[GourmetDan]

"He was there on a fully paid “vacation” courtesy Uncle Sam during the Vietnam War, as a Green Beret medic."

Yeah, my dad got one of those as did a lot of guys I knew.

Myself, I've never been to Asia.

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Can’t speak for all of Asia, but I enjoyed the few days I spent in Kao-hsiung.

My dad mostly liked the times he spent in Asia, except for those times when the Japanese, Koreans/Commie Chinese and Vietnamese were trying to kill him...