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Posted on 11/12/2002 5:50:54 AM PST by SAMWolf
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To: ladtx
Same here ladtx. I always tell my kids I have a can opener older than they are.
It's amazing how people at work look at you when you open a can at work with your key-ring.
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posted on
11/12/2002 6:47:08 AM PST
by
SAMWolf
To: souris
Thanks for the "carried each other" pictures, souris.
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posted on
11/12/2002 6:48:00 AM PST
by
SAMWolf
To: angkor
Thank you for sharing the story about your wife's childhood.
It reminds me of stories my mother told me about hers.
Growing up in a war torn county is something we American's haven't seen since the Civil War. We really have no concept of what it's like.
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posted on
11/12/2002 6:51:52 AM PST
by
SAMWolf
To: ladtx
Good post SAM. I've still got a P-38 on my keyring. Make sure you don't try to take it on an airplane with you or it might get confiscated. A friend of mine had his Vietnam-era P-38 confiscated several months ago at an airport. I kid you not.
To: Fred Mertz; ladtx
Good post SAM. I've still got a P-38 on my keyring.Make sure you don't try to take it on an airplane with you or it might get confiscated. A friend of mine had his Vietnam-era P-38 confiscated several months ago at an airport. I kid you not.
A guard took mine when I reported to the courthouse for jury duty!
(She gave it back to me when I left the building, though.)
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posted on
11/12/2002 7:04:05 AM PST
by
facedown
To: Fred Mertz
A friend of mine had his Vietnam-era P-38 confiscated several months ago at an airport. I kid you not.
Well you can't be too careful! He could have slit the aircraft in two with it. < /sarcasm>
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posted on
11/12/2002 7:11:37 AM PST
by
Valin
To: SAMWolf
Most South Vietnamese have similar memories about American soldiers. I've heard the stories.
I think it's unfortunate that in the dozens of American movies about Vietnam, the South Vietnamese are portrayed at best as nothing more than cardboard cutouts, as mere scenery. Worse than "forgottten," their story is completely nonexistant.
There were of course many instances of South Vietnamese dishonoring their own soil and nation, but those are hardly the only stories.
From 1965 to 1975 - and much more so thereafter - the South Vietnamese lived in a veritable horrorshow, a nightmare. I'm amazed that in 27 years no filmmaker has seen fit to tell that story. Maybe Tony Bui will do it someday.
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posted on
11/12/2002 7:12:07 AM PST
by
angkor
To: SAMWolf
My God, were we really that young?
It's rapidly becoming a long time ago.
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posted on
11/12/2002 7:15:18 AM PST
by
Valin
To: SAMWolf
Awesome, Sam. Truly Awesome.
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posted on
11/12/2002 7:24:42 AM PST
by
MistyCA
To: SpookBrat
Good morning, Spooky. This thread is so moving. It's stunning and gives us so much to think about. All these years later, to think that the burden of some of what they carried is still weighing them down. God bless our troops and please, give them the strength to move forward in life free of the heavy chains most of us will never know or understand fully.
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posted on
11/12/2002 7:30:19 AM PST
by
MistyCA
To: souris
oh, Souris. You really do give Sam a run for his money in the Scrounging department. These are very moving photos. Thanks.
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posted on
11/12/2002 7:32:25 AM PST
by
MistyCA
To: SAMWolf
Good Morning SAM
To: angkor
Yes, you are right. There are so many people around the world whose most comforting memory was of the American soldier who gently took their hand and led them to safety. Someone from Germany told me not long ago about the impact of her memory of the soldier who also put candy in her hand and protected her from harm. Your wife's memory is one I appreciate your having shared. Thank you.
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posted on
11/12/2002 7:36:39 AM PST
by
MistyCA
To: daapfe
Wow...thanks for sharing that.
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posted on
11/12/2002 7:38:53 AM PST
by
MistyCA
To: SAMWolf
I've carried my P-38 on my key chain for 34 years. Most folks have no idea what it is.
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posted on
11/12/2002 7:44:04 AM PST
by
BRO68
To: Fred Mertz
I remember as a child opening up the ration packages that my dad and uncle had brought back from WW2, and my own children grew up with rations from Vietnam perched above the books in our study. I just sat with my husband a few months ago and opened up one of the duffle bags he carried home from Vietnam. It had not been touched for many years. It was quite an experience sitting there and watching him once again go through some of what he had carried. Most striking were the memories.
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posted on
11/12/2002 7:45:01 AM PST
by
MistyCA
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To: SAMWolf
Great Post Sam
They carried memories...
Being one who researches lots..and is into all things visual...my impression concerning Vietnam..is that those who participated might find rest for their souls ...in this lifetime.
To: onedoug
ping
To: Light Speed
Wouldn't it be nice to think that the wounds of war that are carried in someone's soul will be settled in their own lifetime? I have my doubts. I see my uncle's struggle almost on a daily basis as he talks about WW2, the loss of friends, the dismemberment of people he knew and many others he didn't know, the cold that it doesn't take much effort to recall vividly, the wet, storming the beaches with no supplies because they were all lost in the destruction. Yes, at 83 I see the struggle to make peace with all of that. And I see the same struggle in those who went to Vietnam....all wanting to settle what lurks within their soul sometime within their own lifetime. Wouldn't that be nice.
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posted on
11/12/2002 8:39:37 AM PST
by
MistyCA
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