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Any one been back there ???
babun
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I was talking to a old friend last night, he's a Vietnam vet, {I'm not}, and he said he has this urge to go back there on a vacation trip.
Got me thinking...Have any of you been back there, say in the last 5 years or so? What was it like? In a general sort of way please, NOT asking for your inner most feelings- those are for you alone.
Got me thinking...Have any of you been back there, say in the last 5 years or so? What was it like? In a general sort of way please, NOT asking for your inner most feelings- those are for you alone.
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I have no desire to go back, not ever.
W.D.
I was particularly interested in Da Nang since that is where we'd land if we couldn't get back to the carrier (for whatever reason). I drank through a number of rocket attacks there, waited for the Marines to finish fire fights on the end of the runway before we could land, and had some great times drinking in the Red Dog Saloon (see rocket attacks). However, I guess the airstrip is gone now, so I probably wouldn't recognize the place.
I'd go back, but I'm not setting aside any money for the trip!
If you can't feel the music; it's only pink noise!
SS
But keep in mind that our D.N.A.'s have stayed behind and hung around with the D.N.A.'s of all of our buddies and the buddies of each other. And although we here on this forum will swear that we have never met--The most amateur detective or forensic scientist would say we are wrong. You have been together for years and always will be.
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Bob
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I'm a Korean War Vet who wouldn't pizz on the best part of Korea.
Once we were offered a free return visit.
Like many Vetnam vets I still have a repeating nightmare of a particular dicy situation I survived.
The other is my old rear area, Camp Reasoner. LZ and all hootches gone but the the front gate with 1st Recon Bn emblem is still there. Don't know why they didn't tear it down. I saw it on youtube.
Smoky
Our daughter and son-in-law took a trip overseas two years ago and on part of the trip they spent some time in Da Nang, Saigon (now Ho Chi Minh City), and Hanoi. They said they were really surprised at how modern those places were, especially Da Nang.
I was particularly interested in Da Nang since that is where we'd land if we couldn't get back to the carrier (for whatever reason). I drank through a number of rocket attacks there, waited for the Marines to finish fire fights on the end of the runway before we could land, and had some great times drinking in the Red Dog Saloon (see rocket attacks). However, I guess the airstrip is gone now, so I probably wouldn't recognize the place.
I'd go back, but I'm not setting aside any money for the trip!
I was stationed at Fleet Air Support Unit Danang from May 70-May 71. The Red Dog Saloon was named after the CO, CDR D.D. ?Red Dog? Davis. I pumped a lot of JP-4 and downloaded a lot of ordnance for you guys on Yankee Station.
quote:Originally posted by Old-Colts
Our daughter and son-in-law took a trip overseas two years ago and on part of the trip they spent some time in Da Nang, Saigon (now Ho Chi Minh City), and Hanoi. They said they were really surprised at how modern those places were, especially Da Nang.
I was particularly interested in Da Nang since that is where we'd land if we couldn't get back to the carrier (for whatever reason). I drank through a number of rocket attacks there, waited for the Marines to finish fire fights on the end of the runway before we could land, and had some great times drinking in the Red Dog Saloon (see rocket attacks). However, I guess the airstrip is gone now, so I probably wouldn't recognize the place.
I'd go back, but I'm not setting aside any money for the trip!I was stationed at Fleet Air Support Unit Danang from May 70-May 71. The Red Dog Saloon was named after the CO, CDR D.D. ?Red Dog? Davis. I pumped a lot of JP-4 and downloaded a lot of ordnance for you guys on Yankee Station.I didn't know that; thanks for the information, very interesting!!!!!
I was in VAW-115 assigned to the USS Midway (CVA-41). We were in the Gulf from April 1972 until March 1973.
Were you in VRC-50?
If you can't feel the music; it's only pink noise!
quote:Originally posted by pawnee66
quote:Originally posted by Old-Colts
Our daughter and son-in-law took a trip overseas two years ago and on part of the trip they spent some time in Da Nang, Saigon (now Ho Chi Minh City), and Hanoi. They said they were really surprised at how modern those places were, especially Da Nang.
I was particularly interested in Da Nang since that is where we'd land if we couldn't get back to the carrier (for whatever reason). I drank through a number of rocket attacks there, waited for the Marines to finish fire fights on the end of the runway before we could land, and had some great times drinking in the Red Dog Saloon (see rocket attacks). However, I guess the airstrip is gone now, so I probably wouldn't recognize the place.
I'd go back, but I'm not setting aside any money for the trip!I was stationed at Fleet Air Support Unit Danang from May 70-May 71. The Red Dog Saloon was named after the CO, CDR D.D. ?Red Dog? Davis. I pumped a lot of JP-4 and downloaded a lot of ordnance for you guys on Yankee Station.I didn't know that; thanks for the information, very interesting!!!!!
I was in VAW-115 assigned to the USS Midway (CVA-41). We were in the Gulf from April 1972 until March 1973.
Were you in VRC-50?
No, I was with FASU DaNang. VRC-50 had a Det across the ramp from our line.
if you gave them all the gold in Fort Knox.
Mississippi
40th Air Rescue and Recovery Sq. out of NKP Thailand 67-68 also in and out of Loas , Cambodia, Viet Nam.
No, I wouldn't go back if they offered me a free trip. I always remember how our pows were treated and too many body bags. That's the kind of people they are, then and now.
ESPN just released a short film about Pittsburgh Steelers' running back, Rocky Bleier, that featured his return to Viet Nam. It may be of interest to some of you: https://espnpressroom.com/us/press-releases/2019/08/new-espn-film-takes-steelers-great-rocky-bleier-on-emotional-return-to-vietnam/
I have a good friend who was shot and nearly bled out in a Viet Nam rice paddy. He has no interest in returning. However, a younger friend recently visited Saigon and enjoyed the trip. However, there are plenty of museums that feature anti-American propaganda. Nonetheless, the average guy on the street, he says, is quite friendly and interested in Americans.
Let me start by state i am not a vet , deaf men don't last long in the jungle . I have many friends who went to Nam and survived to come home ,mostly .A few of them still havent made it all the way and i dont think they ever will. Cant myself see any reason they would want to return .
I totally agree with you pulsarnc. My father fought in the South Pacific during WWII and took his hate for our then enemies to his grave many years later.