I had many friends and relatives who served, but I graduated just as the war ended.
I took a month and traveled Vietnam from top to bottom. Even floated down the Mekong River from Thailand, through Laos and down to the delta.
Crawled through some of the tunnels and saw the various man traps with spikes. Can only imagine what it was like.
My hat is off to those who served.
It was another Democrat President, Johnson, that really escalated the war for his own politics. Some things never change.
Thank you for your service.
That is amazing, floating down the Mekong.. I was at Udorn on some some contract work and heard about two other Americans that age that tried it. They disappeared and there was a big fuss, some planes were sent out to look for them. Rumor was they were captured by the Lao insurgents. I think one was named Sharman, I remember it sounded like the toilet paper. You must have been lucky. You must also have some lovely pictures.