Welcome home Brothers.

Well done dad!

‘67-‘68
196th LIB
US Army

Enjoy your rest.

Welcome Home.

It is good to be home, and thanks!!

Forever grateful.

I would love to go back as a tourist. There were places in the mountains that were amazing and 1 river valley that was uninhibited and I would really like to be there and be able to remember and reflect.

Welcome home!

Indeed! Welcome home!!

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Originally posted by Johnny 3eagles:
I would love to go back as a tourist. There were places in the mountains that were amazing and 1 river valley that was uninhibited and I would really like to be there and be able to remember and reflect.

They would love to have you! They are very nice, very respectful to Nam Vets. Many visit the Củ Chi tunnels and are amazed.

Thanks for posting. I guess I was aware that there was a recognition day, but I have never focused on it.

What I do think about from time to time, though, is how past conflicts are generally viewed. Although there are individual exceptions, the vast majority of people have no understanding what our wars involved, and much less why they were fought. I even recall reading an opinion complaining about the “endless” wars the US has been involved in as stating they were all wars that we started. I tell people that I’m never “stunned” by anything, no matter how outrageous, but that comment came close.

Ironically in some ways, the Vietnam War enjoys (I guess that’s the word) greater awareness by the public than other conflicts, probably because of the common myth that it was more intense and brutal, not to mention wicked and immoral, than anything else the US has been involved in.

Partially as an experiment to judge current social attitudes toward the question, when I had to buy a new car, and after considerable thought, I decided to get the “Vietnam Veteran” plates that Colorado offers. If I hadn’t already managed to put a big dent in the car body I might have hesitated for fear of garnering a bunch of Tesla Tattoos, but if that happens I suppose I’ll learn something. But it’s probably best that I have no reason to go to Boulder these days ( - sort of).

Thanks again and all the best to my fellow military veterans of any conflict, including the current battle for the Nation’s soul. Some time ago a commentator blamed the inability of our armed forces to recruit new members as being due to cultural rot. At the time I expressed my agreement, but based on what I see has reportedly happened with recruitment since President Trump’s election, I’ll admit that I was at least partially wrong.

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Originally posted by Johnny 3eagles:
I would love to go back as a tourist. <snip>

I did. It's one of the best things I've ever done. I unpacked a lot of mental debris and left it there.

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Originally posted by downtownv:
They are very nice, very respectful to Nam Vets.

Why is that, do you believe?

Fundamental culture, “We won and can afford to be nice,” “Come and spend your money,” a general desire for closer ties to the power that’s not Big Brother to the north—something else?