Folks, if you want to read an excellent book about a POW and his experiences under the "government of North Vietnam" please read "American Patriot, The Life...
Not to spoil the bashing of VN: The Germans gunned down hundreds of captured GIs during WWII. The Japanese tortured thousands of captured GIs during WWII. Are...
... <dalemeisel@...> wrote: I am also enjoying the travel adventures of Al and Dan. I did not criticize them for taking their trip. Hell, I won't go to a lot...
Back in Saigon and Dan and I hung out at the Cafe we found here, Biet, the friendly, pretty, little Viet lady whom I went to dinner with my last night in...
... assume that atrocities have happened in wars since the beginning of any war. I do include the U.S. in these atrocities (Americal Division Charlie company...
The Chapter now has 110 members. Billy Jent from Pennsylvania (69-70 Chu Lai/Duc Pho) and Peter Trinkwalder from New York (67-68, Duc Pho) are our newest...
I know I'm almost 40 years late for your first homecoming from Nam, not sure you are where you want to be right now but pretty sure you're stateside and should...
Ditto Al What Paul said,,,,,,Nutman In a message dated 2/5/2008 9:03:55 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, pstiff3@... writes: I know I'm almost 40 years late for...
Thanks Paul for the welcome home. Just got in the door after a long trip back from Vietnam. Had to stop for an all american hamburger at Mels Diner here in FL....
Tom, do you know off top of your head how this # compares to the other (regional-based)chapters? Of course, they all have some(fewer & fewer) WWII vets to...
I don't have all the figures but the Eastern Regional Chapter has 832 members and the Great Lakes has 2-3 hundred and the Far West Chapter has 164 members. I'm...
Dan and I were up early Sunday morning and down to the Cafe for breakfast, the usual coffee and omelettes. Biet, aka Ni (pronounced Lee), and I made...
Al--thanks for letting us go on this trip, too.--Dale ... (pronounced ... Cafe ... a ... spot ... and ... of ... peeled ... Ice ... terrace.The ... Vegas ... ...
Al, Welcome Back, It has been a pleasure to read about your trip, I am looking forward to my return to Nam this June for 2 weeks. I seconded what you said to...
Thanks Al for your well written travel journal. I enjoyed all your reports from Vietnam and felt as if I was there with you! I can't wait to see some photos....
... part of what I am......Bill ... am looking forward to my return to Nam this June for 2 weeks. I seconded what you said to the others, forget about the past...
Hi Al, Thank you so much for sharing all of your adventures with us! I looked forward to them, and really enjoyed it all. Say; what is a "Vietnamese style...
To Gary Heale. In the recollection of my days as a boy soldier in Vietnam when I spent many hours winning the hearts and minds of Vietnamese girls there was a...
I may have used the wrong word, don't forget about the past, because it is part of us, I have not forgotten or will I forget my time in Nam and the friends I...
Vietnam is now a country and not a war. There are few remnants of the "American War" to be seen other than those being propagandized as tourist attractions....
Al, I have to say that your travel reports that you sent back to us were more than anyone expected and you had an excellent way of making the reader feel as if...
Thanks Charlie. When Dan and I walked around TamKy I am sure that you were there with me. You would not recognize TamKy now. Much bigger and busier than in...
Al, I must echo Charlie's words. Great trip, I enjoyed reading all your exploits. I hope to capture them in one document so all can enjoy. Although going back...
The Chapter now has 114 members. Gary L Carlson from Utah (70-71, Chu Lai), Cayetano Salcido from Texas (69-70, Chu Lai) and Richard L Wilkerson from Indiana...
