Recalling A Life of Luxury
Mar 15, 2021 10:45:18 #
BadFisherman
Loc: Lake Whitney, Texas
While serving in Vietnam, my friend and his buddies were hunkered down in a mud-filled hole that had been dug into the side of a berm and covered with lumber for protection. Their one extravagance: a bare light bulb they’d hung from the 'ceiling'.
One guy was reading a newspaper article from back home about a congressional investigation into why some troops were living in relative luxury. The guy put down the paper, turned to my friend, and said, “Well, there goes the light bulb."
One guy was reading a newspaper article from back home about a congressional investigation into why some troops were living in relative luxury. The guy put down the paper, turned to my friend, and said, “Well, there goes the light bulb."
Mar 15, 2021 10:52:50 #
Mar 15, 2021 10:57:46 #
Well it's clear to me the person that wrote that article never had boots on the ground in Nam. I was all over that craphole and the only luxury I saw was US embassy personnel in Saigon. Good story though, enjoyed it
Mar 15, 2021 11:12:34 #
FishingCowboy
Loc: Redding, California
I was a lucky one.... I was on a Destroyer. You might call it “The lap of luxury “ compared to what you boys were going through... thank you for what you did...
Mar 16, 2021 17:05:53 #
Same here, we even had steak for dinner occasionally. Of course they were dated back to 1945, but they still tasted pretty good. USCG cutter Wachusetts, WHEC-44 out of Seattle.
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