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Politics : Formerly About Advanced Micro Devices
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To: Road Walker who wrote (233251)5/17/2005 10:10:14 PM
From: combjelly  Read Replies (1) of 1575077
 
"Could be, what was it, 10 years? "

Bit more. But it was pretty low intensity until Johnson. He was determined to win the thing, so...

I got to know quite a few vets during the late 70's and early 80's. Some saw pretty intense action, the one that amazed me the most spent the first part of his tour on the back of a tank in the central highlands, but finished out as a door gunner on a Huey. Which, by the way, had an average life expectancy of around one mission. I tend to accept his story, he doesn't brag and cuts the conversation short when it comes up.

But so many that I knew were changed by their experiences, and not in good ways. Many had various problems with drugs and tended to drift for years. Most eventually got plugged back in to society, but not everyone. Some are likely still lost.
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