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Stoneman
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11/11/2023 1:38:48 PM
Happ Veterans Day
To all veterans of all wars and military branches! Special blessing to all my fellow River Rats (Vietnam, Operation "Market Time" Task Forces 115 & 116) We made it home brothers and sisters. Semper Fortis! Brown Water Navy!
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Paul groover
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11/11/2023 3:24:17 PM
I was just reading about Operation "Market Time" Task Forces 115 & 116 on wikipedia. So my question is was you on the type of boat that Jeremy Clarkson had specially made for the Top gear Vietnam special. Apparently it,s the only one in the world. They were all scrapped after Vietnam. You would have thought they kept a couple for preservation sake in a military museum. Different with airplanes there cool.
I think the US navy was lucky to get someone of your caliber. How do i know this. We made it home brothers and sisters. Semper Fortis! Brown Water Navy!
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Stoneman
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11/11/2023 9:01:03 PM
No, I piloted a Mike 12 amphib assault boat that taxied Marines back and forth to spots in S. Vietnam on the Mekong river. I am not familiar with the boat you are referring to but there were many types of vessels we used. Most were built and commissioned for the Navy by American boat manufacturers.The ones you are referring to probably got scrapped during the Tet offensive as we had to destroy everything we could not take with us. That included boats, choppers and weapons. There's no telling how many millions of dollars worth of American gear is now languishing at the bottom of the sea.
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Paul groover
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11/14/2023 5:41:34 PM
I am sure that is what i am on about. I love old history if you don't know your history how can you plan for the future. It,s not a game of tin soldiers anymore.
It,s not Spitfires and Hurricanes over the south coast fighting for freedom anymore. It,s the big bada boom. Where everyone dies in a blinding flash. Some nutters are trying to drag us into some kind of conflict. I am pretty sure that is not going to happen. I would not work for the wages they pay anyway. What to work for them afterwards
I am of the opinion Scotland would be much better trying to join the BRICS nations. That is a minority idea at the moment. It would maybe give them a moment to pause
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Paul groover
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11/14/2023 5:59:57 PM
Tin Soldiers
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Stoneman
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11/15/2023 3:50:35 PM
Interesting true story: My wife and I were at a restaurant recently and as I often do, I was wearing my Vietnam veterans ball cap. In the middle of our meal there appeared a young Vietnamese man and he held out his hand to shake mine. As we shook hands he explained: "Sir, my family is from South Vietnam. We came here after the war as refugees and are now American citizens. Sir, if not for the sacrifices of men like you, my family and I would not be enjoying the freedoms we enjoy as American citizens. I would like to thank you for your service. I looked him in the eyes and said "You are my first". Puzzled he asked first what? I said you are the first Vietnamese person to ever thank me for my service. Stunned, he said, I am so sorry about that sir. I replied. Oh no, don't you dare be sorry young man. Because of your thanks to me today, I now know just how important the sacrifice I made so many years ago is. So. young man, I thank you for that! As he walked away and rejoined his family, I could not help but have a tear in my eye for the fact that finally, one of the people we helped had said thanks to me. You never know when a blessing is going to walk right up and present itself to you. I am always thankful. Shouldn't we all be?
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