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Watching a Vietnam special on NatgeoHD called "inside the vietnam war".
I always have known about the Vietnam war and the battles and so forth. However, tonight when really thinking about it.....the body counts on both sides were staggering. What a hell of a war that was. I wasnt around to experience what life was like back in the states, but I think it must have been really jacked up.
Anyone ever serve in the bush over there?
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quote:The dustoff had to fly right into the heart of the battle zone and pluck out shocked, suffering, bleeding and badly damaged combatants who might still be under heavy fire. Yet the medical crew also had to make sure that they themselves managed to survive such fire, so that their rescued casualty could be removed safely to an aid station in the rear.
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I think there is quite a few, at least there use to be.
Think it's like looking at our list of classmates from high school, we hope that (use to be} means that we have not heard about them or from them lately, not the lideral sense.
quote:Originally posted by IWISHIHAD: I think there is quite a few, at least there use to be.
Think it's like looking at our list of classmates from high school, we hope that (use to be} means that we have not heard about them or from them lately, not the lideral sense.
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We had cable in the motel, which was more or less four months. I had known friends, of course, with cable/satellite, but never had either myself. Raising kiddos, we simply never found it a priority. Didn't have it at the duplex, either, cuz I could get good DSL.
Then we had it about a year (not quite) here at the new place, cuz I *could not* get DSL. I wound up liking a few channels, but could not justify the cost in terms of "promises" versus "delivery," not to mention customer-service headaches. Charter overpromises and underdelivers--and THEN they're rude about it, lol.
" always have known about the Vietnam war and the battles and so forth. However, tonight when really thinking about it.....the body counts on both sides were staggering. What a hell of a war that was. I wasnt around to experience what life was like back in the states, but I think it must have been really jacked up."
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I am not sure that the Vietnam War had a lot to do with a some of the events that happened in the sixties and early seventies.
It was just a changing time that the Vietnam War was part of.
Longer hair, mini skirts, wild times etc.
Each era brings something different and something different for each generation to reflect on.
Although none have as much to reflect on as the sixties and seventies
I think there are several others that post from time to time that said they were there also.
Anyone watch that HBO series Pacific?
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I have seen about four episodes. I think Band of Brothers is better though. Band of Brothers was amazing.
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