[Fred Mertz]

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.

[facedown]

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.)

[Valin]

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>

[MistyCA]

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.