Mile High Mae Bong.

But he was stationed in Trieste, Italy.

Never looked into why he was there.....maybe you can offer some info????

My father was very closed-mouth about his time there. Most of what he would say is "It was goddamned COLD!

I never got much else out of him.

I still have some of his photos.

I googled Trieste and the Korean War....alot of info out there now...

. . . . . you photoshopped away the names. I had to do that with my picture, too. It is on my dunagrees in the original.

And recently I passed on the warning to one of our Afghan War vets when he posted an unedited photo.

How would we ever have been able to tell each other apart if the military hadn't issued us nametags?

thank-goodness-never-to-be-first-lady might call you--we owe you more than most of us will probably ever know.

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sp5, 590th maintenance, bearcat, Vietnam, 9thInf/ Thai div. basecamp. Berm guard, convoy guard(shotgun). Never Forget!

Worked in creative group at ad agency that did the Army's BE ALL YOU CAN BE campaign. Promoted from secretary to copywriter in 1982. Wrote print ads, a TV spot, and radio commercials (one of which won an award). Visited Forts Lewis and Benning, but, oddly, not the Army's recruitment headquarters (USAREC) Ft. Sheridan.

Of course, we had saner commanders-in-chief back then.


rocktivity

Incirlik, Turkey and the Pentagon.

Ft.Richardson to be exact, Headquarters Company 172nd Inf

Sonar Technician, United Sates Navy.

Served from 1982 to 1988, the height of the cold war. Was in Panama just before we captured General Noriega, but didn't actually see combat.

Very interesting line of work.

USMC '61 - '65.

Nuremberg/Furth Germany 1980-1983
42nd Maintenance Company of the
71st Maintenance Battalion
51B-Carpentry/Masonry specialist

Fort Riley, Kansas 1983
Bravo Company
435th Engineer Battalion (Heavy)
Squad Leader

Kansas Army National Guard
Battalion Headquarters 1-635 Armor
96B Intel Analyst
1983-1987
State OCS 1987-1988
Delta Company 1-635 Armor
Platoon Leader
1988-1990

seemed t be from o darby

Reporting as ordered.

U.S.Navy HM2 (FMF) 1958-1962
AUS 1963 TO 1962 CPT. (MSC)

RVN 1969-71



Reporting for duty.

Drafted...did the thing required. No regrets.


Tikki

In the Navy in Vietnam. Not quite drafted, but he had had a low number, so he chose his branch and enlisted.

Ft. Jackson, Ft. Sam Houston, Ft. Bragg, Harvey Barracks in Kitzingen, Germany, Ft. Sill, Emery Barracks in Wuerzburg, Germany, Ft. Leavenworth, KS, attached to 86th Evac Hospital from Ft. Campbell, KY in support of Desert Storm/Desert Shield.

Now stationed in Ft. Livingroom in Kansas City, MO!

I love it.

You guys are really something else.

Thank you STC and thanks to all our service men & women. Be proud fellow Vets.

LtCol kestrelsdad, USAF 1954-1977

Recipient of the Distinguished Flying Cross during his year in Viet Nam, among many other decorations.

Stateside, Korea

I think we should honor veterans by not making so many of them.