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REAL men, receiving REAL Purple Hearts
That's always good for a medal or two, just ask John "did I mention I was in Vietnam" Kerry.
Maybe there were extenuating circumstances with the O-6 showing up late, but I hate this kind of crap. Damn, somebody take charge and put these soldiers in the shade or inside for 30 minutes! This isn't taking care of soldiers, it's damned ignorant.
Loved that last comment about staying safe to avoid another PH ceremony.
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Another PURPLE HEART Recepient:
(Then)
http://www.lzxray.com/guyer_set1.htm
(Now)
http://www.lzxray.com/guyer_collection.htm
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God Bless Our Troops!!!
BTTT !!
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Supporting these troops is easy for me. And I support their mission. Anything less is a sham.
It sounds impressive and a far cry from my “ceremony”. I’m glad they did it for you all.
I was hit at Hue 23 February 1968. I was evaced to Phu Bai then to Da Nang. After a couple days at the Naval Support Facility hospital there some of us decided to go AWOL and rejoin our units - hitching rides wearing hospital blues.
I thought nothing more of it.
Over a year later I was stationed aboard a tugboat in Okinawa. Covered in grease, rust and dirt I was summoned to the Colonels office. The Colonel handed me my Purple Heart and commented that he had never presented a Navy award before, and how did a boat crewman get hit?
“Colonel, the NVA thought it would be better to destroy ammo supplies before they were delivered to our Marines”.
Army boat people never got much respect - except from those we supported.
I quote from his "al qaeda"- "We also had the Chaplain walking around yesterday, checking up on us and available for us just in case we wanted somebody to talk to. There was no need for me to talk to him, I did enough talking to god the other day....