The Creation Of Vietnam Vets

When the Lord was creating Vietnam veterans, He was into His 6th day of overtime when an angel appeared.

"You're certainly doing a lot of fiddling around on this one."

And God said, "Have you seen the specs on this order? A Nam vet has to be able to run 5 miles through the bush with a full pack on, endure with barely any sleep for days, enter tunnels his higher ups wouldn't consider doing, and keep his weapons clean and operable.

He has to be able to sit in his hole all night during an attack, hold his buddies as they die, walk point in unfamiliar territory known to be VC infested, and somehow keep his senses alert for danger.

He has to be in top physical condition existing on c-rats and very little rest. And he has to have 6 pairs of hands."

The angel shook his head slowly and said, "6 pair of hands....no way."

The Lord say's "It's not the hands that are causing me problems. It's the 3 pair of eyes a Nam vet has to have."

"That's on the standard model?" asked the angel.

The Lord nodded. "One pair that sees through elephant grass, another pair here in the side of his head for his buddies, another pair here in front that can look reassuringly at his bleeding, fellow soldier and say, "You'll make it" ... when he knows he won't.

"Lord, rest, and work on this tomorrow."

"I can't," said the Lord. "I already have a model that can carry a wounded soldier 1,000 yards during a firefight, calm the fears of the latest FNG, and feed a family of 4 on a grunt's paycheck."

The angel walked around the model and said, "Can it think?"

"You bet," said the Lord. "It can quote much of the UCMJ, recite all his general orders, and engage in a search and destroy mission in less time than it takes for his fellow Americans back home to discuss the morality of the War, and still keep his sense of humor."

"This Nam vet also has phenomenal personal control. He can deal with ambushes from hell, comfort a fallen soldier's family, and then read in his hometown paper how Nam vets are baby killers, psychos, addicts, killers of innocent civilians."

The Lord gazed into the future and said, "He will also endure being vilified and spit on when he returns home, rejected and crucified by the very ones he fought for."

Finally, the angel slowly ran his finger across the vet's cheek, and said, "There's a leak...I told you that you were trying to put too much into this model."

"That's not a leak", said the Lord. "That's a tear."

"What's the tear for?" asked the angel.

"It's for bottled up emotions, for holding fallen soldiers as they die, for commitment to that funny piece of cloth called the American flag, for the terror of living with PTSD for decades after the war, alone with it's demons with no one to care or help."

"You're a genius," said the angel, casting a gaze at the tear.

The lord looked very somber, as if seeing down eternity's distant shores.

"I didn't put it there," he said.

Author Unknown

Outstanding post ShawneeDaughter

I certanly can relate to several of those parts that God created in me that I used in that foreign jungle hell. It played a major roll for returning back home by. One must always remember that whatever God gave us to survive life by, He also can take it away. I lost something just yesterday, for which now I must adapt (again) to those changes........ another ability that God gave us.

On that 6th day, God also created our ability to utilize our 6th sense with being extra aware of all things near and far around us and sensing what's coming ahead. That ability still works today. That 6th sense was not limited to just 'nam vets.... but all vets.... and many ppl like yourself, who are able to see thru the guise of what's going down today.

This writing by the unknown author is extremely powerful. It's one of the very best one's that I have ever read. I appreciate you posting this and sharing this with solid vets and citizens from all over the world. Thank you

The ~Thank You~ is to you and all of the Warriors.




My Dad was in the Navy 10 years, WWll and Korea, an NDN on water LOL, he was 'selected' because of his 6th sense [it's a family thing ] he is almost 80 and still doesn't talk about ALL he 'saw' and 'heard'. He did not stay for Viet Nam, he needed to 'quiet' himself, I think he is still fighting that battle.


A POW~MIA flag is the one that flies on our front lawn.

To Honor Viet Nam Vets

I again salute your father for his dedicated service. Aside from all his wisdom and experience that he could share, I would find it extremely interesting with how he viewed the Vietnam debacle. He would have been approx 35-45 during that war's existance. Did you ever get his worth about what he felt about that war? What's his brief thots about the Iraq mess if you care to share them here openly? If you rather not, I certainly understand.

Thank You, he is in a VA hospital now.

He refuses to talk war, had a bad experience in the Pacific Ocean and will not talk about anything.

Care to share which VA facility he's in? I hope he gets decent care in there... as I know it varies from location to location. If you get a chance let him know some vets here are pulling for him ok?

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(snippit from your posted writing)
"It's for bottled up emotions, for holding fallen soldiers as they die, for commitment to that funny piece of cloth called the American flag, for the terror of living with PTSD for decades after the war, alone with it's demons with no one to care or help."

"You're a genius," said the angel, casting a gaze at the tear.

The lord looked very somber, as if seeing down eternity's distant shores.

"I didn't put it there," he said.

Author Unknown

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I remembered how the green machine taught us well... to rid of all of our emotions, to not cry... to not feel pain. Then we became humans again... grew older... and felt all these damn emotions that we got rid of when young. I'm still trying to figure if it's a good thing or bad thing yet. If I were able, I'd sure shed a real live tear over this most ridiculous regime debacle in America.... along with our ME mess. Do know this.... my heart bleeds heavily in its place.

You have IM

Nice post Shawneedaugher. How appropriate for Memorial Day.

Great post, Shawneedaughter. We appreciate it today.

Your are welcome....and

THANK YOU!

Sadly, I do not get HBO, as the movie they are showing tonight at 6:30pm seems to be the one to catch. "Unknown Soldier: Searching for a Father". This might come close to making a Vietnam Veteran thru the eyes of one vet's son. Anyone who watches this tonight, please add your comments here if that's ok with shawneedaughter.

The movie about John McCain and his Vietnam will be on A&E at 8pm.



http://www.lsj.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?A...306/1055/NEWS01
Published May 30, 2005

By Mike Hughes
Lansing State Journal

TONIGHT'S MUST-SEE: "Unknown Soldier: Searching for a Father," 6:30 p.m., HBO; "Faith of My Fathers," 8 p.m., A&E, repeating at 10 p.m. and midnight.

The boyhoods of Jack Hulme and John McCain seemed to have much in common. They were handsome guys, natural leaders. They grew up in patriotic families and tackled Vietnam enthusiastically.

Then everything changed.

Hulme was killed by a missile attack in 1969, when his son was only 5 weeks old. In the moving "Unknown Soldier," John Hulme interviews his dad's old comrades and visits modern Vietnam.

McCain was captured in 1967, after his bomber was hit. "Faith" portrays his 5 1/2 years of often-brutal confinement, with flashbacks to his early life.

Both capture the quiet bonds of understated men. That's richly portrayed by the relationship between McCain (Shawn Hatosy) and his dad, an admiral (Scott Glenn).

And both - despite tragedy and brutality - offer hints of happy endings. Vietnam is at peace, McCain is a senator, John Hulme understands the dad he never met.

" Anyone who watches this tonight, please add your comments here if that's ok with shawneedaughter."

This is a family thing.

Shawneedaughter

Dynamite Post friend! Really good - for sure!

Airborne Salute to your dad from this Vet, shawneedaughter!

This is for your dad Shawneedaughter ! Hang Tough ~