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joker19
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As in any war only 38% actually do the rotten part of the war the others are desk warriors and, well what can I say deserve the same honors, the only part bad is they hang thier heads in shame but thier mouth runs away with thier "I wish" ideas! I rememeber the jungle the little buzzards that gave me my fatigues said "have a nice trip"!!!!
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A little something interesting, there is a list of military who was awarded the Silver star in VN on line. Unless you use a different name in your profile, your name is not on that list.
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quote:Originally posted by joker19
As in any war only 38% actually do the rotten part of the war the others are desk warriors and, well what can I say deserve the same honors, the only part bad is they hang thier heads in shame but thier mouth runs away with thier "I wish" ideas! I rememeber the jungle the little buzzards that gave me my fatigues said "have a nice trip"!!!!
What are you mad about or at?
You seem to have some deep problems you are trying to vent.
Just my opinion.
Your opinion is right on, or we have another wannabe.
didn't say that....I said only 38% of us faced the enemy, the others faced the typewriter....WHICH ARE YOU? I bet I know!
So what's the big deal about who you faced joker? I don't have a lick more respect for combat vets than I do those service people who served during the NAM era, since it was mostly the luck of the draw of who ended up where once they joined. BTW, what was the name of your outfit and when were you in country?
48th AHC Joker Gunships (Dong Ha, Khe Sahn) Lam Sahn 719 Laos flights
173rd Robin Hood Crossbow Guns also Lam Sahn 719 Laos Flights.
Bronze Star
87 Air Medals
3 Purple Hearts
Go to US Army Flight School class 70-11 Ft Wolters TX or 70-13 Ft Rucker and look For COWLEY.
Any more stupid questions just ask!!!!!!!!!
The BIG DEAL is a typwriter can't kill you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
So? When were you in country and what outfit(s) did you serve with there?
282 Alleycats (UH1C gunhships) DaNang Marble Moujntain Airfield
48th AHC Joker Gunships (Dong Ha, Khe Sahn) Lam Sahn 719 Laos flights
173rd Robin Hood Crossbow Guns also Lam Sahn 719 Laos Flights.
Bronze Star
87 Air Medals
3 Purple Hearts
Go to US Army Flight School class 70-11 Ft Wolters TX or 70-13 Ft Rucker and look For COWLEY.
Any more stupid questions just ask!!!!!!!!!
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Keep that thought!!! You are differant now.......never forget it. I have the Silver Star, one below the MOH and we never thought a second of what it took to get it.......we never wanted it! It is an award that makes Americans feel good about rotten things they do to thier soldiers!!!!!!!!
What happened to your Silver Star and in who's army is it one below he MOH [V] it looks like it turned to Bronze (does it have a device on it) do you have a VA card if so what does it say on the front. [?][?]
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Tarnish, it tarnished. They'll do that you know.[;)]
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I never thought of that, thats what must have happened[:D]
The guys who maintained my planes, the guys who ordered the parts, the guys who manned the radios, the guys who drove the trucks to bring it to me, the cooks who fed me and the guys who laundered my clothes were all there in Vietnam. They were all just as exposed to rockets and mortars, all just as liable to have their throats slit in the barber's chair as I was.
Yes, I got shot at on almost every combat mission, but that diminishes what the other guys did for me not one whit.
282 Alleycats (UH1C gunhships) DaNang Marble Moujntain Airfield
48th AHC Joker Gunships (Dong Ha, Khe Sahn) Lam Sahn 719 Laos flights
173rd Robin Hood Crossbow Guns also Lam Sahn 719 Laos Flights.
Bronze Star
87 Air Medals
3 Purple Hearts
Go to US Army Flight School class 70-11 Ft Wolters TX or 70-13 Ft Rucker and look For COWLEY.
Any more stupid questions just ask!!!!!!!!!
Now I know you claimed that you was awarded a silver star. So what was it a Bronze or a silver?
He saw combat ops.
http://www.virtualwall.org/dt/TallmanRJ01a.htm
He was from my hometown. My Great Aunt Agnes taught him in school, my older brother went to HS with one of his sons.
I am not a vet, I was 5 when this man was killed.
He saw combat ops.
http://www.virtualwall.org/dt/TallmanRJ01a.htm
He was from my hometown. My Great Aunt Agnes taught him in school, my older brother went to HS with one of his sons.
I think I know how you feel. I was six years old when the kids on my block lost one of their idols. He was a Marine who made the Inchon landing in Korea, and upon scaling the wall he ran forward and got hit waist high with a blast from a burp gun which folded him in half and carried him backwards. He had 52 holes in his torso, so the story goes as was told to me by a Marine who was beside him when he was killed in action. He was my first hero and deserving of all the admiration and appreciation that I have been able to muster.
quote:Originally posted by PBJloaf
I am not a vet, I was 5 when this man was killed.
He saw combat ops.
http://www.virtualwall.org/dt/TallmanRJ01a.htm
He was from my hometown. My Great Aunt Agnes taught him in school, my older brother went to HS with one of his sons.
I think I know how you feel. I was six years old when the kids on my block lost one of their idols. He was a Marine who made the Inchon landing in Korea, and upon scaling the wall he ran forward and got hit waist high with a blast from a burp gun which folded him in half and carried him backwards. He had 52 holes in his torso, so the story goes as was told to me by a Marine who was beside him when he was killed in action. He was my first hero and deserving of all the admiration and appreciation that I have been able to muster.
kimi -
odd part was I never knew about this man until about 7 years ago.
We have had famous military figures from my hometown (David McKelvey Peterson, WWI ace, General Lyman L. Lemnitzer SACEUR, later head of the JCS), but no one seems to remember BGN Tallman.
But now they will.
http://www.wayneindependent.com/news/x1757257066/Baker-backs-renaming-bridge-after-local-war-hero