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Almost had a PTSD moment this afternoon
Mar 29, 2022, 10:57 PM
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Didn’t know SiriusXM was having a tribute to Vietnam Vets & heard a news clip and a song from 1969 that I had never heard- just called “Vietnam” by Jimmy Cliff (also not familiar to me). But I was in the Army almost all of ‘69 and had little chance to listen to the radio- really was weird hearing that song for the first time today.
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Re: Almost had a PTSD moment this afternoon
Mar 29, 2022, 11:13 PM
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I can only imagine what you guys went through.
Thank you so much for your service. All Vietnam Vets have a special place in my heart.
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Yeah, Jimmy Cliff was sort of an old school reggae guy who
Mar 29, 2022, 11:27 PM
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popped up now and again over the years, never really hit it big. I had to look him up, he's still alive & kicking at age 77.
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Re: Yeah, Jimmy Cliff was sort of an old school reggae guy who
Mar 30, 2022, 12:32 AM
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And we could wish that Johnny Winter was "Still Alive and Well."
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Re: Yeah, Jimmy Cliff was sort of an old school reggae guy who
Mar 30, 2022, 1:09 PM
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I actually went to a Johnny Winter concert in Charlotte in the '70s because my GF at the time was a fan.
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Re: Yeah, Jimmy Cliff was sort of an old school reggae guy who
Mar 30, 2022, 12:20 PM
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Jimmy Cliff is one of the most influential reggae artists of all time. He’s a national hero in Jamaica. It’s difficult to get in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame without “hitting it big”…
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Re: Almost had a PTSD moment this afternoon
Mar 30, 2022, 9:49 AM
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Clover, Thanks for all you did and continue to do. I always look forward to your posts. I finished Clemson AFROTC in 1969. I ended up on the ground flying out of Thailand - comfortable and relatively safe, but it gave me the greatest respect for you guys on the ground slogging through the rice paddies.
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I was also in the AFROTC program the same as your
Mar 30, 2022, 1:06 PM
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first 2 years as it was required back then to have that or the Army ROTC. Also lived in the tin cans Spring of '66 and th entire year of '67-'68. Had New F in '66-'67.
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Thanks for your service, glad you made it out of there!
Mar 30, 2022, 10:01 AM
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Re: Almost had a PTSD moment this afternoon
Mar 30, 2022, 10:19 AM
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Thanks very much for your Vietnam service. Can't completely comprehend the extreme hardships you and all the others faced there but reading your earlier posts provided good insight. Lost a couple high school classmates, a neighbor and a cousin's husband later from the results of agent orange exposure.
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Yep clover65..thx very much for your service & personal sacrifice!
Mar 30, 2022, 1:14 PM
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I was a Navy Corpsman trainee in 1960 and we were scared to death of maybe serving in Nam and being shot on purpose by snippers when we would run over to offer medical help to a fallen American soldier.
I was a lucky one to stay in States!
Salute Sir to you & your comrades!
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Oculus Spirit [90752]
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Here’s the song cover of song Vietnam by Jimmy Cliff.
Mar 30, 2022, 1:18 PM
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Oops..see next post!
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Oculus Spirit [90752]
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Re: Here’s the song cover of song Vietnam by Jimmy Cliff.
Mar 30, 2022, 1:20 PM
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Here you go!
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Oculus Spirit [90752]
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Here’s 3 more song covers by Jimmy Cliff & his Vietnam song.
Mar 30, 2022, 1:24 PM
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He’s new to me so thx clover65!
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