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Originally Posted by Chiefs Rool
Veterans day is kinda a sad day for me. My dad was a Vietnam vet, died many years later. But I think Vietnam kinda slowly killed him, he wouldn't ever talk about it, but the few times he would you just knew that he went through some shit. He received a Silver Star and a Purple Heart and I have no idea why. All I know is that he flew helicopters. I asked him once when I was a kid if he ever killed anybody over there and he just said "I dunno"
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Silver star.
Wow. It's unfortunate the horrors your dad probably saw kept him from tellling you at least how he earned that medal. You might be able to do some research on the matter; you'd think there would be a list and details or something.