Posted on 12/20/2019 9:36:41 AM PST by Perseverando
Blurry monitor.
Rest in His arms brother.
May this world care for your family well until you’re reunited
RIP, Bill.
Welcome home, soldier. You are a great American.
“The Mansions of the Lord” was written for him.
“...the one stew said “I have something for you, hold out your hand” Being young and stupid, I did. She proceeded to deposit a cigarette butt in my outstretched hand and the three of them laughed as they walked away.”
I was lucky, I guess. Came back in August 1972, landed in Travis AFB & took a bus to SF Intl. No incidents. But I never will understand why people hated us even though we weren’t volunteers except that Jane Fonda called us war criminals & babykillers. Bitch just turned 82, proving that some people are alive only because it is illegal to kill them.
As for the stews who insulted you, if it’s fifty years ago for us, it’s d@mn sure fifty years later for those b*tches. Imagine what they must look like now. Probably in assisted living.
Anyway, thank you being there in case you were needed. The 101st came home in December 1971 except for helicopter pilots who had less than six months in country; they came to our unit to serve out their full year. FWIW.
Yeah, 983rd Engineering Battalion out of Ohio. We were combat engineers but I think the only reserve unit that was ever activated was out of California.
My problem was our TOE changed while I was away at AIT. I was originally slotted as a 13B20 (Field Radio Repairman) when I got back I didn’t have a slot. But you adjust.
I never gave it a thought about the stews being 50 years older, I still remember the hot blonde that dropped the cigarette butt.
Thank you for your service. I have deep respect for those who had to serve in-country. I was “lucky” to maintain a civilian job and be a citizen/soldier, but the hate for all of us was real and palpable. It’s too bad the recognition for those who served in combat back then took so long to develop.
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