Oldsailor65 wrote:
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I didn't experience any danger and though I was in the combat zone for 3 sessions I do not consider myself to be a "Combat Veteran like many were. I volunteered for PBR duty but didn't get it.
Oldsailor65, sounds like you did get the same kind of duty though, what you did was as dangerous, and just being in country was.
I had a drill sergeant who was a leg like i was, but he did several tours on the ground in the jungle.
He was hit by shrapnel and bullets and debris from incoming rounds.
And he told me there were guys with him that never got scratched.
Dont sell yourself short because you didnt get a serious wound, you could have by being there.
Three tours, in a war zone, thats something to be honored for.
My dad boxed in the U.S.Army from '48 to '50.
He was in tenth corp on the other side of the chosin resevoir.
The Marines had around 9,000 men or so on their side but the Army only had around 3,000 men and my dad was a corporal, acting platoon sergeant because the other sergeants were dead or wounded and the platoon commander, a liutenant, was dead.
They were under Marine command and faced almost 100,000 chinese.
When it was over my dad was wounded and evacuated out of a north korean port.
The Army got the shit kicked out of them.
My dad has spoken maybe two words about it.
Thats all.
No whining or complaining.
But some of those guys that came out with my dad never got wounded.
They're all brave men.
I broke my back and was put out of the Army.
You can never tell about why, but you are just like all those guys that dont get hurt.
They are the same as the ones who did.
You guys kicked ass.
My hats off to you ! 🇺🇸