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a reply to: bucsarg

Way back, I was a 91T. All peacetime, duty station at Ft. Benning. Hubby is in now, though retiring.

To all you veterans, Thank you doesn't seem enough.

G. K. Chesterton
Courage is almost a contradiction in terms. It means a strong desire to live taking the form of readiness to die.

Thank you for the reply and thank you for your service.

a reply to: Shamrock6

Excuse my ignorance. What is RVN ? What major city is Phu lam near. I am assum8ng this is in Vietnam.

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a reply to: conspiracytheoristIAM

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a reply to: wastedown

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a reply to: FlyersFan

1992 SGT DPL, 131 Rayon Verbindings Compagnie, Royal Dutch Army, Netherlands

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a reply to: Skid Mark

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a reply to: johnwick

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a reply to: N3k9Ni

Have you all killed people?

a reply to: bucsarg

RVN is Republic of Viet Nam and Phu Lam is just west of Saigon.

originally posted by: and14263
Have you all killed people?

Why would you ask that?

Look man, there are only two types of folks that will answer that.

The type that doesn't want to talk about it, and you likely just offended.

Or the other type..."hell ya I did!!! 47 confirmed kills!!! Never did get that upclise knife kill I was looking forward to, maybe next time right?".

Just saying, you probably shouldn't ask folks that.

a reply to: johnwick

Open forum, I'll ask what I want.

You make your decisions and live with the consequences, I'll make mine.

It was your last line in your post which motivated me to ask the question. What a joyous phrase.

a reply to: and14263

That is a very touchy and tricky subject to discuss and often once you get answers, you wish you did not ask in the first place. My departed Uncle co-piloted a Liberator and flew 26 missions over Germany in which he was responsible for hundreds of thousands of deaths, or so he felt. He went from being a happy go lucky guy, or so my mother told me, to a quiet, somber man that spoke infrequently and spent much of his time alone with his thoughts.

A young man that I know though a neighbor did much killing and was so good at it that after he left the service was signed on by an agency where he continues what he did so well. He says very little and we are fortunate at that.

Then there was a buddy of mine that that served in a UDT team during the last few years in Vietnam and a year as a mercenary in Africa. He not only killed plenty and loved to do it and talk about it, but torturing lost souls was his favorite pastime. At 61 he still satiates his need to inflict pain on humans in fights he initiates for sport. A seriously lost soul and after knowing him well, it would have been far better to have never met him at all. So be careful for what you wish for.

Me, I just played at soldering and it was a lot of fun because we marched and trained and drilled and schooled and never had the unfortunate choice of having to kill or be killed. My heart goes out to any and all of those that had to choose, and I would say to all of them is Be Thou At Peace, your grateful nation salutes you all.

a reply to: and14263

We military folks have all kinds of "joyous" phrases, sayings, slogans, mottos, and so on.

Should hear the cadences that are sung when we're not around base housing.