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To: ALOHA RONNIE

Your photo w/ Ted Kennedy cracks me up every time I see it!

I've been wondering about the story behind it. Care to tell?


5 posted on 08/28/2005 8:45:52 PM PDT by adam_az (It's the border, stupid!)
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To: adam_az

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In October 1965 a young Sentaor TED KENNEDY, before he went a bit off the deep end, toured Vietnam with other members of Congress to assess how our offensive Military operations were affecting Vietnam's War Refugee population.

One of the members of his Congressional junket was from California, as am I, so I was thus picked to be one of those Soldiers who greeted them at our 1st Air Cavalry Division Headquarters. Thus my TED & Me Photo.

This in the presence of our 1st Cav's Commanding General, Gen. HARRY W.O. KINNARD, who 20 years earlier brought us the famous World War II "NUTS" reply to the Germans' ultimatum of surrender during the Battle of the Bulge.

Lots of History there, Lots.

The Vietnam Photo of TED & Me:.

http://www.lzxray.com/guyer_set1.htm
(See 5th Photo down)

...was taken just a couple of weeks before our 1st Major Battle of the Vietnam War against Communist North Vietnamese Army Regulars.

http://www.WeWereSoldiers.com
(Paramount Pictures website)

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6 posted on 08/28/2005 9:15:26 PM PDT by ALOHA RONNIE ("ALOHA RONNIE" Guyer/Veteran-"WE WERE SOLDIERS" Battle of IA DRANG-1965 http://www.lzxray.com)
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