@
greenmountaingal They spat on them and called them baby killers over the actions of one company that took the fall for Nixon ,(My Lai Massacre in Vietnam:
in 1968 American forces attacked this small helpless village,. They were led by Lieutenant Kally who ordered his troops to invade the village and "shoot everything that moves"
This event changed the lives of all who served in Vietnam and earned all of them a title they did not deserve .
Many of my family members died there ,and the ones that returned were forever altered and scared ,mentally and physically ,over something they had no control over ,most were just drafted kids .
To kill the pot plants the VC used for cover ,many vets were sprayed with agent orange ,it killed the pot plants ,but also harmed the Vets sprayed with it as well .
Many fought until their deaths fighting to medical benefits that part of their GIbill ,
but they were swept under the rug and died coughing their lungs out ,
They were given drugs to get them to go on recon missions ,(LSD )
Where a VC could hide behind pots plants and ambush them ,pop up out of spider holes and cut them down ,and they baited the tunnels with booby traps and with snakes so it they tried to follow them into their tunnels they were struck .
Men who dared investigate those tunnels were known as "Tunnel Rats ".
Can you even imagine ,your just a kid ,and this is the life you have had to adapt to ,fighting in a jungle ,on their home turf ?
They gave all trying to do the impossible ,LBJ refused to bring them home .
Nixion used them to get elected first term saying he was "Bringing them home",
but he did not keep that promise until he was reelected for a second term .
They had to smoke weed and use Heroin just to sleep ,minds tormented by things the endured and had seen ,and the men those (Kids )were forced to kill .
They were not well trained Marines ,they were kids
“It was mandatory. You do 8 weeks of basic training and then 8 weeks of another training of whatever you specialized in,
it could be anything from infantry to artillery to motor pool driving a jeep or a tank or a truck
that's the secondary boot camp they send you to.”
Some ran to Canada ,and were later pardoned ,the mission was highly protested ,
but the Dads of WW2 told them it was their duty ,and frankly what choice did they have ?,
you don't get to tell UNCLE SAM where you will or will not go .
The ones that deserted to Canada may have been the smart ones in the end ,but is that what our nations stands for ? you want to live here ,enjoy the benefits and liberties others fought for so that we did not end up like Russia or Korea in the days of the cold war when everything was taken from the people and heavy oppression and a constant fear of death ,men,women and children .
They were drafted right out of school ,they had no choice but to serve if you wanted to live in this country .
It wasn't enough the hell they endured ,but to come home to everyone treating them like they did something wrong .
While they ones they fought for ,
stayed at home ,safe in the country they fought for ,got high and protested ,(the hippy culture that began many movements that have brought us to where we are today .
And lets not forget the ones left in the mud ,but even worse ,
Many captured ,placed in prisoner of war camps like John McCain ,and tortured ,
The U.S. listed about 2,500 Americans as prisoners of war or missing in action but only 1,200 Americans were reported killed in action and body not recovered. Many of these were Airmen who were shot down over North Vietnam or Laos.
They won't be forgotten my ass ,they never were treated with the dignity they deserved ,and now most of the kids today have no clue what Vietnam was even about ,nor that its was not classified as "War" ,it was a "peace keeping mission" ,
to keep North Vietnam from turning South Vietnam into a communist country .
Women did not serve in combat ,so when I say those boys were forever changed ,
lives ruined ,and for what ?
So today no one even remembers the hell they endured ,believing with their whole hearts they were doing it to keep America safe and not turned into a communist country as well .
Its was not the plan for Utopia these kids today believe .
I hear some kids say they would prefer it to democracy ,just shows how little they know ,but they sure think they know it all and have all the answers ,
All their elders have done was oppress and enslave ,and why should they respect any of us ?
The ones who protested and dodged the draft because they were "Rich Students "
Now they are the ones teaching the youth ,omitting Vietnam all together ,or teaching them lies ,from the minds that have no honor at all ,the "Entitled "
And just like the boys / and activated national guard ,reserves (not even full time soldiers ) deployed to Iraq ,,
It doesn't mean anything that we invaded a country that did nothing to the USA ,
the war was based on a lie .while the man who did pull off Sept 11 was let run free for 12 yrs ,,with his "Child Brides ",,in plain sight .
When you are called to serve you serve ,even if your government is wrong in the reasons they are there .
It may not be long before this entitled generation gets their turn .
The boys coming home from Iraq and Afghanistan were welcomed home with parades ,and thanked for their service .
They boys coming home from Vietnam were spat on ,and called "Baby Killers ",
They were no less brave ,and suffered a hell of a lot more .
They deserved better than that ,
They did show the world ,don't bring your crap to our shores
We will fight and died to keep our country free ,and America should be ashamed
of how the nation treated the Vietnam Vet and the ones still MIA .
And lets not forget the parents that never got to bury their boys ,
Many are forever scattered in the soil of Vietnam ,
Hassled was not even close to the right word .
