It seems like a lifetime ago. I was in high school during the Vietnam War and a lot of the guys I went to school with, that were older, went to Nam as soon as they got out of school. I graduated in 1972 and so many of them were messed up, if they even came back.
My husband was a Drill Sergeant in the Army in the early 60's. He trained the guys at Ft. Benning to go to Nam and he spent over a year on the DMZ between the end of the Korean War and the beginning of Nam. I asked him recently, when his mind was working, if he had heard of Q. I was going to discuss todays Q with him. He said yes that the officers discussed it between themselves back in the 60's. He didn't elaborate. He doesn't talk about some stuff, but I didn't realize Q was a thing back then. The only other thing he ever said was about being on JFK's funeral detail in '63 and how much Trump is like JFK since he's for the people. He worries that Trump will end up like JFK. He didn't even have to explain that. Even at 85, he doesn't talk about "fight camp", if you know what I mean. It will go to the grave with him. My dad was the same way. He was in the Army in the mid-50's and was only five years older than my husband. He wouldn't talk about it either.
My grandparents were the ones that really suffered but they prepared my generation for the future. We are the end.
This young generation is pampered and spoiled. They don't know what hard times are. They won't be able to handle it.
“My husband was a Drill Sergeant in the Army in the early 60’s.”
God Bless your hubby, maybe trained mine at Benning in 1968.
Good training there, hubby was a Staff Sergeant and in charge of a mortar platoon in Nam.
Lived off base in Colombus GA while he was training, rented a small trailer, all we could afford. I always laugh when I remember how when you sat on the toilet your knees were under the sink.
You are right about this generation, very spoiled and wanting everything.
A lot of them would not go fight for our country if called.
Tell hubby, thank you.
Stay safe.