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To: FlyLow
Good post, I just hope the pilot can somehow get over the "Why am I still alive, when others died feeling". I had a close friend of mine shot down in Vietnam in a Cobra in which the other crewman was killed. I think he rides that bird down every night in his dreams.
3 posted on 11/24/2003 8:54:46 AM PST by U S Army EOD (When the EOD technician screws up, he is always the first to notice.)
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To: U S Army EOD
Good post, I just hope the pilot can somehow get over the "Why am I still alive, when others died feeling". I had a close friend of mine shot down in Vietnam in a Cobra in which the other crewman was killed. I think he rides that bird down every night in his dreams.


That sometimes takes professional help. However, some will always have a bit of guilt after war. Most of the pilots were a bit older (23-25 ave.) and they worked it out. The back-seaters in Hueys were 17-19 ave. and they had a harder time.
7 posted on 11/24/2003 9:18:36 AM PST by FlyLow ("Arguing with a liberal is like wrestling a pig in the mud; soon you realize they like it")
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