40 years ago today - US Military leaves Vietnam.

[haele]

Here's to those who made it back, to those who were unable to come back home again, and to those who never left.


Haele
USN, Ret. 1977 - 1998.

[LiberalLoner]

1. K&R we will never forget you

[rosesaylavee]

2. I was still in gradeschool...

Our teacher announced and I think most of us burst into tears... as far as I know, none of my class mates had any immediate brothers in the conflict. It was just such a relief.

[JohnnyLib2]

3. The impact on my generation was/is profound.

K & R

[cliffordu]

4. My friend and fellow Viet Nam veteran Chet and I watched the news on TV.

We wept. I don't know if I have ever cried like that in my adult life.


Mebbe a little right now, too.


40 years. A lifetime. Shit.

[jwirr]

5. I was working in Rep. Ed Medvinski's office in Iowa City Iowa. The problem I was handling was calls

from people who were in the process of adopting children from Vietnam and wanted to know if they could get them out earlier than planned. Immigrations had not finished processing many of the cases and we were working to get this expedited. In the end it was not only our troops but some 2000 babies also came in their own plane.

[mainer]

6. How sad, after all that bloodshed, that we have not learned our lesson

And will continue to fight foreign wars to prove our manhood.