Reply #36: When I got back [View All]

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in June of 1966 I hated everything to do with Vietnam. I hated the fact that I even thought about it any longer or was stuck with such horrible memories. I hated the NVAs, Victor Charles, ARVNs, civilians, the US Army, New Zealand, Australia, ROKs, Air America, Johnson. I avoided any discussion or answering any questions about Vietnam especially the hideous and the improper..did you get any? how many did you get? what was it like?

My buddies and I would ask each other in Vietnam..why are we here..why are we doing this...is this worth dying for? Everyone in my squad would have walked away from it in a second. Us grunties were hardly pro war. I saw enough waste of human life to last me 50 lifetimes.

The only difference between Jane and myself was when I said something that was anti-war I was not called a traitor because I had been there in the thick of the shit and back. Jane's stunt was stupid and grandstanding..no more no less.