Gold Z

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Was anybody else there? I was a young 2nd lieutenant in the Marine Corps assigned to 9th motors in Dang Ha, which was just below the DMZ. I ran resupply convoys all over the northern part of South Viet Nam. We later moved the unit to Quang Tri. I was there in 69 and 70. And yes, I am older than dirt.

SgtB

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That was before my time but all the respect to you.
I was in OIF I.

Semper Fi Sir.

nytmare1

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Nam was just a little bit before my time (from an active duty stand point), although I vividly remember watching a lot of it on TV when I was younger.

I work with a retired LtCol (USMC) who was an A6 navigator/bomber. Great guy...

Gold Z: Thanks for your service.

Marc
GySgt, USMC (ret.)

Pro Stock John

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My dad was over there:

John M. Ryan, born in 1943

Mr Yak

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When my company went to Iraq, we took 3 nam vets. One had **** thrown on him and was sent home after 21 in country. One lost his amo 15 min after we recieved it (it was in his underware). The other one was sent to HQ b/c he was mentally unstable.

2 most decorate soilders in Texas though

Gold Z

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All three of the Nam vets should have been in their mid fifties. They wouldn't be my first choice for support in a firefight.

silverbeast

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My dad was over there also. He still lives with it even today...

99WS7

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Uncle was there Dad was in Korea....by the way I went to tech school in Wichita Falls.

JCurtin

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Its sad man, probably reserve guys. I feel sorry for them older guys. I mean I'm over here and you see these old guys getting ready to go "down range" wtf. Have they not done their time? Leave these guys alone, they got grandparents over here. Still deploying waiting to hit what 55 to retire for reserve or guard? Thats rediculous. I saw a guy the other day looked every bit of 60. He should be enjoying his twilight years not over here talking bout nam. Hell you retire and then keel over 2 years later, some retirement.

I'm pro military, but I dont like how our people are handled, especially older vets. Or the guys that are told, hey, we need more raptors this year, gonna have to lay you off, seperate. WTF? Didnt we just need more people some years ago? Yeah I rambled off topic sorry.

1gen

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yeah I think you might be the only one GoldZ, it's alright though cuz you're the coolest one I've met. It was great seein ya at hooters followed by the racing in the unfinished neighborhood

A_W_O_L

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Ditto

01ls1lover

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My gramps was there but he past away. Never spoke of it tho. I was inOIF 3 WITH 25th ID 11b baby! cleaned up mosul..

Compstall

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I also got the pleasure of a ride in Gold Z's car before his current setup. Pure perma-grin! Can't even imagine it now with 100 more hp, LOL. And yes, I can attest that is his ONLY daily driver.

Gold Z

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Thanks for the kind words, Brent. You might disown me when I tell you I bought a 06 Ford Focus to use as a work car. I spend so much time on the highway that I couldn't see putting so many useless miles on the Blue Z. It's now my evenings and weekends car. I keep teasing my wife about the Focus by telling her that I'm going to put a fart pipe on it. She says she'll divorce me if I do.........

Compstall

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Well, I did kinda wondered when you'd throw in the towel using it as a daily driver. It is pretty rowdy.

96lt1m6

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GOLD Z,i want you to know i hold the highest respect for you and many other men like you,i know you men were treated like crap or less than crap when you came back home,my dad was there as well as a few other family members. without going into my true thoughts of the anti-war wussies,THANK YOU,THANK YOU,THANK YOU!

Gold Z

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Actually I am crazy as a loon but I blame it on my wife........Seriously, it's not just the 'Nam vets that carry the emotional scars. Anybody who has ever been in combat has them. Some of us just hide them better than others but they are still there. About ten years ago my wife and I took my son and a friend of his to Love Field in Dallas where they were to catch a flight to Houston to stay with his friends parents for a few weeks. There is an aviation art gallery in the terminal at Love Field that I really enjoy visiting whenever I get a chance so after the boys had flown off Barbara and I went browsing through the gallery. Hanging on the wall in the gallery I saw a print of "Reflections" by artist Lee Teter. You have probably seen it somewhere, it shows a man, with his head bowed, leaning against "The Wall" with his outstreached right hand. In the shadows, behind all the names on "The Wall" you see the ghostly figures of his fallen comrades reaching back from the other side of "The Wall" touching his hand as if to comfort his pain. http://thewall-usa.com/literary/camunes.html I turned and walked out into the busy airport terminal and started crying. I couldn't stop crying. It scared my wife because she had no idea what was wrong. It took several minutes before I could compose myself. I felt like a total fool for scaring my wife and for making a spectacle of myself in a crowded public place. Actually I feel like a fool right now because my eyes are watering as I type this. My point in this is, nobody comes home from war without their wounds, some are just buried very deep inside until something unexpected opens them up.

Gold Z

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I guess it's just a coincidence but I just replied to an email from BYUNSPEED on two pair of LCA relocation brackets for Moser 9" rearends. I guess that's a sign I need to buy them from you!