Have any of you Vietnam era guys been back to Vietnam since the war?

[Victor_c3]

I've been thinking a lot recently on how one day I would like to go back to Iraq when it hopefully is a little safer to do so and the article posted in this part of the forum the other day about Iraq and Afghanistan era vets raising money to help fund trips for Vietnam vets to visit their old stomping ground really touched a nerve.

There are a couple of places I need to visit and one of two people I really would like to check up on. One was is a kid that was shot by one of my Soldiers and I never knew if he survived or not and I have a lot of feelings of guilt surrounding him, his family, and the whole incident. Another is one of the translators I worked with who I got to know a little too well. I can point exactly on google earth where both of these places are and I still have much of the area burned into my brain.

If any of you went back, was it a good trip? Did you guys bring any family with you? I could only imagine it'd be a touch trip emotionally, but I think it would do a lot for a vet.