"The Top Vietnam War Songs: A Playlist for Veterans" Topic
2 Posts
All members in good standing are free to post here. Opinions expressed here are solely those of the posters, and have not been cleared with nor are they endorsed by The Miniatures Page.
Please remember that some of our members are children, and act appropriately.
For more information, see the TMP FAQ.
Back to the Vietnam War Message Board
Areas of InterestModern
Featured Hobby News Article
Featured Recent Link
Featured Ruleset
Featured Workbench Article DemosLaserCutDesigns  says these Possessed Zombies would lend themselves well to a zombie game based on the world of the Evil Dead movies.
Featured Profile Article Looking at the Soviet and U.S. token and dice sets for Battlefront's Team Yankee.
Current Poll
|
| Tango01 | 06 Jan 2021 4:27 p.m. PST |
"I first became a soldier in a war zone on Veterans Day (Nov. 11) 1970. It's an irony I've wrestled with for 45 years, due in part to the precise timing of U. S. Army tours of duty in Vietnam, which meant that Uncle Sam would send me back home exactly 365 days later — on Nov. 11, 1971. Needless to say, the date is etched in my mind and will always be. It's personal, of course, but in a way it's lyrical, too. I say that because my earliest Vietnam memories aren't about guns and bullets, but rather about music. As my fellow "newbies" and I were being transported from Tan Son Nhut Air Force Base to the Army's 90th Replacement Battalion at Long Binh, I vividly recall hearing Smokey Robinson and The Miracles singing "Tears of a Clown". That pop song was blasting from four or five radios some of the guys had, and with the calliope-like rhythm and lines like "it's only to camouflage my sadness," I was having a hard time figuring out just where in the hell I was…"
Main page
link
Amicalement
Armand
|
 Editor in Chief Bill  | 06 Jan 2021 5:30 p.m. PST |
Courtesy of the Thirteen website |
|
