Thank you for the opportunity.

Bien Hoa 1969-1970.

USAF

Awesome Karma. I served aboard the USS Truxton DLGN-35 in the early 70’s. We prowled the Gulf of Tonkin on the Piraz Station.
Mike

I'll enter on behalf of my father-in-law who served 68-72 in the Army. He was stationed in Germany for a time. He was certified on some type of of defensive weaponry. He looks back fondly on his service even though he got out after just 4 years.

Thanks for your generous karma for our vets!

My uncle is 10 years older than me. When he was a teenager, my dad was stationed at WPAFB in Dayton Ohio. Dayton is the home of the Museum of the United States Air Force.

Joe, my uncle, spent a couple summers with us. My Dad would drop him off at the museum in the morning when he went to work. He would then pick Joe up after work on his way home. Joe loved airplanes, and he loved the summers he got to spend in the museum.

After graduating from the University of Alabama, Joe entered the Air Force as an officer and at some point he learned to fly. He was sent to Viet Nam as an O2 pilot.

If you don't know, an O2 was a Cessna Skymaster. Not a real fast plane. Even with 2 engines, one in the front and one in the back of the fuselage, it was not real fast.

The Air Force used the 02 as a target identification system for F4's. They had a couple of canisters that had targeting rockets in them. The 02 would fly out ahead of the F4's and shoot a small smoke marker rocket that the F4 would then use to find it's target.

If the 02 did not mark the target, then the F4 did not bomb the target. This lead to the 02 being actively targeted too.

Joe told me that the rockets looked like telephone poles flying at him!

Joe was lucky enough to transition to flying the KC135 tankers. The flying gas stations.

I am very fortunate that Joe is still with us. My dad is not.

I would like to enter this karma in Joe's and my Father's names. Thanks for the chance.

My dad was in from 64-67. He was trained as a medic and assigned to the 1st Air Cavalry. When they deployed to Viet-Nam in 65, he was reassigned to Japan and spent the rest of his service conducting psych evals at a clinic in Tokyo. He never talked about his service when I was a kid and doesn't really think of himself as a VN vet, but if not for the luck of the draw, he could have easily been in the thick of some pretty deep shit.

I was only a Nam Era Vet they sent me to West Germany so I don't qualify.
Good luck to all the Nam Vets entering the karma and Welcome Back To The World.

Thanks Q for doing this for the Vets.

Count me in!

My beloved Viet Nam Vets are standing their posts in heaven. So I'm out, but thank you in their memory.

In for my uncle who was a Marine. He loved the corps. He started out as enlisted and retired as a Lieutenant Colonel.

I'll get in line and thanks very much for the thought, not just for me.

A co. 5th Anti Tank Bn (Ontos) Feb. 1968-April,1969
Semper Fi

Very cool karma 12131...glad to see you're honoring the Vietnam vets.

Thanks for the Karma Q. A lot of good guys and gals were there helping the ARVN in their struggle. Very happy a lot of the boat people made it over here. It was a traumatic experience for many people including the Vietnamese people.

I served in the 101st north of Hue Phu Bai and the A Shau Valley in '68-'69. I have received a Karma from you but wanted to say thanks again.

My dad was an Air Force sentry dog handler at Phu Cat in 1969-70. He carried a P226 on duty for 20 years. This would be a cool gift.

Very generous karma! Again! I was in the Navy during the Viet Nam War, but never went there. I will not enter, as there are many that are more deserving of this karma. Thank you for your generosity.
Rod

Thanks For the chance. My father served in Vietnam as a pilot flying Huey's with the 240th AHC at camp Bearcat.

Appreciate the opportunity. My father served aboard the USS Kittyhawk (aka the shitty-kitty) during Vietnam. Radio maintainer attached to one of the onboard squadrons.

In Please. My younger brother decided to go Marines !

In for my Father. US Army Vet and was an M60 Gunner in the early years of the war.

I am grateful that he made it through and was able to raise me and my brothers into the men that we are today.

Thank you, as always, for your generosity.

Very fine karma! I was in the 155 self propelled artillery around Saigon 68-69. Thank you for caring.

Entering on behalf of my father. Thank you for your generosity.