Posted on Sep 26, 2015
Did you hear that Vietnam veterans reunite in Hampton, bond over military patrol boats?
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Did you hear that Vietnam veterans reunite in Hampton, bond over military patrol boats?
http://www.stripes.com/military-life/military-history/vietnam-veterans-reunite-in-hampton-bond-over-military-patrol-boats-1.370249
Ralph Richason and Ken McCorry last saw one another when they were teenagers at war in Vietnam.
"The last time I laid eyes on this man was 45 years ago," said Richason, of Texas, placing an arm around McCorry, from Pennsylvania. "We were on the same boat one night when we got mortared."
The two former sailors reunited in Hampton this week with other Navy and Army veterans who patrolled the inland waterways of Vietnam on boats called PBRs, which stands for "patrol boat, river." It's the same boat from the 1979 war epic "Apocalypse Now" — most of the movie was hyperbole, several of the veterans said.
"Except the water skiing," Pat Doyle added with a sly smile and wink.
http://www.stripes.com/military-life/military-history/vietnam-veterans-reunite-in-hampton-bond-over-military-patrol-boats-1.370249
Ralph Richason and Ken McCorry last saw one another when they were teenagers at war in Vietnam.
"The last time I laid eyes on this man was 45 years ago," said Richason, of Texas, placing an arm around McCorry, from Pennsylvania. "We were on the same boat one night when we got mortared."
The two former sailors reunited in Hampton this week with other Navy and Army veterans who patrolled the inland waterways of Vietnam on boats called PBRs, which stands for "patrol boat, river." It's the same boat from the 1979 war epic "Apocalypse Now" — most of the movie was hyperbole, several of the veterans said.
"Except the water skiing," Pat Doyle added with a sly smile and wink.
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No I did you hear that Vietnam veterans reunite in Hampton, bond over military patrol boats COL Mikel J. Burroughs. Hampton Roads is full of civil war military naval history as well as more recent military watercraft history.
It seems like a very appropriate place to reunite with Army and Navy riverine patrol boat crew members.
It seems like a very appropriate place to reunite with Army and Navy riverine patrol boat crew members.
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