Good read and tnx..
It's been almost 50 yrs and another lifetime for many of us here since the last day we said our goodbyes to our brothers in arms we left behind ...I think all of us remember that timeline as if it were yesterday to some extent with mixed feelings of happiness and sadness for those not so fortunate however we will honor their valor till the last breath we breathe.
I have no regrets for serving even in those tumultuous times and for the most part have put it behind me although hardly a day goes by that a sight or smell doesn't trigger a memory especially since I reside so close to my last duty assignment.. Lots of SEA vets here as well so even as we grow old this precious brotherhood is not only intact but very much alive and well...
My thanks to all you here for your devotion to duty and country during the hardest of times...
