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Re: Vietnam 

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Wed, 20 Sep 17 12:35 AM | 50 view(s)
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I hope for the same thing for you De.

My parents did not want me going off but my draft number was so low I was gone anyway so I just chose to be a Marine instead of an Army soldier.

I can relate to the walking. the Bungee sticks and holes that had them and poisonous snakes in them for us to step on or fall into were always on your mind and trip wires hidden so that you would be maimed, blown up in pieces and several of your squad if you set one off accidentally.

Always a lot to think about out on patrol and moving through the bush..

Veterans, most will tell you that they would not wish anyone having to go to war because they know how difficult and horrifying it is.

I am just thankful that I was one of the fortunate ones whose time was not yet up in God's plans for me and that He has used me to be a spokesman for HIM.

Only through HIS GRACE was I and still am able to be a normal person and I can easily see why so many come home with all kinds of trauma and emotional psychological disorders.


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Re: Vietnam
By: Decomposed in POPE IV
Tue, 19 Sep 17 8:07 PM 		Msg. 34503 of 47202

micro:
 

re: " when some of them start to awaken, it creates some inner imbalance. "

Yes, I should think it would.

One of the vets interviewed in the PBS series spoke of how when he used to walk through the fields, knowing that every step could be his last, he used to look at his legs and wonder how it was that they even continued to function. He said he came to regard the very act of taking a step as being one of supreme courage.

Another spoke of hiding in the dark, reporting on the enemy by clicking the squelch button on his radio once or twice to communicate since the Viet Cong were so close that he could hear them speaking. He said that to this day, he has to have a night light in his room. His children don't understand and tease him for sleeping with it.

I am SO happy that I never had to go through that, and I continue to be fearful that one day they might just reinstate the draft and go after my boy.

I do believe that war has become easier for Americans since WWII. Losses and horrors certainly haven't been as extreme (on our side). I suspect that drones and robot soldiers will do most of the fighting one day. I also suspect it will happen in North America before too much longer. Hopefully not while I'm alive...
 

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