Year of the Snake

[lkabug]

Tet, the Vietnamese New Year. The Year of the Snake.
Time for some rice cake, Banh Chung or maybe Banh tet.
I remember well January, February '68. For those that were there, Welcome Home.

 

[dben002]

Tet, the Vietnamese New Year. The Year of the Snake.
Time for some rice cake, Banh Chung or maybe Banh tet.
I remember well January, February '68. For those that were there, Welcome Home.

I was there....and lucky and happy that I came home. Some things you just never forget.....

 

[jeffrefrig]

One of my old steel mill acquaintances lived through that. Another guy I know stepped off the helicopter into the aftermath of one of the corpse-riddled air fields or some place like that. He said it's a smell one never forgets. Poor Andy was part of the cleanup crew. He said some smart-mouthed officer told him "This is practice for latrine duty!"

 

[Eric300]

If I'm not mistaken, the 1968 Tet was 'The Year of the Monkey'.

 

[F4phantom]

Tet, the Vietnamese New Year. The Year of the Snake.
Time for some rice cake, Banh Chung or maybe Banh tet.
I remember well January, February '68. For those that were there, Welcome Home.

Some folks forget that the USS Pueblo was captured by North Korea around January 15th '68. I was on the advanced party at Chu Lai to go to Iwakuni, Japan. We were told that we may get cold weather gear. I extended my tour to back to Japan. Spent the next six months in country. Every squadron stayed where they were. I remember well the 0330 wake up call. I was working night shift (1800-0600). The rocket attack lasted about 45 minutes. Oh the fun we had.

 

[lkabug]

If I'm not mistaken, the 1968 Tet was 'The Year of the Monkey'.

Yes, Tet '68 was the Year of the Monkey. This year is the Snake.
I have never known how the names are selected or originated.