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Dawgbert: thanks for your service to our nation. You ARE appreciated.
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dawg80
dawgbert: Thanks for your service to our nation. You are appreciated.
ditto!
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BhadDawg
Do you remember who that was? Catahoula parish lost between 5-7 young men to the Vietnam war, being as small a community as it was, we knew most everyone who did not return or at least were antiquated with them or their family. The reason I ask is because one of those men was my first cousin and a couple of the others parents were friends with my parents.
It was Roger Denny. He was from around Larto Lake...Mayna, I believe.
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I was not spat on probably because we were told when we arrived back in the world that if we had civilian clothing it would be best if we changed out of our uniform, the one I was proud to wear. I did change and had no problem. I went to college for the first year out of state. I was in the cafeteria one day and a friend introduced me to folks sitting around a large round table. When he said I had just returned from Vietnam everyone got up and walked away. That stings when you are 21 and still stings today. I shut my mouth for around 45 years never mentioning I had served. My first wife knew only that I had served. My second and current wife retired as an O5 and is now a social worker. She understands what it means to serve. I was finally able to get a lot off my shoulders with her help. It was hard keeping it in all those years not being appreciated. A huge thank you to all who served and are now serving their country. Times sure have changed.
Bravo Zulu to you, sir!
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Dawgbert
I was not spat on probably because we were told when we arrived back in the world that if we had civilian clothing it would be best if we changed out of our uniform, the one I was proud to wear. I did change and had no problem. I went to college for the first year out of state. I was in the cafeteria one day and a friend introduced me to folks sitting around a large round table. When he said I had just returned from Vietnam everyone got up and walked away. That stings when you are 21 and still stings today. I shut my mouth for around 45 years never mentioning I had served. My first wife knew only that I had served. My second and current wife retired as an O5 and is now a social worker. She understands what it means to serve. I was finally able to get a lot off my shoulders with her help. It was hard keeping it in all those years not being appreciated. A huge thank you to all who served and are now serving their country. Times sure have changed.
Thank you for your service, Dawgbert. I hope you didn't lose too much sleep over those idiots walking away. Experience has taught me that we all do a few stupid things when we're young. At such an early point in life, sometimes we just don't know what we don't know. I'm sure those same folks today --now that they are older-- would react quite differently if given a chance to do it again.