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Jim Martin, know this one thing.
you and yours are forever welcomed at my fire.
thank you sir.
I'm pretty certain when we sing our anthem and mention the land of the free, the original intent didn't mean cell phones, food stamps and birth control.
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There are words for what you and Jim and hundreds of thousands of other guys have done...
There are sooo many of us that are sooo thankful and proud of what you boys have done, and in the same vein, we realize what the downsides were...
And we too are hesitant to talk much about it, because it brings tears to our eyes as well....
Very well said, and true. So true.
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Finished today. A Jeweler engraved one of the cases from this bunch ![[Linked Image]](http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y222/EvilTwinMar/HILL474.jpg) and I got this ![[Linked Image]](http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y222/EvilTwinMar/VietnamRelics001.jpg) ![[Linked Image]](http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y222/EvilTwinMar/VietnamRelics002.jpg) ![[Linked Image]](http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y222/EvilTwinMar/VietnamRelics004.jpg) The text reads" Sgt.Woody Fleming Spooky SPC Jim Martin Co "C" 3/506 Hill 474 27 January 1970
Be afraid,be VERY VERY afraid ad triarios redisse My Buddy eh76 speaks authentic Frontier Gibberish! ![[Linked Image]](http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y222/EvilTwinMar/Sabretooth-1.jpg)
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�Politicians are the lowest form of life on earth. Liberal Democrats are the lowest form of politician.� �General George S. Patton, Jr.
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~Molɔ̀ːn Labé Skýla~
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George Orwell was a Prophet, not a novelist. Read 1984 and then look around you!
Old cat turd!
"Some men just need killing." ~ Clay Allison.
I am too old to fight but I can still pull a trigger. ~ Me
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Might just be the best post ever!
Thanks for sharing!
David Dittos!
All American
All the time
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Finished today. A Jeweler engraved one of the cases from this bunch and I got this The text reads" Sgt.Woody Fleming Spooky SPC Jim Martin Co "C" 3/506 Hill 474 27 January 1970 WOW!
Member: Clan of the Turdlike People.
Courage is Fear that has said its Prayers
�If we ever forget that we are one nation under God, then we will be a nation gone under.� Ronald Reagan.
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Sure is nice to see this...
Thank you for sharing...
I'd rather have a bad day hunting than a good day working!
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Indeed, a truly great post.
"If dogs don't go to heaven, when I die I want to go wherever they went." -Will Rogers
"If you have a lot of self control you don't need a lot of government control" - Thomas Sowell
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I hope some day to shake your hand and tell you (and Woody) how much I appreciate your service and your sacrifice.
Ed
"Not in an open forum, where truth has less value than opinions, where all opinions are equally welcome regardless of their origins, rationale, inanity, or truth, where opinions are neither of equal value nor decisive." Ken Howell
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Many thanks Jim for sharing part of your life with us. My father fought five years in Indochina. Your story honnor all the guys who fought there.
Flyboy thanks you allow us to read Jim and your story story.
Dom
Experience is a lantern, carried in our back, only lightening already walked path. (Confucius)
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Jim,
Pretty amazing that you and Woody would run into each other again after so many years.
Those cases and the story behind them is really cool.
Thank you both for your service.
Tim
"For joy of knowing what may not be known we take the golden road to Samarkand."
James Elroy Flecker
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EvilTwin and Flyboy...good that you first met back then or we'd not know this story. Excellent stuff here!
I am..........disturbed.
Concerning the difference between man and the jackass: some observers hold that there isn't any. But this wrongs the jackass. -Twain
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I am glad Jim had somebody in his outfit that knew how to "get down"!
George Orwell was a Prophet, not a novelist. Read 1984 and then look around you!
Old cat turd!
"Some men just need killing." ~ Clay Allison.
I am too old to fight but I can still pull a trigger. ~ Me
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Jim--- I hope you and Woody get together soon -Tip a few and get ![[Linked Image]](http://i1123.photobucket.com/albums/l546/wldthg1/385530176v2_225x225_Front_padToSquare-true.jpg)
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I am working on just that Webb!
Liberalism is a mental disorder that leads to social disease.
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I figured the pics of the engraved 7.62 case belonged on this, the original thread. I assure you that the jeweler never had someone walk in the door and ask for a cartridge case to be engraved. I explained the signifigance to him and he said he'd do a good job for me (he did!) and charged me 30 bucks for the job. He sure as hell did me and Woody a favor. My wife thinks I'm crazy (nothing new here). Thanks to all of you fellas for the kind words. A Relic of Wars past! ![[Linked Image]](http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y222/EvilTwinMar/VietnamRelics003.jpg)
Be afraid,be VERY VERY afraid ad triarios redisse My Buddy eh76 speaks authentic Frontier Gibberish!
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Thanks, to both of you, for your service. All the rest of you that served in the service, too!
Old Turd- Deplorable- Unrepentant Murderer- Domestic Violent Extremist
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This will be my last post! Flave 1/3/21
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