I’m a vietnam vet. And, like many other vets, after being discharged I wore my fatigues and khakis while attending college and working till they were wore out. Well, ok, also till I “out grew” them, lol.
Pandoras, like most vets I don’t like impersonators. But, we need to approach this with caution. Uniform attire can be purchased in surplus stores, Salvation Army, Good Will, etc, by anyone. And, students like to wear them with patches as decoration.
All that needs to happen is for some over zealous vet to jump some young person and rough him up and we could loose much of the good will we have going for us. Just saying, proceed with caution.....
Too many adds and a very poorly shot video but good enough to understand whats going on. Nothing new here fake Vets are everywhere. When I was at the last Tet reunion in Abilene TX one of the speakers said we now have 5 times as many people claiming to be Vietnam Vets than there were actual troops in Vietnam. Been doing Vet hunts for about 20 years now and I’ve even been bluffed by a couple, some tell a pretty good story. Now we have a whole new crowd claiming to be Vets and it’s getting tougher to weed them out. I’ve got a couple of local younger Vet’s that help me with the new guy’s so the old man doesn’t look so foolish. It’s sad when a man has to show his DD-214 to prove he’s a Vet but the world is full of liars anymore. Let me also add there a bunch out there with fake DD-214’s. I won’t even go into how many claim to be decorated SEAL’s here in TX. From what I’ve been told there’s only 3 here in TX and I’ve had the honor of meeting two of them, one was the late Chris Kyle the other was Marcus Luttrell. Take one look in their eye’s and there no need to check a DD-214. I didn’t go to Vietnam until 1970 so Tet was a little before my time but the Tet Reunion in Abilene is open to all Vietnam Vet’s.
Wondering...What is proper way to dispose of army uniform, hat, coat,when no family left?
After reading this I went out in the garage and dug out an old flight suit and tried it in. I looked like a sausage about to pop out of the casing!
FYI..Tampa outlawed panhandling last year..it was becoming a big problem..a nuisance and a safety hazard..the guy should have been arrested