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To all you service people that served in Viet Nam I want PERSONALLY thank you for your service. WHen you came back to the USA people did NOT TREAT you the way you deserved to be treated. You did what you was told to do. The disrespect you received was not KIND at ALL. It kind of reminds me now of the KNEELING that is being done to our national anthem.
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Thank you for your service...
Never been in a B-52 but have seen them close-up. I landed on Wake Island on my way to Viet Nam riding in a C-141 Starlifter and it was as you described. We were flying about 35,000 feet and saw nothing but ocean. Then we started losing altitude still seeing nothing but ocean. Just as the wheels hit the tarmac we could see bits of rock off the wing tips. They had to refuel the plane and we all had to disembark. I remember standing on a small hill near the terminal and looking over most of the island during that time. And Thanks to all you who have served before, during and since!
On November 19, 1968, B52 crashed at Kadena AFB, plane was taking off when they had an engine problem when they set the B52 back down on the runway jarring a 500 lb wing bomb loose, they tried to stop, as B52 is slamming on brakes trying to stop but were unable to stop before the end of runway and wings were ruptured where fuel was stored and the bomb slid into the B52.
I was in my room in the barracks sleeping when the bombs went off setting off all the bombs on the 52 and blowing a 50-foot hole in the runway, I was thrown out of my bed and when I opened my window I saw a huge mushroom cloud rising over runway because I was sound asleep when it happened my first thought was WWIII had started, after about 30 seconds I woke up enough to realize if it had been a nuke I would have been vaporized.
Kadena also had several SR-71s stations there while I was there.
Give my best to your brother-in-law, tell him you know someone else who was there that night and remembers the night of the crash. I don't remember the exact time but I believe it was between 2-3 am.
And to you for yours. It was an honor to servce.
Likewise, for me, it was a debt I owed....
This is what I always tell people who ask why I joined the Marines,back when it wasn,t cool to do that.
Just something I felt was my duty, even if it was during Nam, I still felt it was a debt owed.Same here.My Dad landed at Leyte in the Combat Engineers.My Granddad joined the SeaBees cause he was too old for the other services,was on New Georgia and Vella LaVella. All my uncles were in WWII.One great Uncle was killed in Belgium with the 4th Armored.Even had an Aunt who joined the WACs and served in England as an officers driver.All the men I grew up around and helped raise me were WWII vets. One was a cook on Guadalcanal who answered Mike Edsons call and went up on Edson,s Ridge to help win that fight. Another was a ball turret gunner on a B-17. I never considered it a duty as such,but I did believe I owed a debt to be paid,for all those men who went before me and those who didn,t come home.They gave me a wonderful country,I wanted to help to preserve it too.They,re all gone now but not forgotten!May they rest in peace.
My father served in Air Force during WWII, Korea and Viet Nam, a half brother did 2 tours of Nam as an Army Warrant Officer copter pilot and served in Desert Storm, then he retired, and 7 uncles also served in WWII.
I chose the Air Force because my father served Air Force, I even ran into several people who knew my dad when he served.
Sounds like mine. Had one uncle who was at Corregidor PI when it fell, another uncle was in the marines in the pacific, another was in the merchant marines because he couldn't get in the military, 3 uncles in Europe in the army, my father was a tail gunner on B-17s over Europe. All are also gone now....
