Fresh out of HS in '66 with a fresh ticket to Vietnam (pic)

[nadinbrzezinski]

24. Nope

Hubby is a retired submariner. How he ended up on the wrong side of a fire fight, we'll never again volunteer yourself (navy). He learned that the day he retired.

He still gets nightmares. I do too. And my experiences were mild. Though a certain line from Heartbreak Bridge about AKs making a particular sound is true. So is the star pattern when it fired at you at night

We are rare birds. We do talk.

We watched the movie traffic in Hawaii. There ladies in front kept yammering as to how that movie was unrealistic. I had it three thirds in, interrupted their yammering and pointed out that some of the things in the movie were changed because the truth was actually weirder than the slightly changed events. Oh they shut up after that.

But that is why my dad opened up. He realize we would not doubt it, or be shocked. We knew how bad it could get