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Phil Clark posted a new activity comment: 2 months ago · View
I just realized – it’s not dementia or fog-of-war, it was the morphine.
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Phil Clark posted a new activity comment: 2 months ago · View
Now you’ve got me all cornfused (it’s the dementia).
I don’t exactly remember where I was evac’ed, but I went somewhere to get the hole in my arm closed up. I’m not going to dig out my old letters to figure it out right now.
I do remember pushing Eckel around in a wheelchair (he was not in a good mood) since I was ambulatory, and it was the only hospital I stayed that made me make my own bed. Beautiful round-eyed nurses (fog of war?) – I’ve thought about trying to finagle an invite to one of their reunions, but sometimes old pleasant memories should not be messed with.
In my case, after about a week, I was transferred to Long Binh for rehab until the sham police finally caught up to me and returned me to the field in late April.
Anyway, I’m just trying to get you to explain a little more about why your combat duties came to such an abrupt end 43 years ago.this week
Vung Tau today:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Ha_Long_Road_in_Vungtau.jpg
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Phil Clark posted a new activity comment: 2 months, 1 week ago · View
And you didn’t stop by 36th Evac in Vung Tau to say goodbye to me?
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Phil Clark posted a new activity comment: 6 months, 2 weeks ago · View
Famous words from 2-6.
Thanks, 1st platoon, for having our backs.
In reply to - Jack Jeter posted an update: Words! Saddle up 2nd platoon……we’re going on a short cloverleaf. We’ll be back in less than an hour. Signed Chester Murphy From the bottom of my heart…..thank you 1st platoon!! · View -
Phil Clark posted a new activity comment: 8 months, 1 week ago · View
Wow. You 3rd platoon guys were sure a dirty, scruffy bunch!
Do you remember what month this picture was taken? It looks like you all were covered in that red Quan Loi dirt. I hope you took your mother’s advice to wear clean underwear when you travel.In reply to - steve petty uploaded a new picture: IMAG0069.JPG GETTING READY TO MOVE FROM UP NORTH TO SIAGON AREA. · View -
Phil Clark posted a new activity comment: 8 months, 1 week ago · View
Right – I just pointed out the Play for the others.
I’m hanging in there. Want to retire, but not able to yet. It would be nice to travel some out of the country. After reading your ”dispatches” from Europe, however, I’ve ruled out Bosnia.
In reply to - Timothy Trainer posted an update: With the 10th Anniversary of 9/11 coming up, I caught an interesting piece aired this morning on the local NPR station. Interesting article about the impact of 9/11 on this generation of military brats and coping. Hard to imagine dealing with a parent having 7 or 8 deployments to Iraq & [...] · View -
Phil Clark posted a new activity comment: 8 months, 1 week ago · View
Welcome, Steve – glad you found us and glad we found you.
If you have any pictures you might want to share, you can add them to your personal album. From your profile page, click on Album (top bar) and then click on Upload picture. If you have any questions, just reply to this comment.
In reply to - steve petty commented on the blog post Jeter’s Diary – Nov. 6, 1968 I was at lz billie nov 6 1968. I was in b/2/7 3rd platoon. · View -
Phil Clark posted a new activity comment: 8 months, 1 week ago · View
Thanks for pointing this out, Tim. (You can also listen to the piece by clicking on Play underneath the headline at the link).
The multiple deployments, still going on 10 years after 9/11, is an incredible burden for families of the service men and women – financially and especially emotionally. Yet this burden is being carried almost exclusively by less than 1% of Americans.
In reply to - Timothy Trainer posted an update: With the 10th Anniversary of 9/11 coming up, I caught an interesting piece aired this morning on the local NPR station. Interesting article about the impact of 9/11 on this generation of military brats and coping. Hard to imagine dealing with a parent having 7 or 8 deployments to Iraq & [...] · View -
Phil Clark commented on the blog post Jeter’s Diary – Nov. 1, 1968 8 months, 2 weeks ago · View
Nonsense. I saw none of the atrocities or other things you mention during my year in Vietnam as an infantryman – not committed by my unit or any other units we worked with. This is not a political blog. If you want to rant against war in Vietnam, Iraq, or Afghanistan, go to dailykos.com or [...]
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Phil Clark posted a new activity comment: 9 months, 1 week ago · View
Tina, if you are looking for a vet who may have been at Oak Knoll in 1971, go to this post
log in, and leave a comment about him/her/them. Google will pick it up in a day or 2.
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Phil Clark posted a new activity comment: 10 months, 1 week ago · View
Here. Try some of this:
In reply to - Jack Jeter posted an update: My 4th of July weekend. I have numerous bruises and contusions and I think I cracked a rib…oh and I also have a cold! You ever tried coughing with a cracked rib? Lots of fun. · View -
Phil Clark commented on the blog post Van Morrison at his best. 11 months ago · View
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Phil Clark wrote a new blog post: Rascals Separated at Birth? 11 months ago · View
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Phil Clark posted a new activity comment: 11 months ago · View
The key to hitting the ball is to make sure you wait until one of the windmill arms passes the little door that leads to the cup.
In reply to - jerry gast posted an update: Phill Jack tells me your coming to Michigan it will be good to see you if you play glof bring your clubs you can wach Jack show us how to try and hit the ball. · View -
Phil Clark posted a new activity comment: 11 months ago · View
I was hoping you were going to say you moved to Fort Dix to keep with the New Jersey theme.
In reply to - Timothy Trainer posted an update: Great song–how could it have been that long ago??? April 30, ’66, we had moved from Ft. Knox to small town, Ohio, where the family would be in a civilian environment while the old man would be in Vietnam. But, first, he’d spend 2 months at Ft. Bragg before actually heading [...] · View -
Phil Clark posted a new activity comment: 11 months ago · View
Wouldn’t just a putter be enough? You are talking about miniature golf, right? Surely you boys don’t play with the big boys.
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Phil Clark wrote a new blog post: Music We Missed – New Jersey Edition 11 months ago · View
“Good Lovin’” by the (Young) Rascals was #1 on April 30, 1966. Bravo2/7 was newly assigned to the 1st Cavalry Division and was a battalion of newbies in Vietnam. I was still in school.[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=70mUIvk8SxE&fs=1&hl=en_US
I just had to include Springsteen & Co.’s cover of this from 2009:
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tJs1OoPxuVE&fs=1&hl=en_US
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Phil Clark commented on the blog post Jeter’s Diary – Oct. 29, 1968 11 months ago · View
Maybe that really wasn’t red dirt in Texas – maybe the XC adrenalin caused you to have a flashback.
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Phil Clark posted an update: 11 months ago · View
The Chicago Welcome Home Parade 2011 starts today and extends all weekend. I hope anyone who is able to attend can send us updates on how it is.
Or if you’re not a registered member of the site, please leave a comment about it to the original reminder post which is in the ”Featured” section in the right hand column.
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Phil Clark commented on the blog post Jeter’s Diary – Oct. 29, 1968 11 months ago · View
You forgot to mention how RED that dirt was. I can still see it smudged on all the letters I sent home as well as on the manilla folder I carried back stateside when I DEROS’d.
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