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Honoring Vietnam veterans: Help us put a face on sacrifice
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| July 14, 2014
| Mark Green
Posted on 07/19/2014 6:06:10 PM PDT by jazusamo
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posted on
07/19/2014 6:06:10 PM PDT
by
jazusamo
To: smoothsailing; xzins
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posted on
07/19/2014 6:07:46 PM PDT
by
jazusamo
(Sometimes I think that this is an era when sanity has become controversial: Thomas Sowell)
To: jazusamo
"Riamh nár dhruid ó sbairn lann!"
Genuflectimus non ad principem sed ad Principem Pacis!
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)
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posted on
07/19/2014 6:33:42 PM PDT
by
ConorMacNessa
(HM/2 USN, 3/5 Marines RVN 1969 - St. Michael the Archangel, defend us in Battle!)
To: ConorMacNessa
Thanks, My FRiend, I should have pinged you.
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posted on
07/19/2014 6:35:15 PM PDT
by
jazusamo
(Sometimes I think that this is an era when sanity has become controversial: Thomas Sowell)
To: jazusamo
Not a problem, Brother! Here's another along the same lines:
"Riamh nár dhruid ó sbairn lann!"
Genuflectimus non ad principem sed ad Principem Pacis!
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)
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posted on
07/19/2014 6:49:18 PM PDT
by
ConorMacNessa
(HM/2 USN, 3/5 Marines RVN 1969 - St. Michael the Archangel, defend us in Battle!)
To: jazusamo
![](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51NQ74NMGDL._SL115_PIsitb-sticker-arrow-dp,TopRight,12,-18_SH30_OU01_AA160_.jpg)
The Grunt Padre: Father Vincent Robert Capodanno, Vietnam, 1966-1967 by Father Daniel L. Mode
five stars on Amazon
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posted on
07/19/2014 7:11:33 PM PDT
by
Salvation
("With God all things are possible." Matthew 19:26)
To: Salvation
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posted on
07/19/2014 7:18:33 PM PDT
by
jazusamo
(Sometimes I think that this is an era when sanity has become controversial: Thomas Sowell)
To: jazusamo
My Classmates from St. Mary's School, Rockville Maryland:
Tommy Eugene Dickerson
Private First Class
A CO, 1ST BN, 3RD MARINES, 3RD MARDIV, III MAF
United States Marine Corps
Rockville, Maryland
May 10, 1947 to May 03, 1967
Martin John Begosh
Specialist Four
240TH AHC, 214TH AVN BN, 12TH AVN GROUP, 1ST AVIATION BDE, USARV
Army of the United States
Rockville, Maryland
September 19, 1947 to August 18, 1968
Not one of my classmates - a year behind me:
James Alfred Reid
Private First Class
D CO, 1ST BN, 9TH MARINES, 3RD MARDIV
United States Marine Corps
04 December 1948 - 06 June 1968
Panel 59W Line 012
God Bless them, God Bless them all; God Bless them good!
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O stranger, tell the Lacedaemonians that we lie here, obedient to their command.
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)
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posted on
07/19/2014 7:19:21 PM PDT
by
ConorMacNessa
(HM/2 USN, 3/5 Marines RVN 1969 - St. Michael the Archangel, defend us in Battle!)
To: ConorMacNessa
That’s a great graphic, Conor.
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posted on
07/19/2014 7:21:17 PM PDT
by
jazusamo
(Sometimes I think that this is an era when sanity has become controversial: Thomas Sowell)
To: ConorMacNessa
My dad did a tour, 68-69. Thanks, Pop.
Thank you for the graphic, sir.
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posted on
07/19/2014 7:22:56 PM PDT
by
Lurker
(Violence is rarely the answer. But when it is it is the only answer.)
To: ConorMacNessa
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posted on
07/19/2014 7:23:01 PM PDT
by
jazusamo
(Sometimes I think that this is an era when sanity has become controversial: Thomas Sowell)
To: jazusamo
Remembering my brother, WO Thomas Forsythe.
From my files....
“On September 27, 1969, all of the 101st units had pulled out of the A Shau Valley, thus closing one chapter in the division’s history. The A Shau Valley would have been difficult to defend during the upcoming monsoon season. Low hanging clouds and unpredicable weather were the biggest factors in abandoning the valley. There was an artillery raid in either November or December, 1969. The Phoenix flew the troops into the abandoned firebase, possibly Airborne for the raid. The Phoenix continued to fly missions and hadn’t lost anyone to hostile action until December 21st when Captain Arthur Herndon, WO Thomas Forsythe and Specialist 4 David L. Egleston were killed while flying a mission near the DMZ. They were caught in a cross fire
of .51 caliber machine guns. Specialist Amos survived the crash by jumping from the aircraft just prior to impact. He would survive another crash less than two months later by jumping from the aircraft which was piloted by CPT Donald Swanson. Another Phoenix aircraft had taken fire in that area of the DMZ on December 20th, the aircraft was piloted by CWO Bob Sauer. Sauer had given a spent round from that action to Tom Forsythe who wanted it as a good luck charm.
http://www.phoenix158.org/taps/
BTW, Specialist Amos who jumped from two crashing choppers was sent back to the States. His CO said he might not survive a third jump.
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posted on
07/19/2014 7:37:18 PM PDT
by
rw4site
(Little men want Big Government!)
To: Salvation; jazusamo
![]( http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i25/Conormacnessa/Naval%20Heroes/7bebd355-a17d-41c2-8c31-f17013c4d823.jpg )
Lt. Vincent R. Capodanno, CHC USN (MOH)
Celebrating Mass in the bush, Vietnam
![](http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i25/Conormacnessa/conorhead2-1.jpg)
"Dia shábháil ar fad anseo!"
Genuflectimus non ad principem sed ad Principem Pacis!
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)
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posted on
07/19/2014 7:41:18 PM PDT
by
ConorMacNessa
(HM/2 USN, 3/5 Marines RVN 1969 - St. Michael the Archangel, defend us in Battle!)
To: rw4site
May WO Thomas Forsythe and his Brothers in Arms RIP.
Uncommon valor was a common virtue.
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posted on
07/19/2014 7:46:44 PM PDT
by
jazusamo
(Sometimes I think that this is an era when sanity has become controversial: Thomas Sowell)
To: BIGLOOK; PROCON; TMSuchman; Publius; Diver Dave
Vietnam Vets Ping!
Spread the word, Brothers!
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![]( http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i25/Conormacnessa/81cfa6f2-0c29-42f3-804f-5eab3fd717eb_zps1a76b1a3.jpg ) America demands Justice for the Fallen of Benghazi! |
![]( http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i25/Conormacnessa/Killed%20in%20Action/263fe260-b96f-4bf8-9356-3ce888907698_zpsc2b9cff6.jpg ) |
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O stranger, tell the Lacedaemonians that we lie here, obedient to their command.
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)
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posted on
07/19/2014 7:48:24 PM PDT
by
ConorMacNessa
(HM/2 USN, 3/5 Marines RVN 1969 - St. Michael the Archangel, defend us in Battle!)
To: ConorMacNessa
I scanned that line for my brother in law’s face. He was killed in Vietnam. Very close to my husband and me since he was the best man at our wedding.
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posted on
07/19/2014 7:49:57 PM PDT
by
Salvation
("With God all things are possible." Matthew 19:26)
To: Salvation
Do you know what outfit he was in, Salvation?
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![]( http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i25/Conormacnessa/Killed%20in%20Action/263fe260-b96f-4bf8-9356-3ce888907698_zpsc2b9cff6.jpg ) |
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O stranger, tell the Lacedaemonians that we lie here, obedient to their command.
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)
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posted on
07/19/2014 7:51:53 PM PDT
by
ConorMacNessa
(HM/2 USN, 3/5 Marines RVN 1969 - St. Michael the Archangel, defend us in Battle!)
To: Salvation; All
In Memoriam
![](http://armyphotos.togetherweserved.com/439541.jpg)
SP 4 Patrick Scharosch, USA
1st Battalion, 501st Infantry Regiment
101st Airborne Division
KIA Vietnam 15 April 1968
![](http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i25/Conormacnessa/Badges-Patches/ScreamingEagle.jpg)
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![]( http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i25/Conormacnessa/81cfa6f2-0c29-42f3-804f-5eab3fd717eb_zps1a76b1a3.jpg ) America demands Justice for the Fallen of Benghazi! |
![]( http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i25/Conormacnessa/Killed%20in%20Action/263fe260-b96f-4bf8-9356-3ce888907698_zpsc2b9cff6.jpg ) |
![]( http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i25/Conormacnessa/New%20Badges%20and%20Patches/trident200_zps3f513882.jpg ) |
O stranger, tell the Lacedaemonians that we lie here, obedient to their command.
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)
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posted on
07/19/2014 8:42:21 PM PDT
by
ConorMacNessa
(HM/2 USN, 3/5 Marines RVN 1969 - St. Michael the Archangel, defend us in Battle!)
To: jazusamo
"Sent: Sunday, July 28, 2013 7:22 AM To: undisclosed recipients:
Subject: Ken
Hi,
Ken passed in his sleep at home early yesterday morning.".............
This was part of the message that I received from a dear friend's wife last year. I am a VietNam Era veteran, meaning that I served 1964-1968, but not IN VietNam. Ken DID serve in VietNam, and he told me that he had severe problems because of exposure to Agent Orange, and that the Central Texas VA had done all that they could for him, and basically had sent him home to die. He also told me that he had gone to Mexico for treatment after VA gave up on him, but that was not very long before he died.
He was a best friend 1957-1959, and we were disconnected after that, reconnecting only a couple of years before he died.
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posted on
07/19/2014 9:43:08 PM PDT
by
matthew fuller
(It's past time to impeach our illegal alien mooslim marxist president.)
To: ConorMacNessa
Proud to spread the word!
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posted on
07/19/2014 9:45:04 PM PDT
by
Diver Dave
(Because He Lives, I Can Face Tomorrow)
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