Tribute To Vietnam Veterans....Welcome Home.......March 5, 2002

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[Snow Bunny]

Even though we all were in Vietnam at different times, at different places our hearts were united and our lives they were intertwined.
After Vietnam there were no parades, not many people wanted to hear our stories, and if they did listen, they didn't really understand. I know this is a small thank you for all each of you did , but I want to thank you for serving and for being the person you were then and now.
I appreciated what you were did ,and would do in the future to secure the freedom and liberty of this nation and other nations.

A man has not lived until he has almost died…….

For those who have fought life has a flavor……..

The protected will never know.

…….. author Unknown Vietnam Veteran

THE EYES OF A WARRIOR
(A tribute to the Vietnam Veterans, and the Veterans of our past)

In the eyes of a warrior we see strength, loyalty, honor ~ we see pain, horror, and loneliness. When you look into their eyes you see the stony strength of one who has the courage to take on the world so that we may choose. You see the will that stands between fear and a belief that freedom is the most valuable gift that one can give to another. And, you see the heart ~ with its granite-hard conviction that the soul cannot survive without honor. Personal honor cannot be lost or thrown away. It is embedded in the soul of the warrior beyond this earth ~ beyond eternity, and beyond his or her own ability to survive without it.

When you look into the eyes of a warrior, you also see the dead pool of pain. It surrounds and envelopes the inner soul ~ it is a natural by-product of the prize, freedom. One cannot win this prize unless they are willing to endure the pain ~ for this is the price. No one pays this price like the warrior. The horror that is endured....remembered....is the cause of the pain but is also the means by which the warrior wins for us, the freedom and the life that we enjoy. So oblivious are we to the price they pay. The tears they shed somewhere inside where we cannot see unless we look for the brothers they were forced to leave behind, and for the loss ~ the never ending loss of war. In their eyes one will see the deepest most internal ~ and most eternal loneliness we shall ever witness. It comes from the deepest part within them, that part which suffers still, the battle.

If you look deep into the eyes of a warrior, you will see the collage of the human spirit. If you cannot envy this ~ if you cannot love, respect and honor this, then you have no right to the freedom they so willingly won, and then simply gave to you.

Have we ever stopped to think what our world would be like if we had no warriors? How would we have the right to determine for ourselves what we will do on a lazy Sunday afternoon? How would we determine for ourselves what our children will learn and how they will be raised? And the most important question of all ~~ how dare we forget these things are true?

To All Veterans:

"With all my heart I embrace you....
with all my soul I wrap you in
the protective shroud of my pride
in you and my gratitude for what
you have given me".

[Snow Bunny]

Please just click on the graphic of the lyrics to hear the song " Some Gave All" by Billy Ray Cyrus. It is a 4 minute song so it takes a little time to load, but well worth the wait.

[Snow Bunny]

I would like to thank 1stBn27 and 68 Grunt for their support of my wanting to make a Tribute to Vietnam Veterans. THIS IS A STRONG WEB SITE SO PLEASE ONLY GO THERE IF YOU CAN TAKE IT, I WILL NOT APOLOGIZE FOR THE WORDING ON THE WEB SITE NOR for THE PICTURES FROM VIETNAM.

Truth sometimes is not pretty but the Honor and respect for Vietnam veterans is VERY real.
Actual photo on CD cover taken on Hue in April ’68…….TET Left is Freeper 1stBn27 and on the right Doug ‘ Wildman’ Carey.

[Snow Bunny]

No Tribute to Vietnam Veterans can be made without telling you how my heart aches for the POW’s and MIA’s.

[Snow Bunny]

Ronald Reagan on Vietnam Those Americans who went to Vietnam fought for freedom, a truly noble cause. You and your comrades-in-arms who faced danger and death in Vietnam fought as well as any Americans in our nation's history.

Vietnam was not so much a war as it was one long battle in an ongoing war -the war in defense of freedom, which is still under assault. This battle was lost not by those brave American and South Vietnamese troops who were waging it but by political misjudgments and strategic failure at the highest levels of government.

The tragedy- indeed, the immorality-of those years was that for the first time in our history our country and its government failed to match the heroic sacrifice of our men in the field.

This must never happen again.

~Ronald Reagan~

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[JohnHuang2]

Tribute To Vietnam Veterans mega ping...

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[Snow Bunny]

I want to thank Tonkin for all his help and support.

Thank you my brother.

[68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub]

From a Must Visit Site
Vipers Vietnam Veterans Page, A Vietnam Veteran & Proud Web Site
About Vietnam

The Vietnam war was the longest in our nation's history. Two American advisors were killed on July 8, 1959, and the last casualties in connection with the war occurred on May 15, 1975, during the Mayaquez incident. Approximately 2.7 million Americans served in the war zone; 300,000 were wounded and approximately 75,000 permanently disabled. Officially there are still 1,991 Americans unaccounted for from SE Asia.

Vietnam was a savage, in your face war where death could and did strike from anywhere with absolutely no warning. The brave young men and women who fought that war paid an awful price of blood, pain and suffering. As it is said: "ALL GAVE SOME ... SOME GAVE ALL"
The Vietnam war was not lost on the battlefield. No American force in ANY other conflict fought with more determination or sheer courage than the Vietnam Veteran.  For the first time in our history America sent it's young men and women into a war run by inept politicians who had no grasp of military strategies and no moral will to win. They were led by "top brass" who were concerned mainly with furthering their own careers, most neither understood the nature of the war nor had a clue about the impossible mission with which they'd tasked their soldiers.  And the war was reported by a self serving Media who penned stories filled with inaccuracies, deliberate omissions, biased presentations and blatant distorted interpretations because they were more interested in a story than the truth! It can be debated that we should never have fought that war. It can also be argued that the young Americans who fought so courageously, never losing a single major battle, helped in a huge way to WIN THE COLD WAR.

- U.S. MILITARY CASUALTIES IN SOUTHEAST ASIA - - DEATHS BY STATUS - - AS OF MARCH 31, 1997 -
STATUS	USA	USN	USAF	USMC	USCG	TOTAL
Regular	17,321	2,178	1,759	13,200	6	34,464
Reserve	3,774	376	653	954	1	5,758
National Guard	88	-	9	-	-	97
Selective Service	16,989	-	-	683	-	17,672
Unknown	24	1	162	-	-	187
TOTAL DEATHS	38,196	2,555	2,583	14,837	7	58,178

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Welcome Home

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Thank you John so much !!!

[Snow Bunny]

Hi this is the Tribute I was telling you about that I wanted to ping you to. Thank you for serving our country.

[68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub]

God Bless You Sis
On behalf of All Viet Nam era Vets, Thank You for your USO Tours with Bob Hope in Viet Nam.
You went when you did not have to.
You risked your life to entertain the troops.
You indedd are a true SISTER to All Viet Nam era Vets.

[JohnHuang2]

Thanks for all you do, too, my friend. And, above all, thanks for your service to our country during Vietnam.

[Snow Bunny]

[68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub]

EVERY person who served during the Viet Nam era contributed to our Freedom.
While forces where deployed in Viet Nam the rest of the world was guarded by everyone else.
Deaths and causulties would have been much higher without the support of our military around the globe.

Welcome Home ALL Viet Nam era Brothers and Sisters
It was an honor to serve while All of you did.

[68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub]

Thank You John
I am just a man who loves our country, just as you and so many others do.

[DoughtyOne]

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