Drink with me … to memories of brothers from days gone by:
To those fallen in a far away place;
To those remembered on a black stone;
To those come home, now gone on up ahead.
To them … and to Us for remembering the beauty in our days together.
Semper Fi
Sgt, ‘Nam 1967-68
Great tribute PC. I recently read something interesting, about 20 to 40,000 Canadians crossed the border and enlisted in our military during Vietnam. Kind of ironic considering over 40,000 draft dodgers went to Canada to avoid going. An estimated 12,000 Canadians saw combat and 134 Canadian names are on “The Wall” WELCOME HOME!
We had a guy from Calgary Canada in our company . He told us that his sister was an American citizen and was living with her in California when he decided to enlist. Semper Fi Canooks! Harv.
Yep! All they needed was a GREEN CARD. Bill 0331
Thanks Harry I never knew that
Thank you. I am the son of a Marine Viet Nam vet KIA 13 AUGUST 1968. YOUR MESSAGES HAVE TOUCHED MY HEART. I STILL MISS MY DAD AND HAVE FOND MEMORIES OF THE TIME HE WAS WITH US. I WAS 10 WHEN HE WAS KILLED. SEVERAL MARINES SHOWED UP TO OUR HOUSE TO HONOR MY FATHER. A FEW OF THEM SERVED WITH HIM AND TOLD ME MANY STORIES ABOUT WHAT HE DID. WHEN I WAS OLD ENOUGH I ATTEMPTED TO ENLIST BUT WAS DENIED DUE TO DEXTOCARDIA, WHICH IS A BACKWARDS HEART. I MADE 3 SEPARATE ATTEMPS AND WAS TOLD TO STOP. ALL I WANTED TO DO WAS HONOR MY FATHER. YOUR STORIES ARE VERY POIGNANT AS TO WHAT MAKES A MARINE. THANK YOU
SEMPER FIDELIS.
was in chu lai in 65 and 66′ love the eulogy you wrote.
SERVED 72 REMERED BEING IN CUBA. DONT KNOW HOW GOT BACK. WAS AT CAMP LEJUNE DEC 25 72. RETIRED JULY 17, 1973. WAS IN CUBA. DIDNT KNOW MUCH BUT SPENT 5 OR 6 MONTHS IN HOSIPTALS. SAID I TEMPORY DISABLED UNDER HONORABLBLEY MENTIONED. IN ACTIVE TILL 1978
Never knew that Harry, and yes, it was a simple, to the heart tribute.
I wasn’t a marine in nam. I was brown water navy late 1964 – early 66. Back again in 68 -69. For our size; we put to many names on the wall and got to many purple hearts .
I retired as a Command Master Chief after 34 years of active duty. I can still smell the river late at night and remember the patrols and firefights, the smell of fear and the men that fell. I wasn’t a marine but I was there, even now.
We are all brothers, those who served.
Thank you for your service, sir! My twin brother was in the Navy during Vietnam. He served on the USS America. God bless!