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It's just about midnight here in Manila (Midnight in Manila: maybe Michael Jackson can start his comeback with that as…
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but haven't seen it.  Your recommendation will push me to check it out. By the way, I was attending a…
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talking to others about my Vietnam experience.  If I can teach someone else, if they can learn from my experience…
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but I don't need to be welcomed home anymore.  I've been here awhile (although I took a ten year hiatus…
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When I was an advisor in Vietnam, I once asked my "counterpart" why the North Vietnamese and VC were such…
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that's the plan, Sybil. We had a plan in Vietnam, too.   The best laid plans...
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I wasn't quite expecting this diary to turn into a bunch of old vets telling war stories.  Just kinda headed…
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it is...
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There was this teenage Vietnamese kid who used to hang around our base camp.  He was just hangin out waiting…
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fuckin borne... Geez, let's not bring this up, huh? You'll ruin my "sensitive man" facade.
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a brief stint with LRRPS: A Company, 75th Infantry. It was stateside duty, my first posting out of OCS and…
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Where were you? And when?
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Enjoy!
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I think most everyone else is still asleep.  What is it, 6:30 am EDT on a Saturday morning?  I'm actually…
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with your analysis of the situation.  I'm not sure I agree with your proposed solution. Your solution assumes that we…
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I can accept the idea of serving with "honor" in Vietnam.  Yes, I did my duty, but what did that…
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Only myself. I had joined the army in a fit of working-class patriotism.  My grandfathers served in WWI, my father…
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during the run-up to the 1988 presidential elections, I seriously considered supporting Biden during his primary bid.  Since I was,…
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I'm something of a single-issue voter.  War is my issue, and I supported Dean initially, because he was one of…
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Seems like decent sort of folks around here.  Think I'll set a spell.
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