For November 11th - All veterans; Welcome home!

[old mark]

I wanted to be the first. I hope things are going well with you all, and that you found good things in your life after your ETS.


Old Mark
Former Sp4
1st Battalion,
504th Parachute Infantry Regiment
82nd Airborne Division
...back in the black boot Army

:hi:

[jaysunb]

1. Back since 66

SP5
7th Surgical Hospital/ 25th Med BN
Cu Chi, Vietnam 1966

:hi:

[unhappycamper]

2. I ran the MARS station in CuChi after I got back from Cambodia.

Unfortunately, that was in 1970.

SSG
Cu Chi Mars Station
1970

[pinboy3niner]

3. Army, '67-'71

VN '69-'70
2/501 Infantry, 101st Airborne Division
Captain, AUS, Ret. (after 4 1/2 years in)

...back in the jungle boot Army
(pinboy3niner was the last radio callsign I had in-country as a 1LT Infantry Platoon Leader)

:hi: Thanks for the thread, Mark. :toast: :patriot:

[nadinbrzezinski]

4. We do it every year

Hubby was a submariner, retired Chief, USN.

Me, served somewhere else...

And as he liked to say... being a Navy wife is the toughest job in the navy. I politely disagree!

[era veteran]

5. Fun, Travel, and Adventure

SSG Tank Commander
Guarding the Fulda Gap
The Rock Kirch- Goens FRG 3/3/33 Armor 3rd AD
The olden days, black booted for sure
Back in the land of round doorknobs.

[unhappycamper]

6. Eins, Swei, Souffa

My spelling's off, but you get the idea.

I was stationed in Kitizigen and Wuersburg from 71 ~ early 73.

[old mark]

7. One brother was a diesel engine mechanic in the 3rd AD and really hated it...COLD!!!

He put in for transfer, even though he was told he could wind up in Vietnam...He found himself working in a small motorpool right outside of Venice, Italy till he ETS'd...terrible hardship, huh?

Mark

[old mark]

8. Speaking of the Black Boots, I have a very old pair of Cocorans that I just

got repaired - again - and they are probably good till long after I'm dead and gone. Wear them a lot in winter. Still have a p-38 on my keyring, too...you never know when you might need one!

mark

[era veteran]

9. I still have the zipper insets from my tanker boots

My keychain has a P38 too. Once taken from me as I entered a courthouse. I guess they thought it was a weapon. I knew guys that transfered from the Rock to Vietnam, said that 1st brigade 3rd AD too violent. Race riots every night the first year I was there. The 'Hawk' lived on the Rock, shithole of FRG, but now I miss it a bit.

[Amsterdam Hooligan]

10. There It Is......

129th Assault Helicopter Company.......Combat Doorgunner...67A1F.......Vietnam 69-70-71.....Lane Army Airfield....Anson, Vietnam.......

[pinboy3niner]

11. Welcome home, brother

And welcome to DU. :patriot:

[white cloud]

12. Welcome Home and Many thanks

A big thanks to all you VN IC vets
From a swabby
USN 1967 to 1971 on a Flat top in the GOM

[Old Troop]

13. Thanks Mark. And the same back atcha