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Posted by dusty gordon
on 3/17/2009, 4:23 pm, in reply to "Re: Wanabe Vietnam Vets"
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: well, having been on both sides of that big
: blue puddle during my service I have to ask:
: did you get to choose your post? I sure as
: hell didn't. Did you enjoy your meals? your
: re-supply of ammunition, medical supplies,
: uniforms etc.? Did you ever have your ass
: saved by air support? When I was sitting in
: a little radio shack in Virginia I knew more
: about and effected more activity in viet nam
: than when there in person. So, yes, there is
: a difference between a viet nam era vet and
: the rest of us-strictly geography- I'd have
: never made it home alive without them. So,
: yes, I would say you are overreacting.
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: In pa. you have to have been awarded a
: vietnam
: sevice medal on your dd-213
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: What do you folks think of a woman and her
: brother (acquaintances of mine)who both
: served in the Marine Corps 1975-77. they
: both sport Vietnam Veteran license tags
: (Alabama) on their autos and describe
: themselves as "Vietnam Veterans"?
: They make no distinction between a Vietnam
: Vet and a Vietnam ERA Vet. I served in the
: Navy during the same period and would never
: ever describe myself as a Vietnam Vet. It
: just pisses me off to no end. They spent
: their entire enlistments at 29 Palms.
: California is a damn sight different than
: the Republic of Vietnam. Is their anything
: that I can do about this? I have called the
: DMV in Alabama and they say that as long as
: your DD-214 says that you served during the
: Vietnam Era you can have a Vietnam Vet tag.
: sucks doesn't it? Am I( over reacting? Any
: suggestions on what I can do about it?
:
: heres what i think about it, if they are having health problems and mental problems then they should go to the v.a. and get evaluated.but it has to be on there dd214 not dd213 that they were in country, if not then i think they should not tell everyone they were there but was only vietnam era soldiers.
dusty gordon vietnam 1970-71
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