This Memorial Day weekend, I'll once again remember pinboy3niner.

[11 Bravo]

I will visit my Dad's gravesite at Arlington tomorrow. I love him, and will always honor his memory.
But I will also honor a man I never actually met face-to-face.
Pinboy was an eloquent spokesman for vets, and veteran's causes. He traveled far and wide speaking out for his fellow grunts.
But more than that, he was my brother. He had been there.
We PM'd each every now and then, and also conversed occasionally on the board itself. We discovered that we had both served in the 101st Airborne (Screaming Eagles!), and had chewed some of the same Vietnamese dirt, just three years apart. We were both wounded, but both made it home.
HOOAH.
He was one Hell of a man, and I salute him, today, tomorrow, and forever.

[lastlib]

1. I never met him either, but I too honor him and cherish his memory.

Only knew him thru DU. Very few people have shown themselves able to out-pun me, but he was one of them--probably the best. His contribution to the immortal door-buzzard thread is the stuff of legends, and rightfully so.

RIP, pinboy3niner! You were one helluva man! Here's to ya, dude!

[11 Bravo]

2. Damn! I didn't even get started on the puns!

The man was a wizard in that regard.

[Solly Mack]

3. I can't even think of the word "pun" without thinking about him.

[Hekate]

4. A toast to pinboy, and a toast to you

[Skittles]

5. he was awsome

I miss him

[malaise]

6. I miss him you see

[babylonsister]

7. Awww, he was a hoot and a lovely person.

I hail you both!

[towerbum]

8. never !

never will we forget the fallen ! V.N. vet 67-70 , 173rd airborne!

[PlanetBev]

9. Smart and funny

I miss Pinboy a lot.

[2naSalit]

10. I didn't know him personally...

But he sure was funny here.

I loved when he got a string of puns going that got sillier as they went along... and we laughed our asses off.

To pinboy3niner,

[ggma]

18. Laughed til tears rolled

I loved his wit.

ggma

[flying rabbit]

11. ...

[FailureToCommunicate]

12. To you... and to pinboy3niner...

-FTC (son of a WWll vet)

[The Wizard]

13. Memoria Day again

POEM BY MAJOR MICHAEL DAVIS O’DONNELL
WRITTEN ON JANUARY 1, 1970 AT DAK TO
Who died in a helicopter crash in Cambodia in March 1970


If you are able, save them a place inside you,
And save one backward glance when you are leaving,
for the places they can no longer go.

Be not ashamed to say you loved them,
though you may, or may not have always.
Take what they have left, and what they have
taught you with their dying, and keep it as your own.

And in that time that when men decide, and feel safe,
to call the war insane, take one moment,
to embrace these gentle heroes you left behind.

[Victor_c3]

41. Thanks for that

I don’t wish to shift the focus of this thread to me, but as a veteran who has lost friends and fellow Soldiers in war, this poem strikes a chord for me today.

[The Wizard]

58. It's etched in glass at the NYC Vietnam Memorial.

Once you read it or hear it, it's etched in your memory.

[MerryBlooms]

14. 🥰❤🤍💙🥰

[CaptainTruth]

15. Salute!

[JohnnyLib2]

16. Thanks for remembering a much missed DUer.

He was one of the first posters to catch and hold my attention in a very positive way.
Salute to you both!

[leighbythesea2]

17. Salute

To him. & our vets.
I didn't know him, but the first time read the archived door buzzard, was crying--like tears streaming--laughing.

There's nothing like reading something so enchantingly funny, and wondering about the people behind the posts.

Then everything that has been written about him on DU from time to time, he sounded like a very special guy.

[Rhiannon12866]

19. We all miss his clever puns and his memorable contributions to this board

[duhneece]

20. I loved this man nt

[kentuck]

21. Yep!

Although I was not Airborne, I did take my basic training at For Campbell, home of the 101st. I'm glad we made it back.

[Cha]

22. Mahalo for Remembering pinboy3niner 11 Bravo!

💙

💙💛

[Bobstandard]

23. In honor #2

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[WheelWalker]

24. Strength and honor.

[Bobstandard]

25. #2

My Dad’s ashes are in a crypt at Punchbowl National Cemetery. A three war man and Eisenhower Republican, I worry he doesn’t rest easy.

What am I saying? He’s spinning in his grave with other defenders of democracy and human decency who suffered for the ease we have known and who’s expectations are at risk. Those fuckers kicked ass and what are we doing with what they gave us?

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[Joinfortmill]

26. 👍

[betsuni]

27. K&R

[Demovictory9]

28. .

[MontanaMama]

30. In memory....

Lordy pinboy was funny. Thank you for the reminder.

[Blue Owl]

31. K&R

[Baked Potato]

32. HOOAH!

Army Retired here…

Salute!

[sarge43]

33. ...

[ms liberty]

34. K&R n/t

[Donkees]

35. *

[treestar]

36. +1

He was funny!

Big contributor to the door buzzard thread, as I recall!

[murielm99]

37. Oh, the door buzzard!

Thanks for reminding me.

[beemerphill]

38. Salute

May he and all Veterans gone rest in peace knowing that they did their best for us and our country.

[Scrivener7]

39. Kick.

[Victor_c3]

40. He was one of the few people I met on the Internet that I felt connected to

I looked up to him in a lot of ways. We were both Infantry Platoon Leaders, but fought in different wars in different eras (I was in Iraq, 2004).

Seeing him live a fulfilling life despite what he went through in the war has given me a lot of hope that I can do the same.

[HAB911]

42. Salute to you both!

[panader0]

43. Here's a photo of him at the Wall. Can anyone post the photo please?

https://postimg.cc/6789mxrP

[CrispyQ]

44. It's a great photo!

He had amazing wit! So funny!

[panader0]

45. Please PM me and tell me how you did that.

[malthaussen]

46. He helped make DU great.

If he had a mean bone in his body, I never saw it.

-- Mal

[Baitball Blogger]

47. The best.

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

48. If there's a door buzzard at the pearly gates, he's walked on thru.

But it'd be hell if the angels don't "get" puns.

RIP

[momta]

49. I was just thinking about him a few days ago.

I happened to be looking at the "In Memoriam" section and saw his name. He was awesome.

[Baltimike]

50. My Dad was in the 101st and served in North Viet Nam

Thank you for this story

[DashOneBravo]

51. Rest In Peace Sir

[underpants]

52. 🇺🇸

[YoshidaYui]

53. salute to him and all vets today

[dumbcat]

54. He made me laugh

and the Door Buzzard was a classic I will always remember.

As a SE Asia vet myself (Army '72-'75) I salute all the veterans, those who made it home, and especially today, those that didn't.

[Aristus]

55. ...

[AmBlue]

56. Salute!!

And thanks to you both for your service to this country.

[catchnrelease]

57. Forever my favorite DUer

I so admired this man. He and I exchanged a few PMs about vets and PTSD, and he had some great insights. (My husband is a VN vet) He was also involved with the traveling wall.

And as a punster he was unsurpassed. Miss you PB.

[peacebuzzard]

59. Salute.

[trof]

60. Aw man? I remember pinboy3niner.

I guess I've been here forever.
Always enjoyed his posts and sense of humor.