RE: Cook/Convoy
Cook I work with guys like Tom.D on a daily basis.
working man one minute, soldier man the other. Its an agenda thing. I didn't feel it was necessary to respond to his attack on my veterans status.
Joe.D what can I say, you carry yourself well; I will continue to beat this dead horse, I was with the 23rd arty group F.S.B Happy Tay Ninh Prov Two 8" 2 175s with two quads And a Bear Cat ARVN unit around our perimiter, and we still didn't sleep well at night. While on the FSB I witnessed many attacks on cambodian farmers, but they were not by the hands of americans. After the unit deactivated I went on to Phu Bai and "DID TIME"with the 101st, 3rd 187th Recon unit, That unit took weekly casualities In a period when casualities could have been avoided, Yes Tom we disobeyed orders. The guys refused to go out any more.It wasn't until the unit stood as one, and refused to play John Wayne; for some A.H. Capt, who wanted to get his rocks off, by sending guys on unnecessary missions, just to play "Soldier Man" How many people out there ever heard about the riot in Phu Bai between the A.B Rangers and the M.Ps sept 1971.
Joe D in my contacts dealing with vets on a daily basis this topic roars its ugly head. I can say that you and tom are correct. Atrocities were committed just as in all wars.
Someone once said we become our enviornment, well many became animals in the jungle of war.
A Phychology professor once asked if the holocaust could ever happen again. being the only Viet Nam Vet in the classI had to say Yes. Violence is a primary need in our humanity, when society addresses this need just as food, water, and shelter, and teaches its children how to control this latent desire, to satify the pre historic burden we were left with, our society will be a better place.
COOK.Back to the convoy. There would be one less for dinner at that table. Bye Joe A

-- (Joe A)