To: Bob; Howlin; neverdem
Heck:
THIS is the five weeks the Swifties are talking about: The only time he spent EVEN CLOSE to Vietnam was 1 April - 5 May.
The rest was "enroute" or "on leave" or "in Subic" or "off California", or "in New Zealand" ....
Except for ONE DAY he spent in Da Nang getting ice cream (driving a shore party boat!) ...
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Oh. That ONE DAY in Da Nang?
This qualified him for a campaign ribbon ya know - for serving in Vietnam during the Tet offensive!
19 posted on
08/27/2004 7:22:44 AM PDT by
Robert A Cook PE
(I can only donate monthly, but Kerry's ABBCNNBCBS continue to lie every day!))
To: Robert A. Cook, PE
This qualified him for a campaign ribbon ya know - for serving in Vietnam during the Tet offensive! Not really. His time doing SAR duty on the Gridley qualified him for both the Vietnam Service Medal and Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal. He didn't need to go to Da Nang to get them.
21 posted on
08/27/2004 7:34:24 AM PDT by
Bob
To: Robert A. Cook, PE
Oh. That ONE DAY in Da Nang? This qualified him for a campaign ribbon ya know - for serving in Vietnam during the Tet offensive! You didn't have to be ashore to qualify for a campaign ribbon. The Tet offensive began on January 31, 1968. I was in Danang at the time.
26 posted on
08/27/2004 7:47:10 AM PDT by
kabar
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