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Celebrated the 4th in Nam 55 years ago
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Jul 4, 2025, 10:08 AM
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with nature's fireworks. Was the only thunderstorm I remember while there - was just after dark and we were set up for the night in a valley and the sky lit up like it was daytime. Never go camping when bad storms are coming !
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Re: Celebrated the 4th in Nam 55 years ago
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Jul 4, 2025, 10:21 AM
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Thank you for your service.
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Re: Celebrated the 4th in Nam 55 years ago
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Jul 4, 2025, 10:27 AM
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thank you for your service.
HAPPY 4th soldier
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Re: Celebrated the 4th in Nam 55 years ago
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Jul 4, 2025, 10:35 AM
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You sure that was a thunderstorm and not some of my handiwork, an Arc Light B-52 strike?
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Re: Celebrated the 4th in Nam 55 years ago
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Jul 4, 2025, 10:48 AM
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Considering the amount of rain we were drenched with ......... Pretty sure it was lightning !
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Clover...does that FEEL like it was 55 years ago ...or at times...does it seem
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Jul 4, 2025, 10:04 PM
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like two weeks.......
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Re: Clover...does that FEEL like it was 55 years ago ...or at times...does it seem
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Jul 5, 2025, 12:28 PM
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Some parts are just like yesterday!
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Clover...Mr. Dodson actually GOT SHOT on July 4th,1944...7 mm right through
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Jul 4, 2025, 11:01 AM
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His left arm...It was the SECOND time he qas wounded that day....
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Re: Clover...Mr. Dodson actually GOT SHOT on July 4th,1944...7 mm right through
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Jul 4, 2025, 11:12 AM
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He was a good man ...... as evidenced by his bringing up good kids !
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Re: Celebrated the 4th in Nam 55 years ago
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Jul 4, 2025, 11:15 AM
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Thanks for your service. I was on the other side of the planet. Don't recall what my activities were. Could've been working a swing, mid, day shift or a day off. Certainly hope you had no after effects like two brothers in law who were Marine combat vets there.
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Re: Celebrated the 4th in Nam 55 years ago
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Jul 4, 2025, 2:06 PM
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I was there at the same exact time .....July 4, 1970. We were out of the field and back in Danang and we celebrated in another guys hootch along with a Catholic Chaplain and many bottles of Mateus wine .....way too many bottles. The priest was right in there with us. The next morning I headed straight to the Corpsman's aid station for a Darvon. I have never since even been able to look at a bottle of Mateuswith out getting sick!
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Or sailing, if I remember the commercial correctly.
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Jul 4, 2025, 9:10 PM
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Thanks for your service. Stories like this remind us tha it can't be said enough
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Re: Celebrated the 4th in Nam 55 years ago
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Jul 4, 2025, 9:13 PM
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Thank you for your service.
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Re: Celebrated the 4th in Nam 55 years ago
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Jul 4, 2025, 9:14 PM
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55 years ago I got a job as manager trainee at Harris Teeter.
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Re: Celebrated the 4th in Nam 55 years ago
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Jul 4, 2025, 9:15 PM
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Thanks for your service. It is what Independence Day is all about thanks to all that served in the military like you. Freedom is not free and it never will be. God bless you and God bless the USA!
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what Independence Day is all about
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Jul 4, 2025, 9:18 PM
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The 4th is NOT about Vets.
We "maybe" had one soldier at the time -
George Washington wore a uniform to all the meetings.
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Re: what Independence Day is all about
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Jul 4, 2025, 9:21 PM
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Might not be about vets. But it is about our independence. And without our vets there would be no independence over here. We owe our independence to our vets and all those who served and died for this country. Go Tigers!
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without us vets
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Jul 4, 2025, 9:25 PM
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Thank you for your service, did not mean to slight you.
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Re: Celebrated the 4th in Nam 55 years ago
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Independence Day celebrates freedom from the "Mother" country of England and becoming ourselves as Americans,it has NOTHING to do with soldiers in Vietnam.Please educate yourselves .
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Re: Celebrated the 4th in Nam 55 years ago
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Jul 5, 2025, 12:50 PM
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He was telling you where he was on the 4th at one point.
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Re: Celebrated the 4th in Nam 59 years ago in 1966
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Jul 4, 2025, 10:24 PM
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Saw a Nam tshirt at breakfast last week that said "no matter how long its been, it's never very far away." He had a Nam hat on also. I'm sure that message is true for you.
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Re: Celebrated the 4th in Nam 55 years ago
Jul 5, 2025, 2:22 PM
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Glad you made it back.
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Re: Celebrated the 4th in Nam 55 years ago
Jul 5, 2025, 5:41 PM
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Thank you for your service!
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