Welcome Home, Finally (Oliver North on Vietnam)

Creators Syndicate ^ | May 18, 2012 | Oliver North

[jazusamo]

May God Bless all who served and sacrificed in the Vietnam War

[jazusamo]

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[Repeal The 17th]

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...the Memorial Day ceremony will take place in front of “the wall” that has the names of the 58,282 Americans who were killed or remain missing in action in Southeast Asia
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[Vesparado]

Nobody has to thank me for having done my duty, especially belatedly.

Given that LBJ, et al deployed US combat troops in the full expectation that the best that could be hoped for was something akin to the final peace settlement and that the US Congress essentially abandoned our ally in the face of the enemy rather than honor the Nixon commitment for continued support with military equipment/supplies (thus dooming the ARVNs to sure defeat from the North’s final invasion), perhaps something more akin to an apology would be appropriate.

[tet68]

Ooorah. Col.North is the man.
Thanks.
t.

[jazusamo]

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[Red_Devil 232]

I agree with you. We went, We served, We made it back.

[rockinqsranch]

Thanks for the ping jaz. Was a time in which we learned who our real enemy was.

[ConorMacNessa]

I'll be there, Col. North! Another FMF Corpsman reporting for duty!













Nos genuflectitur ad non princeps sed Princeps Pacem!

Listen, O isles, unto me; and hearken, ye people, from far; The LORD hath called me from the womb; from the bowels of my mother hath he made mention of my name. (Isaiah 49:1 KJV)

[tsowellfan]

Thank you for your service not only from my behalf but on the behalf of many young (20 something yrs old) Vietnamese in Saigon today. I went there recently and somehow they know the truth and understand our real objective and even though they cannot go out in the streets and publically proclaim it, they wished it had gone the other way.

In some ways it has in recent years. Today the word “Communism” is used as a symbol which represents the defeat of the United States more than it is as a system. They (the people)are opening businesses now and I had to laugh inside when I saw one stand on the street selling “US War memorabilia” celebrating the “defeat” of the US with insrciptions on cigarette lighters. Laugh, because they were using capitalism and the free market to sell their products. Only in America... oops... I mean only in Vietnam.
Those Vietnamese people probably had less of a problem opening up their small business than Americans do today under this Obama administration. THAT, my friend, is the saddest part of it all.

[M-cubed]

“Comrades gather because they long to be with the men who once acted their best, men who suffered and sacrificed, who were stripped raw, right down to their humanity.” Of the men he served with, he added: “I did not pick these men. They were delivered by fate. But I know them in a way I know no other men. I have never given anyone such trust. <<<

Well put!....It’s hard to explain all the emotions, but when u become a “Soldier”...No matter what job, war or generation...We all think the same......

and I guess we can thank God for that bond...

[cll]

Welcome home, Gentlemen. Your generation are the mentors of my generation and the heroes we looked up to during our military careers (U.S. Army/Army Reserve/Army National Guard, 1983-2005).

Thank you for all we learned from you.

[jazusamo]

Well stated, Brother.

[ConorMacNessa]

Thank you, Sir, for your service! Your generation has upheld and augmented the great traditions of our several services - You've made us damned proud!

HOOAH, Army!!!



Nos genuflectitur ad non princeps sed Princeps Pacem!

Listen, O isles, unto me; and hearken, ye people, from far; The LORD hath called me from the womb; from the bowels of my mother hath he made mention of my name. (Isaiah 49:1 KJV)

[unkus]

I wish I could be there. But I’ll be there in Spirit.

Welcome Home to us all.

[M-cubed]

Right or wrong...The Country called..We answered!!!

....it always pissed me off that they quit!....

years ago I used to wear a T-shirt that said...

"What do you mean we lost the war?

We were winning when I left!!"

(Class of 67-68-69...Cav Ho!...Scouts out!)

[M-cubed]

Gotta love those old pics!!!.....The way we were!

Welcome Home Brother!

[juan_galt]

Thanks for posting! A great read from LTC North. It highlights the importance of Memorial Day and the praise and debt we owe our Vietnam vets. I will especially cherish the quotes from SFC Davis,

“I did not pick these men. They were delivered by fate. But I know them in a way I know no other men. I have never given anyone such trust. They were willing to guard something more precious than my life. They would have carried my reputation, the memory of me. It was part of the bargain we all made, the reason we were so willing to die for one another.”

While I did not serve in combat, I feel exactly the same way for the men I served with in peacetime. I don’t want to take away from the well-deserved attention for our brave Vietnam vets, but I ask an indulgence to remember a too young paratrooper, PVT Martin Eskew, who died in an airborne training operation with my company in December 1989. Martin, may you rest in peace and in company of the GOOD men who came before you.

GOD BLESS

[onedoug]

Remembering Tonk! Welcome Home, Brother! RIP.

s, ping.

[NYCop]

Thank you for your service Sir