Greetings to all at the Canteen!
To all our military men and women, past and present,
THANK YOU
for your service!
Greetings to all at the Canteen!
To all our military men and women, past and present,
THANK YOU
for your service!
Good evening, radu...your storm chasers still on the go?
My friend in Fort Walton Beach got 39 inches of rain since Monday. The high winds finally backed off late morning. I’ll have to ask him if he had to sand bag more than his garage.
Any of the rain gonna make it to you?
Army Veteran recalls his time as POW during Vietnam - VAntage Point
https://www.blogs.va.gov/VAntage/79008/army-veteran-recalls-time-pow-vietnam/
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Harker and his company were on patrol when they broke contact with the enemy in a creek bed. The North Vietnamese unloaded on the unit and killed two men. As the most forward man, Harker was pinned down.
“I’m thinking, ‘I’m going to die.’ Top is behind me telling me to switch to auto and fire. They tried to get behind us and eventually I hear a Vietnamese voice and do a 90 degree and within arm’s reach at the top of this creek bank is an NVA soldier with a pith helmet and Top is there with no helmet. There’s a guy with a rifle telling me to get up. The NVA are stripping everything off us – anything they can use. I tried to bury my M-16 in the creek bed but I think they got it.”
After being taken, Harker was left with a soldier with a sidearm who walked in front of him, leading him away from the creek.