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Vietnam (Picture) (another thing or 2 to forget)
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Vietnam (Picture) (another thing or 2 to forget)


Apr 3, 2021, 9:47 AM
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As I said before- you forget a lot of things until you see reminders and then some memories never come back. Where did those clothes come from - don't remember buying them and I sure didn't take them to Nam with me. I was in Danang waiting to catch a "Space Available" flight to Thailand for a weeks leave which would never happen as space never came available. We were only guaranteed one R & R in our year tour and the second week of leave was usually spent on a base where out-of-country flights were made - hoping that a seat would open in the first or second day. After that, you just resigned yourself to what was available on the base. Don't remember much except that I discovered that the Marines had a Bowling Alley.... yep - right in the middle of a war zone - they could bowl. They were nice enough to allow us GI types to use it a couple of times which I did. I don't remember anything else I did that week - not where I ate or slept or even if I had showers or used a "flush toilet" which we never saw elsewhere. And what I was doing taking a picture outside a Coffee Lounge I will never know- never have taken to coffee. And... where did those clothes end up - did I leave them with our company quartermaster awaiting my next real trip for my R & R which was scheduled for my 22nd birthday on 10/1/70 - instead I got a second surgery after wounds on 9/28. I do remember that.


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Re: Vietnam (Picture) (another thing or 2 to forget)


Apr 3, 2021, 10:11 AM

Clover,
I was one of the fortunate ones. !st hitch ('61-'65 ) was state side and 2nd ('67-69 ) was at sea in the Atlantic .

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Re: Vietnam (Picture) (another thing or 2 to forget)


Apr 3, 2021, 5:30 PM

Might be best to not remember.

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Re: Vietnam (Picture) (another thing or 2 to forget)


Apr 3, 2021, 7:55 PM

Some things for sure

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Re: Vietnam (Picture) (another thing or 2 to forget)


Apr 4, 2021, 12:09 AM

Always amazing to read Clover, the anxiety the first 2 days or so would have driven me nuts at that age...Thanks man, for everything!!

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Handsome fella there


Apr 4, 2021, 12:46 PM

Glad you’re still around to share with us!

Happy Easter Clover!

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