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DemoTex

(26,447 posts)
Mon May 8, 2017, 02:12 AM May 2017

Mandatory Muster: Our DU Vietnam Vets are dying off. Sign in Vietnam Vets.

Vietnam 9/70 - 9/71
MOS: Pilot
1st Radio Research Company (AVN) - US Army
Naval Air Facility
Cam Ranh Bay, RVN

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Mandatory Muster: Our DU Vietnam Vets are dying off. Sign in Vietnam Vets. (Original Post) DemoTex May 2017 OP
Era only flotsam May 2017 #1
Vietnam 5/68 - 5/69 pbmus May 2017 #2
Phu Bai! DemoTex May 2017 #3
Welcome home bro. Did you fly any glass elevators...? pbmus May 2017 #15
Hugs to you all Hekate May 2017 #4
Hooligans Navy yortsed snacilbuper May 2017 #5
Vietnam 1969-70 queentonic May 2017 #6
This deserves a kick for those vets who don't get up this early. lamp_shade May 2017 #7
U.S. Navy oasis May 2017 #8
K & R TexasProgresive May 2017 #9
di di mao, di nghi dao.. kentuck May 2017 #10
Kicking for the vets democrank May 2017 #11
Salute to the brothers and sisters HAB911 May 2017 #12
My hat's off to you. leanforward May 2017 #13
Era, not in country Stinky The Clown May 2017 #14
Era for me also. Drafted, but after basic and AIT Army Elwood P Dowd May 2017 #16
Me, too... Wounded Bear May 2017 #17
Era - '63-'71 trof May 2017 #18
Did you drop napalm outside of Phu Bai in 68....? pbmus May 2017 #19
Nope, sorry. I was AL ANG. trof May 2017 #22
The F-84, a ground lovin' whore! DemoTex May 2017 #20
More fun than a 747. trof May 2017 #21

flotsam

(3,268 posts)
1. Era only
Mon May 8, 2017, 02:18 AM
May 2017

Ft Carson Colorado 72-73
43B Aircraft repair
F Co 704th Maint Bat
4th ID
Butts Army Airfield

pbmus

(13,141 posts)
2. Vietnam 5/68 - 5/69
Mon May 8, 2017, 02:43 AM
May 2017

Mos; Grunt, clerk typist, changed my mos twice while in country
Headquarters 24th Corps US Army
Headquarters
Phu Bai, Vietnam

queentonic

(244 posts)
6. Vietnam 1969-70
Mon May 8, 2017, 04:44 AM
May 2017

Army Medical Corps/44th Med Bg/68th Med Gp
III Corps Area/Ho Nai
Triage and Field Medic
1969-70

lamp_shade

(15,522 posts)
7. This deserves a kick for those vets who don't get up this early.
Mon May 8, 2017, 04:56 AM
May 2017

Every couple of years, a DUer starts a thread just like this one. There are usually dozens of Viet Nam Vets who check in. Let's hope they see and respond to your OP. I'll kick this again in a couple of hours. BTW I was a civilian during the war years.

oasis

(53,986 posts)
8. U.S. Navy
Mon May 8, 2017, 05:16 AM
May 2017

Served aboard the aircraft carrier Kitty Hawk (CVA 63) during two WestPac cruises 1966-1968.

TexasProgresive

(12,785 posts)
9. K & R
Mon May 8, 2017, 06:35 AM
May 2017

Did not serve in Indochina (say Indochina because friends of mine ended up illegally across borders from Vietnam)- USAF 1969-1975.

kentuck

(115,635 posts)
10. di di mao, di nghi dao..
Mon May 8, 2017, 06:49 AM
May 2017

Hanging by a thread this morning.

Cam Ranh Bay
Support and Transportation
59th Field Service Unit
9/67 - 9/68

HAB911

(10,598 posts)
12. Salute to the brothers and sisters
Mon May 8, 2017, 07:02 AM
May 2017

Last edited Mon May 8, 2017, 10:24 AM - Edit history (2)

Korean DMZ '70-'71
US Army HHC 3BDE 2nd Inf Div
Camp Bullseye/Dodge/Howze/Panmunjom
Communications

leanforward

(1,140 posts)
13. My hat's off to you.
Mon May 8, 2017, 07:40 AM
May 2017

RVN, a little place called Di An. July 1966 to September 1967. If you have to be one, you might might as well be a big Red One.

Stinky The Clown

(68,964 posts)
14. Era, not in country
Mon May 8, 2017, 08:45 AM
May 2017

USN/USNR
1967-1973
USS Adroit, MSO-509
Minesweeper Navy - Wooden Ships and Iron Men

Elwood P Dowd

(11,453 posts)
16. Era for me also. Drafted, but after basic and AIT Army
Mon May 8, 2017, 02:00 PM
May 2017

assigned me to a stateside base where I stayed the whole 2 years (1970-72).

trof

(54,274 posts)
18. Era - '63-'71
Mon May 8, 2017, 02:08 PM
May 2017

106th Tactical Reconnaisance Squadron, 117th Wing
ALANG
Flew RF-84/F
Recon fighter

pbmus

(13,141 posts)
19. Did you drop napalm outside of Phu Bai in 68....?
Tue May 9, 2017, 12:46 AM
May 2017


If so, thanks for saving my life.

DemoTex

(26,447 posts)
20. The F-84, a ground lovin' whore!
Wed May 24, 2017, 10:19 PM
May 2017

But still good for yankin', bankin', and flippin' switches! Eh, Butch?

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