[Snow Bunny]

Please just click on the graphic of the lyrics to hear the song " Some Gave All" by Billy Ray Cyrus. It is a 4 minute song so it takes a little time to load, but well worth the wait.

[harpo11]

Dear Snow Bunny,

I'll never forgot. My senior high school class wanted to give the school a special gift as was a tradition of the school for the graduating seniors. We wanted a Vietnam Memorial to commemorate the memory of our brave classmates from prior, present and future senior classes that died, or would die, while fighting for our country in Vietnam.

The administration said an emphatic NO! They wanted lights for the football field, or rain gutters. No way, how piddly those things were compared to the spectre of bloody battlefields in a foreign land. We would not back down despite the administrators opposition. We prevailed. They could not argue with our desire and need to honor our fallen classmates.

Thirteen years after I graduated from the school I decided to visit the Memorial. I asked the school clerk and she had no idea what I was talking about. I was alarmed, and thought perhaps the school administrators removed the Memorial. Finally, one of the teachers came in and said yes, the Memorial is still standing in it's original place in a beautiful little garden. Unfortunately there were too many names inscribed upon the marble.

Today my nephews go to the same school. I hope they will look upon the Memorial sometime and remember the bravery of those young men they never knew but should know their hearts were solid gold.

[T'wit]

Thanks for the heads-up Bunny, Tonk, all. I wouldn't have missed this one. My own service was earlier, but I was there to see -- with adult, comprehending eyes -- how the the Billy Clinton types and Leftwing nasties conspired with the enemy during the war and spat on our servicemen and women when they came home.

The country WAS behind our effort in Vietnam. The Left even now is forever spinning its myth that the war was all wrong and had no support. But it did. In Vietnam, thousands died after the war and millions lived in desperate tyranny because the Communists prevailed. I don't believe that would have happened without the "peace" movement sabotaging the war effort in this country.

[Faraday]

Roque Versace will receive, posthumusly, his Congressional Medal of Honor this year. He was last heard in VC captivity singing the praises of Americans after months of torture. May his spirit continue to embue our soldiers and citizens. May we do our duty in our time, as he and his fellow warriors did in theirs. Let's roll to victory!

[Peacerose]

bttt

[daisyscarlett]

I would like to post a tribute to the USS Bonhomme Richard CVA-31 (aka the "Bonnie Dick"). My BIL served on this ship and was deployed to Viet Nam. He spent his years from age 17-21 there and he, like so many others, saw and did things that no young man should ever have to see or do.

USS BON HOMME RICHARD (CVA 31) 1952-1971

In the mid 1960's CVA 31 completed multiple combat deployments to "Yankee Station," off the coast of Vietnam. During the ships 1967 deployment, BONHOMME RICHARD launched a record 73 major strikes.

She completed her last cruise in Southeast Asia in October 1970, and returned home for decommissioning on July 2, 1971.

CV/CVA 31 received three battle stars and a Navy Unit Commendation in Vietnam.

[oldvike]

Thank you so much for starting this thread, Snow Bunny. The reverance I hold for our Vietnam vets cannot be described in words. They are truly noble people and I am eternally grateful for their service to our country.

A big hearty BUMP to all those brave men! Thank you for your sacrifices.

[rockfish59]

The Wall

My brother (on the right) and buds at Cu-Chi, 1966

[Bigg Red]

Thank you for the ping, Snow.

To All the Veterans:
Thank you so much for your bravery and your nobility. Civilization could not survive without the courage of brave men like you. We honor you, warriors, and many of us are not worthy of the sacrifices you have made in our name. May God bless and protect you.

[0311]

The light still shines,it always will.Thanks,I NEEDED that. SEMPER FI......

[Johnny_Apollo]

PSYOP Rubbings

[OldEagle]

A great job, then and now. Thank you and Welcome Home!
It IS a 'Nam Thing. A person untouched by the war cannot understand.

[kidd]

< salute = on>

Thanks.

< salute = off>

[grumpster-dumpster]

Thanks for the PING! And a Bump to the Viet Vets!

[68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub]

Thank You for all you have done and continue to do for all of our militay and all vets.
You indeed are an inspiration to many of us.

[Liberal Classic]

[Johnny_Apollo]

Arlington

[VietVet]

...and everyone else, Thank you. It was 33 years ago this week that I was wounded, along with a number of others in C/4/47...

Just a routine patrol on a routine day.

And thank you, "Doc" Sims, for patching me up, and you too, Lt Ross and 'Top', for trying to get me out on the supply chopper when the trees were too thick for a 'dust-off.'

And for the brother whose body went in the water and never was found, Rest In Peace.

[lds23]

I've said it before and I'll say it again: Thank God for our brave men who fought in Vietnam. It was one of the most important stumbling blocks we put under the USSR and the ChiComs. I understand (but can never really) the nightmares and the sadness of having your contributions seeming to go unappreciated. But your sacrifices and losses are deeply appreciated here. Thank you.

[scott91]

i have been looking at the website for the last 2 hours. i was not able to serve for health reasons and i felt guilty for the longest time. with the help of a viet nam vet that i mket on fr i was able to work throuh the guilt. i just ordered the "it's a nam thing" cd and i will share it with 2 of my friends that served in nam. i just want to thank all of the people who are responsible for this site and the links that i found tonight. i will bookmark this site and visit often. peace brothers, leon

[zeaal]

W E L C O M E H O M E !

Thank you for your service.