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A thank you to Viet Nam vets and the United States by a former Viet Nam citizen.
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<blockquote data-quote="dennishoddy" data-source="post: 1756423" data-attributes="member: 5412"><p>Back into the thread.....</p><p>I said It was a great post and some have turned it into their personal rant against our founders.</p><p></p><p>I spent a year in that country, saw/did crap that a 20-21 year old should never see/do in their lifetime. No human should ever have to go through that. I'll keep it short.</p><p>I was picked up by a huey in the middle of a rice paddy for my trip home. You fought until your last day, no matter what that day was. Dead or alive.</p><p></p><p>I was always disturbed by the refugees getting out of these areas, with their whole lives on their backs. I tend to be one of those folks that care about other people. </p><p>We didn't get a whole lot of interface with them, as we were moving forward, and they were going the other way.</p><p>Soldiers were always giving up their rations to them and their children.They had nothing, we had only to miss a meal or two.</p><p> Much different from the way afgan troops are turning on our troops now.</p><p>Dutch, I'm sure you can do a little research and find out an instance or two where somebody disresptected the Vietnamese people, but overall, we did what we could do. We never lost a battle, and inflicted major casualities on the enemy.</p><p>Our Government politicians lost the war, not the military.</p><p>The Vietnamese people that I've had the pleasure of meeting afterward, that are now citizens of this great country, have nothing but good things to say overall. I'm sure you could dig around and find a couple that have had problems.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="dennishoddy, post: 1756423, member: 5412"] Back into the thread..... I said It was a great post and some have turned it into their personal rant against our founders. I spent a year in that country, saw/did crap that a 20-21 year old should never see/do in their lifetime. No human should ever have to go through that. I'll keep it short. I was picked up by a huey in the middle of a rice paddy for my trip home. You fought until your last day, no matter what that day was. Dead or alive. I was always disturbed by the refugees getting out of these areas, with their whole lives on their backs. I tend to be one of those folks that care about other people. We didn't get a whole lot of interface with them, as we were moving forward, and they were going the other way. Soldiers were always giving up their rations to them and their children.They had nothing, we had only to miss a meal or two. Much different from the way afgan troops are turning on our troops now. Dutch, I'm sure you can do a little research and find out an instance or two where somebody disresptected the Vietnamese people, but overall, we did what we could do. We never lost a battle, and inflicted major casualities on the enemy. Our Government politicians lost the war, not the military. The Vietnamese people that I've had the pleasure of meeting afterward, that are now citizens of this great country, have nothing but good things to say overall. I'm sure you could dig around and find a couple that have had problems. [/QUOTE]
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