tim
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Post by tim on Aug 20, 2012 17:45:12 GMT -5
a cyclo race down TuDo street at about midnight..... On TuDo Street at midnight! Really Jerry. And what were you doing there? Wasn't TuDo wall to wall with bars, or were you looking for USO for donuts and coffee? Today, it is no longer TuDo Street but something like "Revolutionary Way" and is wall to all with computer shops. You would not recognize it. |
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Post by boxcar on Aug 20, 2012 18:52:53 GMT -5
The Aussies operated an air strip near Vung Tau also. I hopped a lift out of there to Saigon once..
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Post by Sir John on Aug 20, 2012 18:55:15 GMT -5
Ah yes,
I remember now, they operated the DHC 'Caribou' and C130 there.
SJ
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Post by jerryfmcompushaft on Aug 20, 2012 19:59:43 GMT -5
a cyclo race down TuDo street at about midnight..... On TuDo Street at midnight! Really Jerry. And what were you doing there? Wasn't TuDo wall to wall with bars, or were you looking for USO for donuts and coffee? Today, it is no longer TuDo Street but something like "Revolutionary Way" and is wall to all with computer shops. You would not recognize it. Bars vs. computer shops??? Oh, how we long for the 'good old days'. You buy me Saigon Tea, GI? |
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tim
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Post by tim on Aug 20, 2012 22:41:56 GMT -5
The Aussies operated an air strip near Vung Tau also. I hopped a lift out of there to Saigon once.. The CIA was at Vung Tau. What were the Aussies doing there? Intelligence? After the war, the Russians made a real mess out that place in thier search for oil. |
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Post by tim on Aug 20, 2012 22:44:05 GMT -5
You buy me Saigon Tea, GI? Isn't the complete sentence: "You buy me Saigon Tea GI? I love you forever." How about some ba ba |
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Post by Sir John on Aug 20, 2012 23:33:05 GMT -5
How do you know all this, I thought you were a clean living lad just like me.
SJ
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Post by jerryfmcompushaft on Aug 21, 2012 8:41:00 GMT -5
How do you know all this, I thought you were a clean living lad just like me. SJ Actually, the older guys told me about it while we were drinking iced tea after church on Sunday....  |
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Post by griffin on Sept 14, 2012 14:36:34 GMT -5
Canada didn't send troops either, though many Canadians did volunteer for the US military, and, at the end, they were stationed as peacekeepers. Canada had about 50,000 volunteers who fought in Vietnam in US units. About 500 died and like their US peers, many more came home traumatized or seriously injured or both, but they didn't have the kind of veteran support their colleagues had. |
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