War/Hostilities/Conflicts/Active Duty
Aug 17, 2023 16:43:44 #
troyfrd1 wrote:
Thank you sir. Most of all thank you for your service as well as your support. As stated earlier. I can’t say I have/ done it all but I have seen enough.
You are welcome. You earned it, not me.
My dad was a WWII Naval morse code (remember that) operator in a blimp around Morocco and the Straights of Gibraltar locating German subs.
He never spoke much of it; but I sometimes wonder how secure he felt floating around in an easy-mark 'balloon.'
Trust by the time my brother & I were 6-7, we knew all about dot, dot, dot, dash, dot, dash.
When I was about 35, I realized I turned into my father.
With a whole lot of pride.
Stephen
Aug 17, 2023 16:55:27 #
Aug 17, 2023 16:55:55 #
sawheeler52 wrote:
You are welcome. You earned it, not me. br br My... (show quote)
Yes I remember. It was fazing out when I went in. If I remember correctly that means SOS
Aug 17, 2023 16:56:12 #
sawheeler52 wrote:
You are welcome. You earned it, not me. br br My... (show quote)
Are you allowed to say that Stephen dot, dot, dot, dash, dot, dash?
Very impressive career your Dad had there. Between that sitting in a balloon and jumping it takes some special people.
Aug 17, 2023 17:00:56 #
Trust me they had ground coverage somewhere close. Just think today they use drones. Much safer. When I was in Iraq we had J-lenses which was inside a big balloon. Inside that was a camera and it gave real time on the ground.
Aug 17, 2023 17:03:17 #
Needless to say but a lot times they shot it down once they realized what it was.
Aug 17, 2023 17:16:20 #
troyfrd1 wrote:
Needless to say but a lot times they shot it down once they realized what it was.
Would the equipment inside self destruct or was there nothing inside to be concerned about?
Aug 17, 2023 17:48:26 #
ghaynes1
Loc: Strawberry Plains, TN
mistred64 wrote:
I'd like to start by saying I've never been in the... (show quote)
My brother and his best friend were in Vietnam in '68-'69. His friend was in the Marines and I believe he went through some serious combat in Khe San. He wrote a book about his time there. He is sending me a copy. I will forward his story in an abbreviated form when I get the book.
Aug 17, 2023 17:50:37 #
Grizzly 17
Loc: South central Pa
troyfrd1 wrote:
Not so sure that is true. The news media says a lot.
Do we have that many Embassies around the world 🤔
Aug 17, 2023 17:51:40 #
1940
Loc: Arlington wa
The draft! It should still be in effect, I at least could pick my service as did my 6 brothers. I always felt proud to serve my country. When the draft was no more, it made me wonder! I gave 6 yrs for some snow flake to screw up Patriotism.
Aug 17, 2023 17:52:09 #
plumbob wrote:
Would the equipment inside self destruct or was there nothing inside to be concerned about?
No they just send the recording back to us which we watched on a big TV screen. We could pin point the location and radio a team close by to check it out. We stopped a lot of IED’s from being planted.
Aug 17, 2023 17:53:22 #
1940 wrote:
The draft! It should still be in effect, I at least could pick my service as did my 6 brothers. I always felt proud to serve my country. When the draft was no more, it made me wonder! I gave 6 yrs for some snow flake to screw up Patriotism.
I agree on the draft.
Aug 17, 2023 17:54:56 #
Grizzly 17 wrote:
Do we have that many Embassies around the world 🤔
United States itself in total counts near 163 Embassies and 93 Consulates spread all over the world.
Aug 17, 2023 18:00:40 #
ghaynes1
Loc: Strawberry Plains, TN
troyfrd1 wrote:
I agree on the draft.
The Vietnam War and the protests effectively ended the draft for all future conflicts. It could be reinstated but I doubt it will happen anytime soon.
Aug 17, 2023 18:02:45 #
ghaynes1 wrote:
My brother and his best friend were in Vietnam in '68-'69. His friend was in the Marines and I believe he went through some serious combat in Khe San. He wrote a book about his time there. He is sending me a copy. I will forward his story in an abbreviated form when I get the book.
My boyhood friend who retired from the Army and with Agent orange damage was a jungle tracker with his dog out front for two tours. he said, "I soon stopped getting acquainted with new arrivals, it became too painful when they died". He said the politics were hurting us. "If we went by some plantation and were sniped at by the CONG hiding in the plantation and we returned fire and happened to damage one of the precious plantation trees, they would complain up their diplomatic channel and would cross over to ours and it would come down our chain of command and out company commander would get his azz reamed"! Nearly lost his life when a hand grenade was thrown at him and he was able to dive behind a small log and only got some non life threatening shrapnel for his Purple Heart.
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