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Originally Posted by HemiEd

I personally didn't get directly involved in the Viet Nam fighting, even though I was in the Navy the last five years of the Viet Nam war. My closest Nam experience was flying as a crewman on a C-121 Super Conny into Da Nang and picking up soldiers for R and R to the Phillipines. It was great duty.

There were similarities between that war and the current one, in that both are and were, unpopular with the American populace. The Nam war didn't really have a front, and the enemy was not easily recognized, as it could be a woman or a child.

The biggest difference I see, is that WE, the military personnel were also pretty unpopular, unlike the current attitude. It was not the "in thing" for everyone to be thanking us for our service. It was more like keep off the grass and wipe things down after you leave. But that is ok, we got paid, and received excellent training at taxpayer expense.

Sounds like me. I was flight crew member in the Navy as well on the P-3 Orion anti-submarine aircraft. (68-72) Wild times.