Awesome!
The Vietnam war really did a number on us.
I still remember hippies spitting on wounded soldiers as they came through O’Hare..
Oh, and the Hare Krishnas too. Hope I got the selling right! Meant to say spelling but I’m sure there was eventual selling, too...
Came through San Fran in early 70 heading to the UK....Right off the plane as soon as I got into the terminal... The Red Cross set up a few tables had ham and cheese on rolls and a coke for sale ($2.00 I recall)....a few yards away the Salvation Army had
hot coffee and some pastries.... for free....the coffee was great,and the donut excellent
“I still remember hippies spitting on wounded soldiers as they came through O’Hare..”
Nothing like that ever happened around the town I grew up in. Quite the opposite.
There was a restaurant that, for the duration of the war, refused to let service members pay for their meals. It was the bus companies lunch stop so it saw plenty of military in transit.
They also had a table with a sign reading “Reserved for Active Duty Military”.
Until they went out of business in 1995 they wouldn’t accept payment from any service member with the Vietnam tab on their uniforms.
This was the real America.
Of course the media wouldn’t cover the thousands of small businesses that supported our troops.
A friend who was in Vietnam told of being spit on but then strangers and businesses randomly paid for their meals and drinks.
I believe our extreme political divide and political hatred started then.
We were stationed at Barbers Point, HI in the early ‘70s. In 1972 I returned via commercial air to Honolulu from WESTPAC for some additional training. As soon as I set foot in the terminal there was a small mob of Krishnas making their noise. I was in uniform, and one of them spit on me. He was surprised when I hit him in the gut. Last I saw of him he was in the fetal position. It felt good. (It’s the only time I’ve ever punched another human being, if you can call him that....)
Them hippies are now well entrenched into our government.. I think nowadays they're call the swamp.... :)
Those spitting on wounded soldiers must have been early Hillary voters before they realized it.