Posted on May 29, 2015
Vietnam At 50: Vietnam Veterans, please share your thoughts, stories, experiences, and memories with us here.
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This year brings with it a couple of milestone anniversaries for our Vietnam Veterans. It marks the 50th anniversary of the commencement of major combat operations in the Republic of Vietnam and all that came with it - the draft, the graduated escalation of force, and eventually protests at home. 1975 marks the conclusion of U.S. involvement in Vietnam, marked with the imagery of the panicked evacuation of the U.S. Embassy in Saigon.
Attached is a Stars & Stripes feature, with the stories of Vietnam Vets from across the nation. But I am interested in the stories of our Vietnam Vets here on RP, and I know many others would be eager and grateful to hear them as well!
Attached is a Stars & Stripes feature, with the stories of Vietnam Vets from across the nation. But I am interested in the stories of our Vietnam Vets here on RP, and I know many others would be eager and grateful to hear them as well!
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Read my book, UNIFORMS! From Parochial School to the VC-infested jungles of Vietnam, (69-70), http://www. uniformsthebook.com recounts my experiences. A true life story of discipline, commitment, dedication and survival. Uniforms captures the mood of an era. History of the Vietnam War through the eyes of a Marine Combat Veteran.
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Sgt David G Duchesneau
Colonel, you will love the book. If you want a personalized signed copy, just let me know and I'll mail one out to you via the US Mail.
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Sgt Tom Cunnally
My unit 1st Radio Co FMF were the first Marines in the Vietnam buildup with 42 men at Pleiku on 01/02/1962..This sub unit grew to Battalion Strength from 1962 - 1975..
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SPC Americo Garcia
how much is the book Sir. I've been told to publish an article so I can be seen as better college student.
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Sgt David G Duchesneau
SPC Americo Garcia, I just sent you an email with that information about my book. If you do not get the email reply, please let me know. I know that you will enjoy reading my story. Thank you for your inquiry. If you are interested, I do have personalized signed hard cover copies available. It’s only $30.00 for a hard cover book and that does include shipping. Just provide me with a mailing address and I would be honored to send you a copy of my book via the US Mail!
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Believe it or not... the antiwar activists are alive and well.
I just received an email from an author who is about to be published, a book castigating a particular aspect of the Vietnam War. He asked me for my mailing address so that he could send me a copy inasmuch as he quotes me, taking an experience that I related out of context to prove his point.
Sadly he didn't ask permission first otherwise I would have denied it.
I sincerely hope that his book is a commercial failure. Indeed, I find it hard to believe that there yet remains any interest in beating up on us (but we suspect otherwise, don't we?).
I just received an email from an author who is about to be published, a book castigating a particular aspect of the Vietnam War. He asked me for my mailing address so that he could send me a copy inasmuch as he quotes me, taking an experience that I related out of context to prove his point.
Sadly he didn't ask permission first otherwise I would have denied it.
I sincerely hope that his book is a commercial failure. Indeed, I find it hard to believe that there yet remains any interest in beating up on us (but we suspect otherwise, don't we?).
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MAJ (Join to see)
CPT Jack Durish, that's snake shit low! Yes, I do hope you have recourse. Have you considered contacting the publisher? That might be a prudent first course of action.
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Capt Seid Waddell
CPT Jack Durish, that is no surprise to me. They live on hate and hatred goes to the bone and never forgets and never moves on.
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PVT Mark Brown
Did he attribute the quote to you directly? Sounds like he may have take something you said and used it out of context, giving it a meaning that is nowhere close to what you said. In that case, since it is a negative reflection on you, personally, are you not able to file some sort of tort action for libel or slander?
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Major Holland as a Vietnam veteran my own opinion is most returning veterans were subject to about the same actual experiences as any combat veteran --the main difference was they had no real debriefing period (mine consisted of 3 days in Okinawa) no fanfare or thank you,but were shoved back into a society that really didn't want them,mostly jobless and berfet of help from the VA if they asked (most would not) they managed the best they could. I for one am very glad to see the interest taken in our young returning Veterans today and still we aren't doing enough,Thank you,Sir
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