Don Coatney Posted March 29, 2019 Report Share Posted March 29, 2019 Welcome home all Vietnam Veterans and thanks for your service. Don Coatney, US Army Vietnam Veteran 1966-1968 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pflaming Posted March 29, 2019 Report Share Posted March 29, 2019 My salute to those who served. A very tough assignment. Wars run by politicians are difficult to win. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank Elder Posted March 29, 2019 Report Share Posted March 29, 2019 I wanted to go forever.......it tore me up inside when I saw the wall in DC, I will always remember. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maok Posted March 29, 2019 Report Share Posted March 29, 2019 Some of you may have heard this before. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Hiebert Posted March 30, 2019 Report Share Posted March 30, 2019 When I was in the Army in the '80s, there were still a good number of Vietnam veterans still in service in the senior NCO and officer ranks. We tended to listen to them more often than the other leadership. A few had a couple of loose screws, but all of them knew what they were doing, and more importantly, why. I'm not talking the nebulous reasons for a war, but how to get the job done and stay more or less in one piece during one. When we went to Grenada my platoon had one of the very, very few Vietnam vets as its platoon sergeant / leader (no Lt.). That was just a bar-fight compared to other conflicts, but we had a few scraps that the SFC saw us through with just a few scratches. When I joined the Border Patrol, just under half the organization were Vietnam vets (total BP number was 3k at the time), those guys were a hoot to learn from and work with. That video is a good reminder that the U.S. wasn't the only nation fighting for democracy in Vietnam, we just had the largest presence, thanks for posting. And thanks to all the Vietnam vets out there - for many reasons. Glad you'uns made it home, just wish there had been more that did. 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bingster Posted March 30, 2019 Report Share Posted March 30, 2019 My thanks and gratitude for all of you who served. My brother-in-law served and suffered PTSD. Human beings aren't supposed to be put in the midst of that type of horror. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank Elder Posted March 30, 2019 Report Share Posted March 30, 2019 May of 2012 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don Coatney Posted March 30, 2019 Author Report Share Posted March 30, 2019 My good friend Larry Fullaway never made it home. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NickPick'sCrew Posted March 31, 2019 Report Share Posted March 31, 2019 "... when I'm laid beneath that mossy ground, there'll be more friends around than leaves upon the ground." Thank you for your service gentlemen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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