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Subject: Re: 1969 August
Author: Phillip Jordan	[ Next Thread \| Previous Thread \| Next Message \| Previous Message ] Date Posted: 14:24:48 04/29/00 Sat In reply to: . 's message, "Re: 1969 August" on 09:09:56 04/27/00 Thu > >Back to the states yyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!!!!!! [ Next Thread \| Previous Thread \| Next Message \| Previous Message ]

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LOU GOAD B CO/8th ENGRS/1st CAV
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Date Posted: 11:52:35 09/13/00 Wed

17, AUG 1969 LEFT VIETNAM WITH VERY MIXED EMOTIONS, I COULDN'T WAIT FOR THE FREEDOM BIRD TO LIFT OFF BUT A BIG PART OF ME WAS FILLED WITH SADNESS AND GUILT FOR LEAVING WHILE SO MANY CLOSE FRIENDS WERE NOT, AND THE JOB WAS NOT FINISHED. MANY OF THE HOURS ON THE FLIGHT BACK TO THE STATES WERE SPENT THINKING ABOUT THE YEAR THAT HAD JUST ENDED, THE PEOPLE AND PLACES. I WAS NOT A FAVORITE OF MANY OF THE OLDER LIFERS BECAUSE OF MY SOCIAL/POLITICAL VIEWS, BUT I WAS A GOOD TROOPER IN THE FIELD. I THINK I WAS PUT IN FOR E-5 ON 3 OCCASIONS BUT IT WAS NEVER APPROVED, IT NEVER GOT PAST THE ORDERLY ROOM. WHEN I KNEW I WANTED TO SPEND MY LAST 6 MONTHS IN THE ARMY IN NAM AND NOT STATESIDE I INQUIRED ABOUT EXTENDING AND WAS TOLD THAT WAS FOR RA's ONLY AND ALL I COULD DO WAS SIGNUP FOR ANOTHER YEAR AND THEN I COULD SPEND THE NEXT 18 MONTHS IN NAM. I WAS NOT ABOUT TO DO THAT SO I ASKED IF I COULD COME BACK FOR MY LAST 6 MONTHS AS A DOOR GUNNER AND AGAIN WAS TOLD NO. I WANTED TO LEAVE, BUT I DIDN'T, THAT'S STILL THE THING I REMEMBER MOST ABOUT THAT DAY. I'M STILL SORRY ABOUT LEAVING.

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Author: kermit d. karr [ Edit \| View ]	Date Posted: 20:43:23 12/14/01 Fri >> >Back to the states >yyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!!!!!!would like to hear from others who were wounded in vietnam in 1969