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May that slut ---- die a long, slow and painful death ------
like many of those who served in the rice paddies !
Oh man. My tears get it.
Many will watch ---- some will NEVER get it !
Whole lot of truth right there.
When I see young kids growing up these days and their parents are told how to think by our bought off media and then their kids go into schools with history books being changed and told all kinds of crap I hurt for all the families who have paid the price so I can go to church this morning and be free to worship all the while people are more clueless then ever the price that's been paid.
God Bless this angel !!
http://www.blogs.va.gov/VAntage/34803/army-veteran-spends-days-comforting-dying/
*A Christmas Poem*
The embers glowed softly, and in their dim light,
I gazed round the room and I cherished the sight.
My wife was asleep, her head on my chest,
My daughter beside me, angelic in rest
Outside the snow fell, a blanket of white,
transforming the yard to a winter delight.
The sparkling lights in the tree I believe,
Completed the magic that was Christmas Eve
My eyelids were heavy, my breathing was deep,
Secure and surrounded by love, I would sleep,
In perfect contentment, or so it would seem,
So I slumbered, perhaps I started to dream.
The sound wasn't loud, and it wasn't too near,
But I opened my eyes when it tickled my ear.
Perhaps just a cough, I didn't quite know,
Then the sure sound of footsteps outside in the snow.
My soul gave a tremble, I struggled to hear,
And I crept to the door just to see who was near.
Standing out in the cold and the dark of the night,
A lone figure stood his face weary and tight.
A soldier, I puzzled, some twenty years old,
Perhaps a Marine, huddled here in the cold.
Alone in the dark, he looked up and smiled,
Standing watch over me, and my wife and my child.
"What are you doing?" I asked without fear,
"Come in this moment, it's freezing out here!
Put down your pack; brush the snow from your sleeve,
You should be at home on a cold Christmas Eve!"
For barely a moment I saw his eyes shift,
Away from the cold and the snow blown in drifts,
To the window that danced with a warm fire's light.
Then he sighed and he said "Its really all right,
I'm out here by choice. I'm here every night."
"It's my duty to stand at the front of the line,
That separates you from the darkest of times.
No one had to ask or beg or implore,
I'm proud to stand here like my fathers before.
My Gramps died at Pearl on a day in December."
Then he sighed, "That's a Christmas Gram always remembers."
"My dad stood his watch in the jungles of ' Nam ',
And now it is my turn and so, here I am.
I've not seen my own son in more than a while,
But my wife sends me pictures; he's sure got her smile."
Then he bent and he carefully pulled from his bag,
The red, white, and blue... an American flag.
"I can live through the cold and the being alone,
Away from my family, my house and my home
I can stand at my post through the rain and the sleet,
I can sleep in a foxhole with little to eat.
I can carry the weight of killing another,
Or lay down my life for my sister or brother,
Who stand at the front against any and all
To ensure for all time that this flag will not fall."
"So go back inside," he said, "Harbor no fright,
Your family is waiting and I'll be all right."
"But isn't there something I can do, at the least?
Give you money," I asked, "Or prepare you a feast?
It seems all too little for all that you've done,
for being away from your wife and your son."
Then his eye welled a tear that held no regret,
"Just tell us you love us, and never forget
To fight for our rights back at home while we're gone,
To stand your own watch, no matter how long
For when we come home, either standing or dead,
To know you remember we fought and we bled
Is payment enough, and with that we will trust,
that we mattered to you as you mattered to us."
Poet Unk
Mom tells me CNN is running a contest....
they will air 10 heroes and the people will vote on the top hero.....
they just don't get it....
how do you vote on who is the best hero???...
this isn't Marvel Comics...
this guy is the definition of a hero....
an ordinary guy doing extraordinary acts.../Salute
White House: ‘embittered’ World War II veterans should get over Pearl Harbor
My add-
And I have not will never forgive Hanoi Jane. WW2 vets, your animus is righteous.
And PS- My good friend and neighbor Gene Wilber died last year. He was a hero of the Hanoi Hilton.
December 6, 2016 | BPR Wire
White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest said during a press conference Monday it was natural for World War II veterans to be “embittered” about Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s visit to Pearl Harbor, but they should get over it for the sake of America.
It was announced Monday that Abe will be the first Japanese leader to visit Pearl Harbor since it was hit by a surprise attack that killed 2,403 Americans and brought the U.S. into World War II. The visit reciprocates President Barack Obama’s visit to Hiroshima earlier this year for the anniversary of the atomic bomb attack on the city.
Abe said in a short statement he would pray for those who died in the war, but gave no indication he would express regret for Japan’s surprise attack.
During a White House press briefing Monday, Earnest was asked whether veterans may be offended by Abe’s visit if he expressed no regret over the attack.
Earnest responded by saying veterans may very well feel “embittered,” especially if they personally fought in World War II.
“If I were a World War II veteran who was drafted by the United States military to go and fight for our country overseas in the aftermath of the Pearl Harbor attack, I might feel quite embittered, and I think it would be a perfectly natural and understandable human reaction to not be particularly satisfied with the words of the Japanese Prime Minister,” Earnest said.
But Earnest followed up by saying those veterans should overcome those feelings for the good of the country.
“Yes, there may be some who feel personally embittered,” he said. “But I’m confident that many will set aside their own personal bitterness, not because they’re personally satisfied by the words of the Prime Minister, but because they recognize how important this moment is for the United States.”
http://www.bizpacreview.com/2016/12/06/white-house-embittered-world-war-ii-veterans-get-pearl-harbor-420499
Hope the Vet makes it and TY Judge for your compassion!
When he landed, he thought he was going to have it made, but that fantasy was short lived. Reality reared its ugly head and reminded Fitzmaurice that war is no picnic – it’s hell. His Medal of Honor citation sums up the portion of it in which he fought and bled. It reads:
http://www.blogs.va.gov/VAntage/32564/north-dakota-man-earned-medal-of-honor-in-vietnam/
Happy Birthday, Pete! Still miss you every day....but, know you are holding muster up there and getting things ready for the rest of the team! Semper Fi, brother ---- R.I.P. !
One more gone to ashes warriors ---- clink/glug/smash!!
A Soldier's Son: Vietnam Vet Jack Estes' Poignant Novel Sees a Father's Love, Loss and Personal Courage Collide
PR NEWSWIRE 10:17 AM ET 10/18/2016
PORTLAND, Ore. , Oct. 18, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Masterfully crafted by Jack Estes, 'A Soldier's Son' calls on the author's own experiences in Vietnam to tell the gut-wrenching story of a PTSD-riddled veteran, who breaks to the core of his being when his son is sent to the war in Iraq. He has a plan to "save" him; a plan that will put protagonist Mike Kelly's own life on the line and rekindle the memories of Vietnam that threaten to destroy him. A Novel this profound has naturally been received with critical acclaim. Author Karen Karbo said, "Jack Estes is a master at capturing the human costs of war, from the battlefield to the front rooms of America. As riveting, as it is lyrical, A Soldier's Son will not be forgotten."
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Kirkus Reviews wrote, "Estes skillfully presents the effect of war on families both in the moment and decades later. His characters are rich and complex. Battle scenes are vividly drawn, keeping the reader caught up in the action. A complex novel of the past and future, fathers and sons, and war and redemption, and the devastating impact of large scale violence on both the perpetrators and the victims."
Karl Marlantes , author of the New York Times best- selling Vietnam novel Matterhorn, wrote, "All veterans and their loved ones should read this story of a father's love, loss, and personal courage, both at home and at war."
Lake Oswego Oregon – While he's now an award-winning writer, Jack Estes was a decorated war hero before the age of 20. Estes served with the United StatesMarine Corps in Vietnam between 1968-1969; regarded as the bloodiest years of the long war. He was left wounded, emotionally scared, yet a true American Hero.
It's no surprise, then, that Estes' novel about a fictional Vietnam veteran has earned accolades of its own. Estes won't say how much of 'A Soldier's Son' is based on his own life, but one thing is for certain – his portrayal of PTSD and living the horror of war's aftermath is too vivid and gut-wrenching to be thoroughbred fiction.
Synopsis:
In 1968, Mike Kelly's chopper is shot down at night, over the jungles of Vietnam. The crew is dead. Most of his team is dead and the enemy is near. Today it is 2004, and Mike is a successful author who writes for the daily newspaper. He lives in a big house on the lake with his wife, Claire, college aged daughter, Madie and 18 year old son, Mick. Not all is well in the Kelly home. Mike is haunted by Vietnam. He fights hard to control his memories. With the beginning of the Iraq war, Mike's symptoms of PTSD are tearing at the family. Claire is threatening to leave unless he receives treatment for PTSD and takes medication to calm him. Madie feels Mike doesn't love or understand her and Mick is sick of him trying to control his life. When Mick and his best friend Griff join the marine corps and are sent to Iraq, Mike implodes. He travels to Iraq as an embedded reporter in a desperate attempt to save his son.
"I've actually been back to Vietnam several times since returning from the war," explains Estes, whose recent Memorial Day essay was featured in the Wall Street Journal. "These trips took doctors and nurses over to provide care for the poor and needy; it was my way of correcting the wrongs of the war and embarking on a bold journey of therapy. Believe me, Vietnam stays with you for life. I wanted to capture this on paper, as a man watches his own son depart for a warzone and history repeats itself beyond his control."
Continuing, "Feedback has been overwhelmingly positive, with people really appreciating and understanding the book's depth, from both a factual and emotional standpoint. Many Vietnam veterans sent their sons off to fight in Iraq, and this story is as much theirs as it is mine."
Estes is correct, his work has been received with critical acclaim. For example, Emmy nominated writer Cynthia Whitcomb comments, "Sometimes we forget that there is only one generation between Vietnam and Iraq. That some of the boys who survived the first, lived on to have sons sent into a new horrific kind of warfare. When a middle-aged father braves the battlefield of Iraq to save his son, it is not just an act of courage, but an act of great love. There have been beloved writers lost too young in wars. Rupert Brooke in WWI comes to mind here. Sometimes we are lucky enough to have a talented writer survive war with the skill to write about it for all of us to understand his experiences and war itself. And sometimes a writer is gifted enough to transform his hell into art. Jack Estes is one of these, now with an unforgettable, powerful book about war and about what it is to be a father."
Lindsey Nelson adds, "A Soldier's Son is a fast-paced, exciting novel. The characters deal with immense inner turmoil while action-movie-worthy scenes swirl around them. I've never read a book that did such an excellent job describing intense war scenes with such great detail that I could picture clearly in my mind's eye. This should certainly be made into a film. Thank you, Jack, for putting what our soldiers do for our country into perspective for me."
'A Soldier's Son' is available now: http://amzn.to/2cLFMVb.
For more information on the author and his work, visit the official website: http://jackestes.com.
About the Author:
Jack Estes is also the author of the critically acclaimed book 'A Field of Innocence', a memoir of his service in Vietnam in 1968-69. His articles and essays have appeared in 'Newsweek', 'LA Times', 'Wall Street Journal', 'Chicago Tribune' and the'Oregonian'.
He has written a book of fiction titled 'Searching for Gurney' that has not been published, but excerpts were used to win a Fellowship at Squaw Valley Writers Conference, to be accepted at Breadloaf and to take First Place at Willamette Writers Conference.
Contact: Jack Estes / jackestes@comcast.net / 503 201 7046
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SOURCE Jack Estes, Author
Had to share that one in FB...
" You are Welcome, Michael .. !!
/Salute.....what an awesome way to start my day....Thanks Larry....we all owe them a refill...
Awesome Larry ----- THANK YOU ~~~~ from ALL our guys/gals!!
Thank You For Your Service (A Moment of Truth) >
The Woman That Taunted US GIs in Vietnam
www.newser.com
"Hanoi Hannah" was a propaganda broadcaster for the North Vietnamese forces during the war. She recently passed away in Ho Chi Minh City.
http://www.newser.com/story/232099/hanoi-hannah-has-died.html?utm_source=part&utm_medium=earthlink&utm_campaign=rss_topnews
Once upon a time....in a galaxy far far away..........
<< how soon we forget >>
/Salute....thank you for your service my friend.......LEAVING Nam....can NEVER be dreary.....a little tribute to you....thanks to AC....enjoy....glad you made it back...
LOL ~~~ yes, I am BD ---- TY!!!!
Danang you're old!
Thanks for your service EZ!
Hey, TY Larry ----- most of our guys still around and
we chat pretty often. Lost a couple of them....to
natural death.....but, majority still kicking and cussing
like Filthy Marines!
One thing we all say often ------ WHERE HAVE THE YEARS GONE?
" and WE Thank You Soooo-much for your Service, Gnu .. Thank you .. !!
50 years ago today ---- on a very dark, dreary and rainy
morning ---- I saw Da Nang in the rearview mirror!
Well, actually from a seat on a USAF Starlifter !
Never looked so good ------ but, I didn't feel safe until
we were well over the China Sea!
And the rest, as they say ----- is history!
Welcome Al....thanks for your service...well done
Welcome al44 ----- THANK YOU for service !
I understand your post thoroughly.
EZ
Just found your board. Thanks for hosting it. RVN 1967 and 68, combat engineer, land clearing demo team in the delta. Many memories good and bad. 3 non threatening wounds. Best op- Akron 4, kept over 13,000 weapons out of Tet offensive. Not much to say but I'll be by often to read.
........al
LOL like I just posted to excel....would love to sit down with you on the back deck...BBQ and quaff a few beers and hear your side...
Couldn't agree more....most of what I learned/knew about the war came from my Dad...although it took awhile...he didn't want to talk about it...I would love to sit on my back deck while BBQing...with EZ...and get his perspective on the war....the non PC version...
Damn EZ...that's got to be the best accounting I've seen so far.....will give me plenty of reading material...and Galloway was a hell of a reporter.....I've read plenty of his stuff....can you imagine the sorry excuse they call journalists today doing what he did???
Total agreement --- a lot of what I learned (much of it
the hard way) back then ---- has a dramatic impact on
WHO I AM......now !
Da Nang '66
WOW! Whole lot on that website.
I wish kids could put down their books which many have become propaganda books from groups lobbying for this part and that part of history changed or left out to more real educational sites like this one.
If our kids don't learn from our mistakes or what we did right the same situations going to come up again and again as they become part of government.
With PC having taken over the country we won't survive those mistakes like before.
Love it Larry....and I would add....ALL names listed on the wall are more than just a name....to me anyway
Thanks again....and good morning
Jimmy Fortune - More Than A Name On A Wall >
22 people a day who served their country for you and I can't take it anymore and kill themselves leaving a wreckage of grief behind them.
Our government sends them over there would rather drug them up to SHUT them up and shove them aside when they know a PLANT God gave us is out there that allows them to get off all the drugs this government gives them but because the government can't control the $$$$$$$ behind the growing, use, etc of the cannabis plant they'd rather drug our VETS to DEATH then give them what they need!
Your government has 22 people a day BLOOD on their hands!
Free your VETS from the hell of man made lab drugs and free people from the poison of chemo when cannabis cures many more people of cancer and other diseases but because your government can't make $$$$$ and control the use they keep the propaganda anti cannabis machine churning along!
Please not only watch this, pass it on to everyone you know.
Free the CANNABIS PLANT!
/Salute......Thank you for your service...
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WELCOME ALL !!!
Never forget !!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VgCVS2mHe0Q
In honor of all our lost family and friends and special recognition given to a really good friend ~~~
http://www.in.gov/iwm/historical/kmia-vietnam.html
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Vietnam Veteran's Terminology and Slang.
Quite a bookoo list. Many of these I've never seen in print before. Ought to bring back a memory or two. I hope most are good.
http://www.vietvet.org/glossary.htm
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