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groyster1
3020 posts
Sep 27, 2017
5:41 PM
who was there?????I was in long bien 1969-70.....93rd medivac long bihn.....a medic.....and just a kid....18-19.....it was a prolonged nightmare.....of course will not violate the creed.....guess Ive already said enough
kudzurunner
6352 posts
Sep 27, 2017
7:29 PM
I've been watching the same TV show. We're allowed to discuss blues songs and the issues that they raise here:

Vietnam Blues


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Sarge
639 posts
Sep 27, 2017
7:32 PM
67-68 12th Combat Defense K-9 unit
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bluemoose
1159 posts
Sep 28, 2017
12:25 PM
https://youtu.be/Tr0igduASBI

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Honkin On Bobo
1477 posts
Sep 29, 2017
11:14 AM
I'm watching that documentary series as well. I have the deepest respect for anyone who found themselves in the middle of that insanity. I wasn't there. The US exited a few years before I would have had to make a decision. I have two buddies, both a few years older than me who went. Both purple hearts. One wounded via bamboo booby trap, never healed 100%. He is deceased now. He definitely had a lust for life when he got back, that I believe was informed by what he experienced over there. His motto: We're only here for a short time, might as well be a good time. And I can testify, he LIVED that creed. And I lived a piece of it with him, we did some serious partying back in the day.

RIP Greg - You are missed.

Lastly, if we're offering our favorite Vietnam Blues. This would be mine.


Last Edited by Honkin On Bobo on Sep 29, 2017 11:49 AM
nowmon
144 posts
Sep 29, 2017
12:53 PM
Junior Wells and Buddy Guy,Viet Cong Blues,the best war song ..
Also I spent 1969 in Tay Ninh at the black virgin mt. doing demo. and I carried a MB harp with me.

Last Edited by nowmon on Sep 30, 2017 5:32 AM
DanP
341 posts
Sep 29, 2017
2:04 PM
I was in the Army from 1974 to 1977. The last of the Army troops left in 1973 so I didn't have to go there but I served with a lot of guys who were there and they were/are fine people. I saw all 10 episodes of the Vietnam War PBS series and I thought for the most part it was fair and balanced. Ken Burns is a great documentary filmmaker. He did a series on Jazz. I wish he would do a series on Blues too. By the way, thank you Sarge and groyster1 for your combat service in Vietnam.
1847
4486 posts
Oct 09, 2017
5:19 PM
a very dear friend of mine stops by once a week to have a beer.. i feel totally blessed, couldn't ask for a better friend ..... i remembered to ask. he was in long bien from 68 to 71 ... 79th transportation, he stayed as a civilian from 71 to 75.


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