Sgt. Mike Viet Nam Humor

[Greyman50]

Many years ago had an older friend that almost made it to WWII as a pilot. He was learning to fly P-47s near Richmond Va. when one day he decided to fly Under the then tallest bridge over the James River. He never heard anything about it but the war ended 2 weeks later. I miss Ron….

 

[Dano]

Must be a trip to the VA...................!
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This would be funny if it wasn't true. For me it's my lower back. I have a cracked
L5 and was asked the same thing. The VA's useless to Vietnam Vets.
Dano

 

[AJ]

Some folks idea of the "Pucker Factor" is higher than others...........

 

[Retired W4]

Another day at the office.

My gunner, Harmon at the SF B-team, Tay Ninh.

 

[Greyman50]

This would be funny if it wasn't true. For me it's my lower back. I have a cracked
L5 and was asked the same thing. The VA's useless to Vietnam Vets.
Dano

I agree 100% so I dont even bother going to them. Thank God I have excellent health care that costs but its well worth it. Had eye lid surgery today and O costs.

 

[AJ]

This would be funny if it wasn't true. For me it's my lower back. I have a cracked
L5 and was asked the same thing. The VA's useless to Vietnam Vets.
Dano

I agree 100% so I dont even bother going to them. Thank God I have excellent health care that costs but its well worth it. Had eye lid surgery today and O costs.

I am in at the VA and can see them for most everything. However, like Greyman 50, I have good health insurance for us (Medicare and Tricare) so no need to run the fifty miles or so one way to see the VA. I do my yearly checkup with them but that is all.

 

[AJ]

I know we didn't have this many do-dads hanging off of us many moons ago. i wonder how many things have been added over the years?

 

[Greyman50]

VA has a nice new facility near River City N. of JAX that everyone says is good so may go see how it is.

 

[AJ]

A good leader tries to help with the problems, not add to them!! Know a lot that fit on both sides of that coin!

 

[AJ]

I remember waking up after spending my first night in the Receiving Barracks at Da Nang. The sheets on our beds had red stains all over them from us slapping the mosquitos all night.

 

[Greyman50]

Was a standing joke that fuel guys pumped 50 gals of chopper fuel in one after it landed on the pad…..

 

[F4phantom]

I remember waking up after spending my first night in the Receiving Barracks at Da Nang. The sheets on our beds had red stains all over them from us slapping the mosquitos all night.

Mosquito net, we didn't need no mosquito net. Our story was that two mosquitos were standing by my bunk. One of them said let's take him to the swamp and eat him, the other one said no, the big ones might take him away.

I had my parents send a can of bug spray in a care package. While sitting at the table in the picture a large bug started crawling across it. I completely soaked the bug with spray. After it dried out, the bug just crawled away. So much for bug spray.

Oh the fun we had.

 

[Retired W4]

Mosquito net, we didn't need no mosquito net. Our story was that two mosquitos were standing by my bunk. One of them said let's take him to the swamp and eat him, the other one said no, the big ones might take him away.

I had my parents send a can of bug spray in a care package. While sitting at the table in the picture a large bug started crawling across it. I completely soaked the bug with spray. After it dried out, the bug just crawled away. So much for bug spray.

Oh the fun we had.

Is that a rifle on the top bunk? A little over kill for Vector Control. For the uninitiated, a Vector is anything that can transmit a disease, like a mosquito. There are, of course many other vectors.

 

[AJ]

In garrison at Da Nang, I used fans to keep the mosquitos off. I had two 12 inch fans blowing on my rack, one at the foot and one at the head. Then I suspended a 20 inch box fan over my bed blowing straight down. Nary a bite after that.

In Thailand at MCAS Rose Garden there were no such ammenties. Had a mosquito net there to sleep under. Guess where I caught malaria?

 

[bgrafsr]

This would be funny if it wasn't true. For me it's my lower back. I have a cracked
L5 and was asked the same thing. The VA's useless to Vietnam Vets.
Dano

I disagree. The VA has been very good to me and I have no complaints. I started out with a 60% disability, and was recently upgraded to 100%. The VA had a stair lift installed so I could get from the main floor of the house to the basement where I have my gun/reloading room, and they had a ramp installed so I could get into the house from outside, and they also provided me with a hydraulic lift in case I fell to the floor, to make it easier for me and my wife to get me up off the floor.
They are also designating my wife as my caregiver, and she will get a monthly stipend for it.
Medicare has provided me with a power wheel chair, and the VA will take care, of all maintenance on it, plus they will install a wheelchair carrier on the back of our vehicle. The VA provides me with several medications, one of which is around $700.00 outside of the VA.
I am blessed for what the VA does for me.

 

[F4phantom]

Is that a rifle on the top bunk? A little over kill for Vector Control. For the uninitiated, a Vector is anything that can transmit a disease, like a mosquito. There are, of course many other vectors.

Yes, that's a M-14. Hey the mosquitoes were really big. LOL.
The rats were a different story. Everyone would wait until around 0200 when you could hear them scratching around. All of a sudden there were six bayonets stuck in the floor. We all tried but never hit one or a hooch mate. Get bit by a rat or mouse and it was a trip to the hospital ship.
There was very little standing water and everything was sand. Not many mosquitoes. We still had to take those nasty tablets.
Oh the fun we had.

 

[Retired W4]

Yes, that's a M-14. Hey the mosquitoes were really big. LOL.
The rats were a different story. Everyone would wait until around 0200 when you could hear them scratching around. All of a sudden there were six bayonets stuck in the floor. We all tried but never hit one or a hooch mate. Get bit by a rat or mouse and it was a trip to the hospital ship.
There was very little standing water and everything was sand. Not many mosquitoes. We still had to take those nasty tablets.
Oh the fun we had.

Oh yea, choking down those big malaria pills, and the side effects!!

 

[AJ]

I was considered a scrounger and a good one. In my younger days it was items to eat and stuff to make our living conditions better. As I got more senior in rank it was stuff to make our jobs easier, living conditions better and parts for the aircraft to be used as spares.

 

[AJ]

Oh yea, choking down those big malaria pills, and the side effects!!

Maybe if I had taken mine, I would not have gotten malaria...........

 

[Greyman50]

LOL, we had a motor Sgt. that was king of “ scroungers” as he came ups with all kinds of things including steaks several times.
Both pills we had to take were done in a company formation. Thank God they did not bother me that much but had buddies that got sick and went to sick call several times.
Daughter was here when had my eye lid surgery( Msd. Surg. RN) and I dug out my photo albium, year book and some other “ mementos” from Vietnam. She had not seen them before and was amazed, good times.