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- Get Real
Fifty years ago today I landed in Viet Nam, assigned to 1st Field Forces headed
to the Tri Border of Viet Nam, Laos and Cambodia. Just a few miles from the
Ho Chi Minh Trial. Known as the Central Highlands.
Fourteen months later I returned to the States. In Viet Nam we referred to the
States as…“Back in the real world.”
As the years have passed, fighting and wars around the world still rage on…
I reflect now that Viet Nam was the “Real World” as it is today for so many
in other countries.
Tonight I drank an Early Times and Coke… a toast to three friends that made
it home but have lately passed. A little tontine we agreed upon at our last
get together. Early Times and Coke was our favorite numbing medicine…
when we could buy, trade or steal it.
I’m gonna have another toast… that we live in a county without war in the
cities, streets, villages. mountains and in the country. We are blessed.
Salute to all… hopeful New Years.
to the Tri Border of Viet Nam, Laos and Cambodia. Just a few miles from the
Ho Chi Minh Trial. Known as the Central Highlands.
Fourteen months later I returned to the States. In Viet Nam we referred to the
States as…“Back in the real world.”
As the years have passed, fighting and wars around the world still rage on…
I reflect now that Viet Nam was the “Real World” as it is today for so many
in other countries.
Tonight I drank an Early Times and Coke… a toast to three friends that made
it home but have lately passed. A little tontine we agreed upon at our last
get together. Early Times and Coke was our favorite numbing medicine…
when we could buy, trade or steal it.
I’m gonna have another toast… that we live in a county without war in the
cities, streets, villages. mountains and in the country. We are blessed.
Salute to all… hopeful New Years.