Smitty-48 wrote: ↑Thu Aug 05, 2021 6:38 amthing is for me, the only Vietnam veteran I ever had a chance to get close to, was my uncle
but my uncle is Canadian, old school Canadian, from a very British Canada
and he was 1st Cavalry Division, which had a certain attitude, they didn't think like grunts
so he didn't lament his tour in Vietnam, he said he loved it
he said flying helicopters is addictive, flying helicopters into danger is even more addictive
they even flew right into North Vietnam at the DMZ, looking for trouble, provoking the NVA
one commander was even killed while he was deer hunting from a helicopter
when they flew back to An Khe aka Camp Radcliff, they went to the Warrant Officers club at night
it was air conditioned, they had cold beer in the fridge, steaks on the grill
helicopter pilots didn't march in the jungle
helicopter pilots didn't pull guard duty
helicopter pilots never dug latrines
helicopter pilots had a god's eye view of it
*fortunate son plays in background*