Interesting thread, Steve - and appropriate, so near Veterans Day...

I served with the 4th Inf Div in the Central Highlands in '68 & '69; just last week I stood with several thousand Vets, and others, at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington.   There was quite a cross-section of America in attendance.

It was an important visit for me, to reaffirm my feelings about what happened to me and so many others all those centuries ago.   Without question, my Service in Vietnam changed my Life; it altered my perceptions forever, and taught me to finally appreciate the simplest (and greatest) gifts of Love, Family and Friends...

Many men from my old unit have been in touch over the years, several of them still struggling with the Past, seemingly unable to 'look forward' as Art suggests.   I feel badly for my old Comrades and their inability to 'put it behind them'; their battle goes on, I guess - PTSD.   I also feel badly for those I'll refer to as 'Professional Vets', who never miss an opportunity to drag out some dusty remembrance of real or imagined 'Glory'...

A tough legacy, Vietnam - Do I think about it often ?   Not really.
Would I do it all again ?   Probably.    Will I ever forget ?   No.

Welcome Home,

Murph