. <br /><br />Back to the States he went, going through what passed as rehab at the time. Then he went home.<br /><br />Not too long after that he went to Sunday Mass. As he came out an old woman who knew him came up and asked what had happened. He told her the Cliff Notes version. The red tipped white cane said a lot all by itself.<br /><br />Her comment? "You deserve what you got, our bishops have said thats an immoral war. You should never have gone there."<br /><br />Then the bitch walked off. <br /><br />Ritchie passed away a few years back. I don't think he ever set foot in a church from the day of that conversation till he died. Big surprise. <br /><br />We'll never adaquately recognize what those who served there went through. Everytime I see someone who identifies himself as a Viet Nam vet I try to tell him "thanks". <br /><br />Its the very least they deserve. <br /><br />I'll be passing along your post. Thanks.Subvethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13523683273450353313noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5183651835847025449.post-12268074335792709202011-11-09T23:00:26.311-06:002011-11-09T23:00:26.311-06:00Thanks for this moving reminder. God Bless 'em...Thanks for this moving reminder. God Bless 'em all and THANKS for your service too. <br /><br />Where have all the young men gone?Joe Rosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12830515768871310967noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5183651835847025449.post-53483112600105150662011-11-09T22:32:57.084-06:002011-11-09T22:32:57.084-06:00Copying it and sending it alomg. Semper Fi! USMC ...Copying it and sending it alomg. Semper Fi! USMC 1968!Ramonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02893319939402195293noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5183651835847025449.post-37029000883507939852011-11-09T22:15:52.035-06:002011-11-09T22:15:52.035-06:00I don't mind it at all, I hope everybody passe...I don't mind it at all, I hope everybody passes it on.wirecutterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12525620516837946733noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5183651835847025449.post-71688651043738365022011-11-09T21:55:41.737-06:002011-11-09T21:55:41.737-06:00All I can say is wow. I did pass it along also, ...All I can say is wow. I did pass it along also, I hope you don't mind it was too good not to.Dennishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00163701063397454621noreply@blogger.com