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Showing posts with label Viet Nam. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Viet Nam. Show all posts
Friday, May 8, 2015

Silly Punk Mother F**ker: 1st Sgt. Robert V. Baker

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When Bravo Company, 1-70th Armor went to Germany in 1976, our First Sergeant was Robert V. Baker.  Top Baker was a veteran of both Vietnam...
Saturday, March 14, 2015

Baby Killers, Climate Change and Conspiracy Theories

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In the past week, I spoke with people who remember the Viet Nam War and what many Americans thought of soldiers back then.  Many soldiers s...
Tuesday, March 2, 2010

Jack is Back

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My Uncle Jack's response to my blog post on military rating systems: I believe you captured perfectly the essence of the rating system...
Sunday, February 28, 2010

Breakfast with Jack

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This morning I had breakfast with my Uncle Jack. He retired from active duty with the Air Force in 1978 and is currently living in the Orla...
Friday, January 15, 2010

Uncle Jack's Airplanes

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F-4 Phantom II KC-135 Tanker My son and oldest daughter, Nigel and Lauren came to visit for a couple of hours last night. It was dark so we...
Saturday, January 9, 2010

Catch 22

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My Uncle Jack who served in Viet Nam responded to my post yesterday. Here's our messages: Sgt. Nephew, I feel your pain and I applaud t...
Sunday, September 27, 2009

Bicycles in Thailand at the End of the Viet Nam War

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From my uncle who served in Viet Nam several times and other parts of South East Asia for almost a decade: This is another Thailand story bu...
Wednesday, August 26, 2009

Thank You to Several (actually 22) People

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To Sarah Reisert for Propel Packets and razors (not to be used together) and for sending me a weird web site every Thursday. To 2LT West...
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Tuesday, August 18, 2009

Response to Army Morality

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B52 BOMBER TAKING OFF I received this email from a Viet Nam vet writing the moral dimension of his war. I thought you would like it as much...
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Monday, July 20, 2009

More Chicken Shit

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I was going to let this subject go, but today I was talking with another soldier about the latest rule and remembered that as Chicken Shit t...
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Thursday, July 16, 2009

Calling Home During Viet Nam

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My Uncle Jack who served in Viet Nam and other parts of South East Asia for several years between 1965 and 1974, had this response to my pos...
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Sunday, June 21, 2009

Father's Day

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Father's Day has been my favorite holiday (or whatever it is) for more than a decade now. It's early in the summer so school is out...
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Sunday, May 31, 2009

Tanks for the Memories

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Shortly after joining Echo Company I realized that part of my suffering in 2009 would simply be showing up in the motor pool. The glacial p...
Tuesday, October 30, 2007

Linking Viet Nam and Iraq

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Today's Philadelphia Daily News has a 20-page section on Viet Nam. I am quoted in the lead of the first article in the section--partly ...
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