I see stuff like this and all it does is bring back old memories, some good, some bad.
Problem is, most of the bad ones are from after Nam.
Like getting spit on and such. Like getting booted out of the VFW and Legion halls because we were 'losers'. Like being pretty much forced to relocate to a Navy town because there was no future where I grew up.
Like having my house burgled with the only object being my Nam memorabilia, qual cards, records and such. Nothing else was touched - even though some was right next to a stack of $100 bills, left untouched.
Like having the squadron records removed: records from many CSAR missions deleted, including two forays to the Hanoi Hilton, during which our support was called back, leaving us to bite it under NVA fire - two helos, big, fat, with nothing other than our own M60s for defense - but we did get back.
Bad memories.
I see stuff like this and all it does is bring back old memories, some good, some bad. Problem is, most of the bad ones are from after Nam. Like getting spit on and such. Like getting booted out of the VFW and Legion halls because we were 'losers'. Like being pretty much forced to relocate to a Navy town because there was no future where I grew up. Like having my house burgled with the only object being my Nam memorabilia, qual cards, records and such. Nothing else was touched - even though some was right next to a stack of $100 bills, left untouched. Like having the squadron records removed: records from many CSAR missions deleted, including two forays to the Hanoi Hilton, during which our support was called back, leaving us to bite it under NVA fire - two helos, big, fat, with nothing other than our own M60s for defense - but we did get back. Bad memories.
I'm so sorry you experienced any of this.