Don Terrill’s Speed-Talk

And don't forget the later ones that died from Agent Orange!

Or was that just false news today?

pdq67

The number 997 killed in the first day is the one that got me. The troop ship USS Gordon anchored off Vung Tau and let a company of GIs get on to some smaller vessels to take them to their duty assignment. As they got close to land they were ambushed with heavy casualties and each vessel of men knew it because we could see the rocket fire and hear it as well. We then continued on to the relative safety of Cam Ranh Bay and set up our Field Service Unit. Our unit had a Graves Registration Platoon and 3or4 days later we processed some of those guys bodies who didn't even set foot on soil before they were killed. That's when it all got real for me..

This is why it hurts when players kneel at the national anthem...many good men died when called to duty

I respect these fallen far too much to tolerate their (NFL players) behavior...

pdq67 wrote:And don't forget the later ones that died from Agent Orange!

Or was that just false news today?

pdq67

Its currently screwed my life. Think its done other things they wont admit

Fwiw, my Buddy, Rick, died from, "Agent Orange", crap.

He always said that he wouldn't live much past 30 and he was right.

They opened him up and found, "Spider cancer", all through him, sewed him up and sent him home to start the chemo and radiation crap.

After everybody left his grave site, BC played, "Taps", on his harmonica and we all lost it!

Talk about a, "Big Chill", group a kids!!

To this day, I still fondly think of my now way long gone friend. Like fu*king 40 years ago!

I needed MU tuition money, I didn't get paid till a week after, Mom was out of town, nobody had any to spare, Rick handed me $200 and said pay me back when you get it!

I did the following week and bought a case of Bud that we shared!!

pdq67