I have to agree the the Marine who told about the poor treatment of Marines. I was at Khe Sanh during the TET offensive. Water was in short supply on the base. With the base being shelled all the time one hardly wanted to get caught in the shower with nothing on. A GI bath was the order of the day. We had to fly in and out of the base to Danang. We went into a AF mess hall and tried to get something to eat. Now a reminder we had been eat C rations twice a day for two months and wanted some real food. When we tried to get something to eat we were told that because we looked and smelled so that we had to leave now. So no fresh food for us. So yes the AF did treat us like crap. Hope others got better treatment than we did.
Now later I went on down to Danang for my R&R . It was during the TET offensive still. Everyone was in formation at the R&R center. We were told that everyone was going to have to stand perimeter duty that night. Everyone was ask where they were coming from and where they were going to. Gunny got to me and I told him I was down from Khe Sanh and head to Thailand. He told told me to get to hell out of his formation and that I had already done more than my fair share.
Attached is a photo of me taken at Khe Sanh.
Jon DeWitt
SGT USMC
1966-1969