"Marine's Reflections on End of Vietnam War" Topic
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 Editor in Chief Bill   | 01 May 2015 11:23 a.m. PST |
The following is a recollections on the end of the Vietnam War originally published in the May, 2005 issue of Proceedings under the original title, Reflections on Vietnam. It ended 30 years ago when a Marine handed Graham Martin a folded flag and the U.S. Ambassador took off from the roof of the U.S Embassy in Saigon. No one, warrior or protestor, walked away from the Vietnam War unscathed. The photos need no captions. The words of the two Marine infantry officers help us remember, as if we could forget. Early in the morning on Labor Day 1959, John Wilson, our battalion executive officer, banged on the door of my BOQ room in Okinawa…
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| Bismarck | 01 May 2015 12:40 p.m. PST |
thank you, Mr. Armintrout!
I hope everybody took the time to read the link. Rumor has it you too were a Pahokee Blue Devil! for me,
'54-60. school still standing and on the historical register.
good heavens, what a conversation that would be. |
| Whatisitgood4atwork | 03 May 2015 3:08 a.m. PST |
Thank you. That was well worth reading. |
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