DisneyJamieCA
DIS Veteran
- Joined
- Jun 21, 2007
Grandfather - career Army (retired as the commander of the Presidio in SF)
Grandfather - Navy
BIL- Navy
Nephew - Army
Grandfather - Navy
BIL- Navy
Nephew - Army
Me Navy
Dad Navy
Uncle Navy
by no means are we a family who is loves being in the water, we all joined cause chicks dig the Navy Uniform
'sI had a few friends that carried the guilt of not going to Vietnam. I don't know why, but I understand it in a way. I'm sure that at the time they were praying to not have their number come up. I did go there and sometimes feel guilty that I didn't get killed or even injured. I go to the Wall in DC and it is almost overwhelming and confusing. Why did all those young people with so much promise for the future die and I got to come back without a scratch on my body and only minor twinges emotionally.
I spent the first thirty years never even thinking about it and never bringing it up at all. Since then I have decided that I am proud of my time there and actually feel awful when I hear "Thank you for your service". Most of the people that say that weren't even alive when I returned home. It almost feels to me like something that is said out of a feeling that it should be said, but in their hearts really aren't feeling anything. That, I guess is what I brought back with me that has remained permanently etched in my mind. When we returned we really couldn't socially even talk about it.
Yeah, I’m in the same boat.Still trying to prove a Revolutionary War ancestor for SAR membership.