Vietnam vets reluctant to tell war stories..

CWO4 Dave Mann wrote in message news:...
> On Sat, 20 Dec 2003 1754 +0000, GrgLnsctt wrote:
>
> >>My question to REAL Vietnam vets (not to someone wanting
> >>to give their anti-war views) is why it was so hard to get someone
> >>after they got back from war to tell me what they had been through,
> >>particularly when I was in high school 1972-5 and particularly before
> >
> > Paul,
> >
> > Many of us returned to an anti-war and anti-military environment. I lived in a
> > fairly large city with a large university nearby (which I attended). The males
> > on campus were bent on preserving their deferment status. I was bent on getting
> > on with my life and getting the war and it's memories buried into oblivion. The
> > war turned sour, negative images caught the public's imagination and just
> > about there, I retired my service into the closet. Everybody knew the military
> > lost the war and we were all a bunch of crazed, dope-smoking, baby killing
> > fiends. None of my friends or relatives ever inquired about my activities in
> > the war, they already knew (from the media) and there would be no discussion.
> > The vast majority of males (burdened with a guilty conscience because they did
> > not serve) and sympathetic females (convinced that males are evil war mongers)
> > generated a mindset not receptive to war stories. In the 70's Vietnam Vets were
> > portrayed as social misfits and psychos. I applied my jungle fighting
> > techniques and donned a leisure suit and hit the discos. Concealment and
> > evasion. Seemed like the right thing to do.
> >
> > - LMAO
> >
> > Greg
>
> Yep, Greg's hit the nail on the head .. oh yeah, and them delicious little
> hippie gals -- "oh baby, can ya' just help me get rid of them
> baaaad memories for tonight?" Heh heh heh, oh yeah, them little free-love
> gals ....
>
> HTH, YMMV, LSMFT
>
> Dave


You're a baaad man. No Vietnam vet would deceive an innocent hippy gal.

>Any one else experience "personal growth (especially with regard to being a
>man) - over there?
>
>Brooks

Nigel,

Oh! Yeah! my personality just blossomed into a courteous and delicate
gentleperson. "Exuse me, Sir: Yes Mam!" - LMAO

More like - "You Commie Motherfuckers Are Going to Die". - LMAO

I think all questions about manhood were answered at the induction center,
stateside training facilities and before the plane landed in Vietnam.

That reminds me, on my trip to Nam, we stopped in Honolulu. They told us to
disembark and return in a couple of hours. About 12-18 guys failed to reboard
the aircraft. Now, I'm beginning to understand a little more about some people
in Hawaii.

- LMAO

Best Regards

Greg [who's personal growth devolved to the level of an animal. All I've heard
all my life is men are animals. I found the truly spiritual and emotional
person I was meant to be - A fucking mindless bullshitting asshole brute, thank
you Unca Sam!] - LMAO

>You're a baaad man. No Vietnam vet would deceive an innocent hippy gal.
>

Nah! I never used the Vietnam Vet line. The one that brought home the bacon
every time was - "I don't have any parents, I lost them in the war".
Motherfucker! every fucking time I used that line it was a slam dunk, gawdamn
guarenteed pussy. Is it against regulations to reveal classified knowledge?
Hey! Gawdamnit! love and war, what's the difference?

- LMAO

Greg

"GrgLnsctt" wrote in message
news:20040102193120.15425.00002464@mb-m03.news.cs.com...
> >You're a baaad man. No Vietnam vet would deceive an innocent hippy gal.
> >
>
> Nah! I never used the Vietnam Vet line. The one that brought home the
bacon
> every time was - "I don't have any parents, I lost them in the war".
> Motherfucker! every fucking time I used that line it was a slam dunk,
gawdamn
> guarenteed pussy. Is it against regulations to reveal classified
knowledge?
> Hey! Gawdamnit! love and war, what's the difference?

Well, for one thing, my mind wouldn't have been on your parents, and I'd
have thought it mighty strange that you'd bring up their death when I wuz
trying to flirt. Where did y'all meet all those deranged women?

Rita

On Fri, 2 Jan 2004 1732 -0600, "Nigel Brooks"
wrote:

>"C.V. Compton Shaw" wrote in message
>news:3FECB8EB.68C9FA18@swbell.net...
>> Vietnam was a very scary and arduous experience for me. However, it was
>> also an experience full of unimaginable adventure, personal growth
>> (especially with regard to being a man)
>
>That's interesting - I don't believe any of my man parts grew in Vietnam -
>in fact, after my first marriage I'm surprised that I was able to retain
>them.
>
>Any one else experience "personal growth (especially with regard to being a
>man) - over there?
>
>Brooks
>
Does a bad to the bone Marine count?

"Pepperoni" wrote in message
news:bt4s24$38i4u$1@ID-105689.news.uni-berlin.de...
> Gee, Compty. Did Alan get to yer? Just the fooker if you can't
> take the heat.

Apparently being teased about his feminine "qualities" was enough to turn
him into a netkop. Hey, I *like* what I got.

Rita

> You make a point of insulting people regularly, what do you expect us to
do
> about Your and Alan's insults? It's Usenet; grow up and learn to live
with
> "IT".
>
> It is generally considered rude (or worse) to quote another poster without
> highlighting his text in some way to differentiate it from your own. Even
> the "Top/Bottom" posting controversy does not raise such controversy as
this
> issue. If you are not an idiot, prove it; learn to follow the basic
> quotation conventions.
>
> Pepperoni
>
>
> "C.V. Compton Shaw" wrote in message
> news:3FF5E6FF.C10085FC@swbell.net...
> > Alan hides under several aliases and makes a habit of insulting
> individuals
> > such that he is disallowed in some groups. He posts to a group which
> > indicates that he is from the UK not the USA. See the following quote:
> > From: Alan (stuff.it.up.yer.@rse.com)
> > Subject: Bang goes another one ........
> > Newsgroups:
> > alt.sports.soccer.manchester.united.scum-haters,
> > alt.war.vietnam
> > Date: 2001-12-26 20:45:52 PST
> >
> >
>
>

"C.V. Compton Shaw" wrote in message
news:3FF5E59E.AE4C8B83@swbell.net...
> Alan is not a Vietnam Veteran
>

Some folks have doubts about you, too.
Lucky thing it isn't a requirement for posting here, eh?

So, come on Mr. Shaw. Tell us a war story.


Pepperoni

Gee, Compty. Did Alan get to yer? Just the fooker if you can't
take the heat.
You make a point of insulting people regularly, what do you expect us to do
about Your and Alan's insults? It's Usenet; grow up and learn to live with
"IT".

It is generally considered rude (or worse) to quote another poster without
highlighting his text in some way to differentiate it from your own. Even
the "Top/Bottom" posting controversy does not raise such controversy as this
issue. If you are not an idiot, prove it; learn to follow the basic
quotation conventions.

Pepperoni


"C.V. Compton Shaw" wrote in message
news:3FF5E6FF.C10085FC@swbell.net...
> Alan hides under several aliases and makes a habit of insulting
individuals
> such that he is disallowed in some groups. He posts to a group which
> indicates that he is from the UK not the USA. See the following quote:
> From: Alan (stuff.it.up.yer.@rse.com)
> Subject: Bang goes another one ........
> Newsgroups:
> alt.sports.soccer.manchester.united.scum-haters,
> alt.war.vietnam
> Date: 2001-12-26 20:45:52 PST
>
>

On Fri, 2 Jan 2004 20:04:15 -0500, "Rita"
wrote:

>
>"Pepperoni" wrote in message
>news:bt4s24$38i4u$1@ID-105689.news.uni-berlin.de...
>> Gee, Compty. Did Alan get to yer? Just the fooker if you can't
>> take the heat.
>
>Apparently being teased about his feminine "qualities" was enough to turn
>him into a netkop. Hey, I *like* what I got.
>
>Rita

You are confusing comptee with the Hermaphrodite Johnboyo. When you
tell johnboyo to go screw himself, he takes it seriously and then he
netcops on you.

On Fri, 2 Jan 2004 20:52:45 -0800, "Pepperoni"
wrote:

Being December and returning to Michigan, a nice flower
>garland of exotic tropical flowers would have been nice. We didn't get
>them, I seareched the airport for a couple hours looking for a flower shop.
>Oh, well.


Speaking of which, I have recently been reading all the Joseph Heywood
books, you read any of them?