"Don T" wrote in message
news:FZ1Fb.12427$Pg1.12274@newsread1.news.pas.eart hlink.net...
> You do realize that you can go to your nearby surplus store and buy any
and
> every medal ever issued with the sole exception of the Medal of Honor
don't
> you? Just because some guy has a Bronze Star medal in a box doesn't mean
> diddly, most especially because Air Force regulations state that the
Bronze
> Star Medal is NOT awarded for circumstances involving aerial flight.

I don't think you could buy a medal at a surplus store back in the 70's,
but you've got a strong argument about bronze medals and flight.

I don't know, I'm just saying I saw it, and that was the story. Geez, if
you want to hear the rest of MY stories, I'll be glad to put them up here
for your validation.

But my original question was about what it was like on the other side of the
fence.

For instance, almost all of the guys were telling us about these "F*ck you"
lizards that made a sound like they were cursing you. Now, that one came
from all the guys that were over there. They swore there were these
lizards that made a sound like that. And these bugs, that they said the
villagers treated like a delicacy, that they'd pick them up all around the
flightline in big garbage bags and sell them to the locals because they
were nuts about them.

Those kinds of stories.

Paul