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To: DUMBGRUNT
"It was a very old farmhouse, so they built a new house on the same farm."

I'm glad they were able to rebuild. I love old houses. The older the better. By the way, because your screen name is DUMBGRUNT, does that mean you were in the U.S. Army Infantry? My brother was a grunt. He was in the 25th Infantry Division. Actually served as point man from time-to-time, and carried the grenade/mortar launcher in Vietnam '66-'67. I'm sure he did other things, but would never talk about it. My mother assumed he'd come home in a box. Thankfully he didn't, but he did break his toe while he was stationed at Fort Carson. Got pissed and kicked his foot locker. Died of a massive heart attack at 51 back in 1990. Thank God my parents were both gone by then. It would have killed my mother. He was the only son.

47 posted on 06/03/2021 7:02:47 PM PDT by mass55th ("Courage is being scared to death, but saddling up anyway." ~~ John Wayne )
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To: mass55th

—”DUMBGRUNT, does that mean you were in the U.S. Army Infantry?”

YES!

RVN 68-69-70


48 posted on 06/03/2021 7:22:20 PM PDT by DUMBGRUNT (("The enemy has overrun us. We are blowing up everything. Vive la France!"Dien Bien Phu last message)
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