Memorial Day ping.
Lots of families, not many Vietnam era aged visitors. Only one with the trademark blue ball-cap emblazoned with service ribbons.
The memorial is large; MI must have sent a lot of its sons and daughters over there!
Beautiful day for remembrance.
Thanks for the ping. This is always a good time to read the Vietnam vets’ stories and maybe touch base with comrades I’ve met on FR.
My wife and I are retired now as I suppose most of us from that era are. We don’t have a lot of money to travel but we have a small camping trailer that we use to hit some of the national and state parks during the summer. I mounted a Vietnam Veteran license plate on the back, opposite my regular license, and it’s great how many contacts I’ve made with other vets from those days.
It doesn’t matter what branch of service or where you were located or what your MOS was; the brotherhood is all that matters. Walk through the campground, spot a plate or a window sticker, stop and say hello, and if it’s my campsite, I can just about bet there will be a chair and a cold beer (or soda) waiting for you.
And thanks so much for your service. As Red Green might say, “We were all in this together.”