Vo Nguyen Giap died today

lugerholsterrepair · 10-05-2013, 04:47 PM

Chris, Thanks! Gary..I was RA. A volunteer. I thought it was going to be the last war on the Planet and I couldn't wait to get there. I also applied for a third tour but was denied. They said it would make you crazy. That and they had just started "winding down" so called pasification. Chu Hoi and all that. So you do what the Army tells you to do and I left.

No hangover. I got out of the Army wanting to be a civilian and live a life. I saw many who would not have that opportunity. I think it made a difference if you were a volunteer or drafted. I have never had any ill effects from the experience that I could be prosecuted for..Quite the opposite in my case. I fully appreciate what you could lose at a very young age and now realize how many years my fellow Soldiers lost when they fell. That was the real tragedy of that war and all wars..Any war un necessarily fought is a very personal thing to the young Soldier killed in battle. He is the biggest loser. I think of my fellow fallen Sky Soldiers each and every day. It's the least I can do. That's the only hangover I have. I am proud to have it.

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lugerholsterrepair Moderator Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Arizona/Colorado Posts: 7,775 Thanks: 4,995 Thanked 3,134 Times in 1,439 Posts	Chris, Thanks! Gary..I was RA. A volunteer. I thought it was going to be the last war on the Planet and I couldn't wait to get there. I also applied for a third tour but was denied. They said it would make you crazy. That and they had just started "winding down" so called pasification. Chu Hoi and all that. So you do what the Army tells you to do and I left. No hangover. I got out of the Army wanting to be a civilian and live a life. I saw many who would not have that opportunity. I think it made a difference if you were a volunteer or drafted. I have never had any ill effects from the experience that I could be prosecuted for..Quite the opposite in my case. I fully appreciate what you could lose at a very young age and now realize how many years my fellow Soldiers lost when they fell. That was the real tragedy of that war and all wars..Any war un necessarily fought is a very personal thing to the young Soldier killed in battle. He is the biggest loser. I think of my fellow fallen Sky Soldiers each and every day. It's the least I can do. That's the only hangover I have. I am proud to have it. __________________ Jerry Burney 11491 S. Guadalupe Drive Yuma AZ 85367-6182 lugerholsterrepair@earthlink.net 928 342-7583 (CO & AZ) Year Round 719 207-3331 (cell) "For those who Fight For It, Life has a flavor the protected will never know."