Combat Veteran Music

Look what I found in my duf bag when I got home, ooops.........."M1911A1 US ARMY"
My most trusted friend for over 40 years!

9th Infantry in Vietnam

[video=youtube;p1DOSDcWAGY]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p1DOSDcWAGY&feature=player_embedded[/video]

Search & Destroy Vietnam

[video=youtube;URIHiUsKxVs]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=URIHiUsKxVs&feature=player_embedded[/video]

Talking to myself

[video=youtube;P7pdhUanZ0A]http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=P7pdhUanZ0A[/video]

To much training

[video=youtube;fb3Oq5m1cLI]http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=fb3Oq5m1cLI[/video]

My life in 1970
[video=youtube;qlQ1SvUk8Tc]http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=qlQ1SvUk8Tc[/video]

By 1970, medic's were in short supply in Vietnam. So as units were rotated in from the field for down time in the rear, the medics were re-attached to other units & went back out. I served with 5-6 different companies in Vietnam.
I thought I was going to have it easier when I volunteered for medic school. But medics served more combat time than any other MOS.

Well, my mother always said "You may never amount to anything, but you can still serve as a bad example to others!"

When I dedicated this thread to combat veterans, I didn't entend to exclude anyone else from responding.
Please feel free to post a comment or music.
It's part of the recovery program for us to interact with "normal" people.lol
Where's the love?

I joined the Army out of high school with a buddy. After basic training I tried to get him to go to medic school with me, but he said "no way, I want a safe job in the rear with the gear". So he became a truck driver.
I ran into him about 9 months in country at a field hospital. His job consisted of driving a dump truck full of dirt, backwards in front of tank convoys, looking for mines. A dump truck & a private, were much easier to replace than a tank. He was recovering from hitting a mine & had earned his second Purple Heart!
There aren't many safe jobs in the Army

FNG's & old guys

[video=youtube;u8kkFF62ko4]http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=u8kkFF62ko4[/video]

Man in the doorway

[video=youtube;fq0vFuIcOac]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fq0vFuIcOac&feature=player_detailpage[/video]

[video=youtube;NUmIO_MG5IU]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NUmIO_MG5IU[/video]

That was a great one bro, remindes me of the "Free Mexican Air Force"

Cough, cough, dude, you drive!:[video=youtube;4dlFMKmE7pg]http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=4dlFMKmE7pg[/video]

My theme song for many years.
My dads family is from Kentucky & my grandad was a moonshiner during prohibition.
Copperhead road:[video=youtube;xvaEJzoaYZk]http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=xvaEJzoaYZk[/video]

Vietnam Medal of Honor reciepient Navy Seal Micheal Thornton.
Balls of steel!

[video=youtube;Tc1KrzKavns]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tc1KrzKavns&feature=player_detailpage[/video]

[video=youtube;qvtzCxTwq-M]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qvtzCxTwq-M&feature=player_detailpage[/video]

Seriously no one posted this? They played this in EVERY commander's call. Hub was on the verge of shooting the PA system.

[video=youtube;8ZZf619DIpo]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ZZf619DIpo[/video]

My most precious war souvenir. I keep these under my side of the bed. That always meant he was home. They are so precious. As you can see I'm in the midst of polishing them again. God I'm glad he came home every time for a full career. Shit I'm jackpot lucky.

[video=youtube;AgYLr_LfhLo]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AgYLr_LfhLo[/video]

be it my 42 years of love of country and those who fought for us or not..

God Bless those who have and will fall for the freedom of those who are alive..

doublejj said:

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I thought I was going to have it easier when I volunteered for medic school. ......snip.........

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ROFLMAO!! VOLUNTEERED! uhhhhhhh no. What were you an officer's kid? First rule NEVER VOLUNTEER! I hope that helped. Oh and be ready to step BACK when they ask or you might find yourself volunteered

LOL, glad you made it home. Remember next life, don't volunteer

gioua said:

[video=youtube;AgYLr_LfhLo]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AgYLr_LfhLo[/video]

be it my 42 years of love of country and those who fought for us or not..

God Bless those who have and will fall for the freedom of those who are alive..

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I patched their broken bodies, but not their souls. Thank you gioua.