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Only the Dead have seen the End of War!

 

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Where have you been, my soldier, my son,

where have you been my strong young man?

I've been off to war, my country, my home;

I've been off to war and came home alone.

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But why did you go, my soldier, my son,

but why did you go, my strong young man?

Remember you sent me, my country, my home;

To serve was my duty and I came home alone.

But what did you do there, my soldier, my son;

what did you do there my strong young man?

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I fought in the jungle, my country, my home;

I killed Vietcong and came home alone.

What did you accomplish my soldier, my son,

what did you accomplish my strong young man?

I don't know what you mean, my country, my home;

I followed my orders and came home alone.

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Where are your brothers my soldier, my son,

where are your brothers my strong young man?

Some died in the jungle my country, my home;

some died in the gutter when they came home alone.

But why are you troubled my soldier, my son,

but why are you troubled my strong young man?

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I'm troubled with feelings my country, my home;

Where was my welcome when I came home alone?

But ain't the war over my soldier, my son,

ain't the war over my strong young man?

It rages inside me my country, my home;

I brought the war with me when I came home alone.

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What will you do now my soldier, my son,

what will you do now my strong young man?

I'll keep fresh your memory my country, my home;

Till I fight my last battle...

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      Then We'll come

Home 4thflg.gif (54498 bytes)alone!

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Remember This Our "New" Soldiers,

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ag007a.gif (15198 bytes)"What greater love hath no man, ag007a.gif (14619 bytes)

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that he lay down his life for his Country."

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"It's all about EACH OTHER!"

Medal of Honor Recipient

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Spc. 4 Michael R. Blanchfield

 

Spc. 4 Michael R. Blanchfield, Company , 4th

Battalion, 503rd Infantry Regiment

(Airborne), was awarded the Medal of Honor

for heroic actions taken in Binh Dinh Province,

the Republic of Vietnam on July 3, 1969.

Blanchfield was born Jan. 4, 1950 in Minneapolis,

Minnesota. He entered the service from

Chicago, Illinois.

His citation reads as follows:

For conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity in

action at the risk of his life above and beyond

the call of duty. Blanchfield distinguished himself

while serving as a rifleman in Company A

on a combat patrol. The patrol surrounded a

group of houses to search for suspects. During

the search of one of the huts, a man suddenly

ran out toward a nearby tree line. Spc.

4 Blanchfield, who was on guard outside the

hut, saw the man, shouted for him to halt,

and began firing at him as the man ignored the

warning and continued to run. The suspect

suddenly threw a grenade toward the hut and

its occupants. Although the exploding grenade

severely wounded Spc. 4 Blanchfield and several

others, he regained his feet to continue

the pursuit of the enemy. The fleeing enemy

threw a second grenade which landed near

Spc. 4 Blanchfield and several members of his

patrol. Instantly realizing the danger, he

shouted a warning to his comrades. Spc. 4

Blanchfield unhesitatingly and with complete

disregard for his safety, threw himself on the

grenade, absorbing the full and fatal impact of

the explosion. By his gallant action and selfsacrifice,

he was able to save the lives and

prevent injury to four members of the patrol

and several Vietnamese civilians in the immediate

area. Spc. 4 Blanchfield's extraordinary

courage and gallantry at the cost of his life,

above and beyond the call of duty, are in

keeping with the highest traditions of the

military service and reflect great credit upon

himself, his unit, and the U.S. Army.

Blanchfield was 19 when he died.

His sacrifice is another reminder if the proud

tradition of the 173rd Airborne Brigade.

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To Our  "New" Soldiers.. Because It`s A Long Way Home.

A quick reference for Ramadan 2007

 

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• Ramadan (pronounced Ramazan) will begin on the evening of 13 Sep and cease on the evening of 12 Oct (celebrations continue for 3 more days (13-15 Oct 2007). – Eid al-Fitr / Eid e Ramadan).

• Ramadan is a month long period of fasting during the ninth month of the Islamic Year. Fasting, Roza in Dari, Rojha in Pashto, is one of the five pillars of Islam.

• During Ramadan, Muslims must abstain from food, drink and intimate relations during the period from dawn to sunset.

• Muslims gather for prayer 5 times during the day: at dawn, at noon, afternoon, at sunset, and finally the evening prayer or Isha’ (Namaz-E-Khoftan in Dari, De Maskhutan Lmonz in Pashto), which is the main gathering of the day during Ramadan. Isha’ prayer is followed by Taraweh, a longer, supplementary prayer specific to the month of Ramadan.

• Generally, Afghans work from 0800-1300 during the Ramadan period and eating and drinking in public places is prohibited.

• During Ramadan there is a significant increase in activities and attendance at mosques (Masjid in Dari and Pashto), particularly large, central ones.

• On the evening of the 27th of Ramadan (approx. 09 Oct) Muslims celebrate Laylat-ul-Qadr (“The Night of Power”). It is believed that on this night the Prophet Muhammad received the first revelation of the Holy Quran.

• The month of Ramadan ends with a three-day, Islamic celebration called Eid al-Fitr / Eid e Ramadan in Dari Language, and Kochnai Akhtar in Pashto Language (the celebration of Breaking the Fast). On the first morning there is a special Eid prayer in the mosques followed by three days of festivities and visiting friends and relatives.

• The 3 days of Eid al-Fitr / Eid e Ramadan are official government holidays and most Afghans do not work.

• Celebratory gunfire is likely to occur during Ramadan, especially on the first and last days.

• Dates may vary according to moon sighting.

 

SOME DO’S AND DON’TS

• Do remain especially sensitive of Islamic cultural practices during the month of Ramadan.

• Do remember those participating in Ramadan will probably become more tired, irritable and dehydrated as the month progresses.

• Don’t serve food, drink, or offer tobacco to any Afghan (including candies to children) between dawn and sunset.

• Don’t eat, drink, chew gum or tobacco in the presence of Afghans (or other Muslims) during the day.

• Don’t perceive an Afghan citizens’ unwillingness to converse or participate as a sign of a negative attitude towards the International Military Forces. The practice of “restraint” during Ramadan requires those participating to cease all non-essential movement, conversations, eating and drinking in order to fully reflect on their own faith.

• Don’t enter sacred sites (mosques, shrines etc.) or prevent Afghan citizens from participating in Ramadan prayer sessions unless it is an absolute operational requirement.

• Avoid planning meetings with Afghans after 3pm unless there is an absolute necessity.

• Do wish Afghan citizens “Happy Eid” “Eid-e-Taan Mobarak” in Dari Language, “Akhtar de

Mobarak” in Pashto Language at the last three days of Eid al-Fitr / Eid e Ramadan.

 

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    I woke up this morning and looked outside to see that it was sunny clear and in the mid-70s.

   My wife and children were both happy and   healthy and even the dog was scrambling around playing as well.  

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I went outside and stood for a moment looking at the  flag.

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I reflected on all the "lives" that our soldiers, policeman and public service personnel had spent to preserve

 This simple freedom For 

Our Nation.

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        I remembered a Lost Soul being away from Home searching for Significance!

 

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    I remembered how America treated us after we returned from our Vietnam Tours! How we had to Fight Our own government for Promised Benefits, Compensation for Diseases, and how we struggled to get Jobs and personal freedoms that draft dodgers got before we did. *

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         I DTSed Sept. 6th,  1970: I needn't say more!)

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Controversy Swirls Around PTSD in Vietnam Vets

Military.com | Law & Health Week | August 31, 2007

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— Controversy continues to swirl concerning the findings of a landmark study that estimated the percentage of Vietnam veterans suffering from posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD).

Traumatic stress experts have renewed a clash over the results of the 1988 National Vietnam Veterans Readjustment Study (NVVRS), which originally estimated that 30.9 percent of veterans endure the effects of PTSD during their lifetime, and that 15.2 percent still suffered from PTSD more then ten years after the war. The actual prevalence of PTSD in veterans is vigorously debated among the field’s leading researchers, with long-lasting public policy implications for veterans of all U.S. wars, including the current conflict in Iraq.

New opinions by several parties involved are reported in the August issue of the Journal of Traumatic Stress, published by the International Society of Traumatic Stress Studies (ISTSS).

PTSD News and Resources

Bruce P. Dohrenwend, PhD, of Columbia University, et al. conducted a recent reanalysis of the NVVRS, which found an 18.7 percent prevalence rate of lifetime war-related PTSD and 9.2 percent of current PTSD at the time of the study. The authors say that the finding of lower rates is the result only of differences in the definition of the disorder and does not represent a significantly lower total number of soldiers impacted.

The key finding of their study, according to Dohrenwend et al., was that the NVVRS confirms a “strong dose/response relationship between severity of exposure to war-zone stressors and PTSD.” The more soldiers are exposed to the horrors of war, the more likely they are to suffer from posttraumatic stress.

Richard J. McNally, PhD, of Harvard University, argues that the original NVVRS and the more recent Dohrenwend reanalysis overestimated the prevalence of PTSD in veterans by using faulty criteria for diagnosing the disorder. According to McNally, 5.4 percent of Vietnam veterans showed clinically significant functional impairment at the time of the NVVRS study.

“Eliminating cases who exhibit no functional impairment is an important way to address a chief concern of the NVVRS’s critics,” said McNally. “Not all emotional changes wrought by serving in a war zone are symptoms of disease or disorder.”

A number of experts disagree with McNally’s interpretation of the data, including the original authors of the NVVRS study. William E. Schlenger, PhD, of Duke University Medical Center, et al., claim McNally misrepresents the findings of Dohrenwend et al.’s analysis.

“[McNally’s] erroneous statements and misrepresentations seem clearly to be not random,” said Schlenger et al. “Instead, they appear to have been crafted to support a specific bias that has significant policy implications, i.e. that PTSD prevalence among Vietnam veterans is a minor problem, and the real problem is veterans faking combat exposure and PTSD symptoms to qualify for service-connected disability.”

According to Dean Kilpatrick, PhD, of the National Crime Victims Research and Treatment Center Medical University, “In my view, the reexamination by Dohrenwend and colleagues is a major contribution to this public policy debate…It confirms that most veterans of the Vietnam War were resilient, but that an important subset continued to have PTSD over a decade after the war was over.”

Despite disagreements on numbers and methods, the experts concur that the government has a responsibility to adequately treat veterans with PTSD. “Regardless of [frequency], the central issue is whether resources are sufficient to meet current demand,” said McNally. “The key question is, 'If a veteran seeks mental health care, will that be able to obtain prompt access to state-of-the-art, evidence-based [care]?' If not, then we must increase resources."

The International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies is an international multidisciplinary, professional membership organization that promotes advancement and exchange of knowledge about severe stress and trauma.

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   I still remember that lost soul, and many others, not being welcomed Home for too many years, because our cause was not popular enough!

   sp1.jpg (8583 bytes)But our Nation still answers conflicts in other countries and Provokes yet another other War, only to leave us fighting our own demons and begging our own Nation to Recognize us 'officially'.

 

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former comrades that We served with in the Vietnam War, and how many of them were not present to witness this freedom because they had died

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    How lucky they had become not to be in turmoil and guilt while a nation denies them or their families.

    How lucky they were not to have to watch while private citizens raised the money to give them a memorial and not the Country that asked them to fight!

    How lucky they are not to hear their families request`s and questions of why and how going unanswered and unexplained.

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    How lucky they are not to dream each night about war and in the waking hours of each day hear news about more war.

    How fortunate they were to not know that they died for nothing!

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     I Thought about Our Prisoner of War Veterans from all Americas' Wars, that were still unable to witness this Freedom, that they All fought to Preserve, Protect, and Defend...

And how they were Unaccounted for or are Missing in action still, because Our Government has failed to negotiate their release!

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    thinker.gif (1272 bytes)Will they ever be coming Home?

    Was there determination to fight and protect our constitution not enough for America to Bring them back? 

Was that forpow.gif (9619 bytes) nothing too!

    Is there something America isn't telling us now, that we might read about in thirty years, for the truth to be learned?

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forgotten.gif (289567 bytes)I thought about the masses of bodies mounting from recent Terrorist Attacks Throughout the World and about the unstable conditions in both the Middle East and In Korea. About Nuclear weapons, Weapons of mass destruction, dirty bombs, Mother of all bombs, retaliation, and the growing Hatred for the American way of life by other countries!

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    Why was the  World in such turmoil when America spends Billions and trillions of dollars on weapons, Aid, Hunger, and disease every where outside of her borders, before looking after her own Nations hunger, poverty, unemployment; and yet still struggles to afford her own homeland security?

    Didn't we fight for the right to be a

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so we could treat our own people first, or are we a nation that opens our borders to anyone that will join us in paying taxes so we can help those other less fortunate countries, while Original Americans are forgotten ... until its time to pay those taxes?

                              Why are our

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   Is it because they already get minimal compensation from the government and that government doesn't want to pay them anymore?

Army4.gif (65349 bytes)No.          It's because Americas Veterans get no respect!

             We are not needed any more?

Are we only a burden to the taxpayers deficit!Fixed wings.gif (127864 bytes)

 

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I thought about some of Our Allies.. The Australians...

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     The British, who also are  in agreement with American's policies, as well as some other agreeing allies.

 move25.gif (10526 bytes)And I thought about some of the other Nations, that unfortunately choose to forget Our sacrifice`s to keep their countries living in Peace, who now struggle around ramifications and implications as America anticipates their support in expectation of new resolutions toward

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    Do we really need to bribe every other Country, and promise them economic aid, weapons, trade and benefits, just to get them to vote in our favor or for us to use their airfields?

    marinesrallied.jpg (35578 bytes)   Must we pay billions and trillions of our tax dollars to have fortresses and airfields in every other country so we can militarily reach out and touch our enemies with threats and ultimatums? Or to keep them underdeveloped, under fed and under privileged?

move25.gif (10526 bytes)Not everyone is a Taliban terrorist!

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move25.gif (10526 bytes)Not everyone is a fearful dictator!

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move25.gif (10526 bytes)Not everyone is concerned with Americas' Way of life...

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     Only that America holds all the Powerful weapons.!

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The same weapons that some Nations are forbidden to own!

 

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     nato.jpg (8403 bytes)Ordinary Americans of all races and all religions gave Too much sacrifice for this small moment. Yet each day we creep closer toward another world conflict that will cost us Trillions of dollars and more American lives!

      The Politicians bribe other countries with our tax dollars, negotiate deals and argue over who needs to support whom,  Yet Americans lose money in stocks and Americans lose lives at war.

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    The politicians continue cutting benefits to our school children, order budget re-evaluations, deminish Veterans Benefits, and Our senior citizens pay outrageous prescription prices, health care cost and struggle to survive on minimal social security benefits, and still more Americans lose lives on American soil.

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    Unemployment numbers are climbing and businesses are cutting jobs because the economy is collapsing. But we can afford to confront other countries and bribe others still, so we can have optimum advantages?

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    Meanwhile, our own Ideology and our opinions amount to nothing and more Americans lose lives.

 

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     salute.gif (10908 bytes)For you and I, to have a day of freedom, be alive, and to be happy, is certainly a most costly Freedom. One can only hope that after the dust settles and the conflicts are concluded, that there is an America that will be as true and just to her own people as she is to other countries.

     That She Honors ALL VETERANS, and their right to  health care benefits that they have earned, because they chose to Defend her... without the betrayal that was present with to the Vietnam Veteran and our Prisoner of War Veterans.

     That she shows respect and Honor for our children and their education, without making them owe governmental loans totaling thousands of dollars after completing their course of study.

( Because they can't afford Health care, rent, insurance's and everyday living expenses with the added burden of loans to repay, just for the promise that a job might be available after they graduate...Should they secure Thirty to Forty Thousand Dollars for this education!)

Their Just Kids with no Money.

     That she shows respect and Honor  for her senior citizens and understands the fact that they are too poor to afford health care and prescription costs that devour more than half of their income and it actually forces many of them to sell their homes.. A home they probably spent forty or fifty years supporting.

{American Dreams of owning a home and being free from having to sell it just to survive the high cost of living increases are beyond their control. It's not their doings! Why should they have to sacrifice because of our cost of living increases when it took All THeir Lives to get where they are?} 

Some American Dream!  It sounds like a nightmare to those that spent So much... And are being TAKEN for even More!

 ptsded.jpg (17377 bytes)And Finaly... An America that shows respect and Honor for her own people!

     The people that are a true part of these United States, that pay Americas Tax dollars so elected officials who are working for these Americans can use those taxes in their own States, for America by Americans that have Americas interest foremost and upmost.

    Jeorge.jpg (5550 bytes) If there is a surplus after our unemployed are working, our hungry are feed, our disabled are getting fair and affordable health care, after our senior citizens prescription benefits are affordable to them and they no longer have to live in the streets because they had to sell their homes, after our poor are trained to earn a livable income and our deficit numbers are in the green, and after our Veterans are compensated for everything they gave up to give America this choice...

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  Only then should we venture our extra dollars to outside countries. Only then, when our military is not being paid by American tax dollars, but by all countries that hold an interest in keeping a peaceful world alliance...

should our extra dollars be used to further enhance our surrounding Nations.

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This Was an Our BunKer~s Opinion!

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It's great to be a peacekeeper in the world... 

                  The only World in existence...

      And It shouldn't come at the expense of every American taxpayers dollar, or at the sacrifice of American, Australian and British lives only.

Especially when it benefits many other countries as well.

         It should be a shared alliance with all the countries in the world that want this peace involved!

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Dollar for dollar!

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   Why must their be another War?

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           One can only Hope that Our "NEW" Veterans and new POWs are treated fairly after this war

The only thing necessary for

evil To Triumph

Is for good men to do nothing…

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Because it`s A Long Way Home.

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         Ajeep.gif (1212 bytes)  Can you NAME THIS COUNTRY?

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With: 709,000 ACTIVE DUTY MILITARY PERSONNEL.
With: 293,000 RESERVE TROOPS.
With: EIGHT STANDING ARMY DIVISIONS.
With: 20 AIR FORCE AND NAVY AIR WINGS and 2,000 COMBAT AIRCRAFT.

With: 232 STRATEGIC BOMBERS.
With: 19 STRATEGIC BALLISTIC MISSILE SUBMARINES,

 and 3,114 NUCLEAR WARHEADS ON 232 MISSILES.

With: 500 ICBMs and 1,950 WARHEADS.

With: FOUR AIRCRAFT CARRIERS

AND 121 SURFACE  COMBAT SHIPS AND  SUBMARINES,  PLUS ALL  THE SUPPORT BASES, SHIPYARDS, AND LOGISTICAL ASSETS NEEDED TO
SUSTAIN SUCH A NAVAL FORCE…

 IS THIS COUNTRY :

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Is it 
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Is it 
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Is it 
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The United States of America?

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NO...

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 THESE ARE THE AMERICAN MILITARY FORCES

THAT WERE ELIMINATED DURING THE

ADMINISTRATION OF

 

BILL CLINTON AND AL GORE.

 

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Here is an updated  3rd Bat Herd List

/ as of Sept. 12, 2003.

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Bruce Mellen
1-978-670-8116
14 Lexington Rd.
Billerica, MA 01821

Eric R. Planteen /
Capt. Speed
3928 Arden Way
Sacramento, CA 95864-3017
1-916-483-2305
cptspd@yahoo.com

Dave Green /
Greasy Green
1427 County Road K
New Richmond, WI 54017
1-715-246-4052
Fax 1-715-246-7496
dgreen@pressenter.com

Joe D. Neal (Neal)
5695 N. Gilbert
Las Vegas, NV 89130-1225
1-702-645-4950
sergeant@intermind.net

Patrick Scheele
44118 SR 161 E
Eatonville, WA 98328
home 1-360-832-3902 /fax 1-360-832-3932 /cell  1-253-797-0379
psigor@rainierconnect.com

Dave Poston  
POSTMAN173@aol.com
104 Timberwood Lane
Caseyvile, IL  62232
1-618-344-9367


 
Thom Lemmons /
Bootnik
12102 Beckford Estates Dr
Maryland Heights, MO 63043-4219
1-314-291-8098
Bootnik173@aol.com

Jimmy Early /
Worm
1086 Spruce St.
Mt. Morris, MI 48458
1-810-687-9394
twoearly@comcast.net

James Marquette / Mouse
2 Foxfield Lane
Sinking Spring PA 19608
1-610-796-1181

(Sgt.) Don Peters
7306 S. Oliver Rd.
Newton, KS 67114-8788
1-316-282-0461
dwp@carrollsweb.com
Kansas Concrete Engraving, Inc.
www.ksconcreteengraving.com

(Lt.) Errol Stansberry
Duncanville, TX
1-972-709-8625
Fax 1-972-709-8637
errols68@yahoo.com

Brian Coughlin
1-561-595-0932 /cell phone 1-561-284-8192
BCoug50948@aol.com

John J. O'Brien (OB)
1-770-232-0368  / 770-716-3622
100 Cold Springs Ct
Fayetteville, Ga 30214
Herdman3@aol.com
 


Dana Castle   (Dirty)
10 Lucinda Terrace
Keene, NH 03431
1-603-352-4132
dcastle@findingsinc.net

Eric Crissafis
1-360-882-2007
1-770-657-1021
1319 SE Ellsworth Apt. 46
Vancouver WA 98664

Walt Scranton
15888 Lyons Valley Rd
Jamul, CA 91935
1-619-669-2821
walt173@sbcglobal.net (h)
wscranto@mail.sandi.net (w)

Mike Murphy
1-608-834-8193
2357 Bush St.
San Francisco, CA 94115


Frank Nardulli
8000 E. Telegrap Rd. #31
Downey, CA 90240
1-310-927-0649

 
Jack McKenzie / Whimpy
1-734-856-1706
1456 North St.
Samaria, MI 48177
lmacke4287@aol.com


Bradley S. Hill (Canary)
1-706-793-1745
2052 Bassford Dr.
Hephzibah, GA 30815

 
Steve Roberts / Turk
1-520-822-3096
15150 W. Ajo Hwy #449
Tucson AZ 85735
Turk173@aol.com

Tom Quick
P.O.Box 201,
Orangeburg, SC. 29116
momtomqck@aol.com


CPT George P. Farris, USAR
9300 Pretoria Place
Dulles, VA 20189-9300
GFarris848@aol.com
011-(27-12) 460-6895
George is posted in South Africa the address is actually a diplomatic pouch address.
3d Bn, 503d Inf Sep 69-Oct 70
173d Bde Schs, 173 Spt Bn Oct 70-May71

Wayne Hammons


Eldon Meade
PO BOX 2723
Peoria, AZ 85380

Gaspar Otero
NamMedic@aol.com

Sgt. Via
1-304-315-4482

Timmy Blanton
1-614-892-4839

Roger Fike
1-216-428-5390

Russ Ward
1-314-464-9500


Dave Dubose
1-904-773-2524
2325 Radcliff Circle
Chipley, FL 32428


 
   
GARY McCULLY / Muck
     8787 8 MILE RD.
     McBAIN MICH. 49657
      gmccully@voyager.net

2D 
Tommy Davis (last known, we have lost track of him)
1-330-837-6680
309 - 11th St. SW
Masillon, OH 44646

Lee Wilkerson
1-513-528-1952
1-513-552-5152
(April 70 - Jan. 71)

Briscoe Ronald W. RONBEE50@aol.com Baltimore MD B 70-71

Frederick Robert J. FredrickR@usarc-emh2.army.mil    B 70-71

Gavin James J. jimjoe@ptd.net Dallas PA B 3/68-10/69

Klatt Mike usamsg@ix.netcom.com Melbourne FL B 68-69

MacCuish Donald Donald.MacCuish@maxwell.af.mil

Marbury Al B 69-70

Mather John JohnM@Technion.com   B 70-71

Mazer Jeff ramonas@ao.net   B 11/67-12/68

McClintock Mac Boonyrat@msn.com Worcester MA B 2/68-1/69

Paulson Jim jimbo173rd@email.msn.com Bothell WA B 69-70

Pedersen Dean H. deanpede@ictc.com Valley City ND B
 
Robbins Dennis H. coo@pon.net Stewarts Pt. CA B 9/68-9/69

Lassovsky Leon isis@arrakis.es Seville Spain B/D 67-68

Raber Sam W. sraber@iland.net Holden MO B/D 67-68

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If he stays home alone,
And doesn't like to hear the phone…
If he won't answer the door
'cause he doesn't want to see anyone any more…

Try to understand.

If night time is something to dread,
And his sleep is restless and fleeting in bed.
If he quietly gets up in the night,
So as not to disturb your pleasant respite…


Try to understand...

If he becomes nervous and jumps around,
At unexpected movements or a sudden sound.
If he sits in a restaurant with his back to a wall,
Because he can't have anyone behind him at all…


Try to understand...

If he shows no fear and wouldn't turn if he could,
If part of him has gone that says you should.
If his anger seems quick and extreme,
He's only trying to control intense emotions unseen.


Try to understand...

If he seems emotionless and indifferent some day,
And perhaps he just says`  "Go away!"
If he becomes depressed and may seem unkind,
He is only trying to spare you the agony in his mind.


Try to understand...

If his mood changes and alters,
And he becomes unsure and often falters.
If he becomes sad and stares into space,
He has only gone to some other place.


So Please…
Try to understand...

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Dying and Living

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Take a man then put him alone,

Put him 10,ooo miles away from Home.

 Empty his Heart of all but Blood,

Then make him live in Sweat and Mud.

This is the life I have to live

And why my Soul to the Devil I give.

But you don't know what it's like over

" Here."

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You have your fun and drink your beer.

 You have a ball with out even trying

While over here Boys are dying!

You burn your Draft cards, march at dawn, Plant your signs on The White House lawn.

You all want to "Ban The Bomb,"

There's no War in "Vietnam!"

You use your drugs and have your fun,

And then refuse to carry a Gun.

There's nothing else for you to do…

And I'm supposed to Die for you!

But there is one thing for you to know,

And that's where I think you should go…

I'm already here so its to late,

 I've traded my love for Grudge and Hate.

 It's pretty rough and that's no lie,

 When you hear a Wounded Buddy cry.

I saw his arm, a Bloody shred,

Then I heard them…"This one's Dead!"

 It's a large price to pay

Not knowing if you'll live another day!

 But he had the Guts to fight and Die,

He paid the price, but what did he buy?

May be another life he buys…

 But who cares if A Soldier Dies?

May be his wife or a close friend…

 The Brothers he Served with

And possibly his Sons.

But it's a Damn Shame…

They may be the only ones!

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