Newbie River Rat Vietnam Era

[Hue 68]

Welcome Home, Brothers! I tried to forget for 40 years-now I'm trying to remember. Re-connected with some fellow PBR sailors
over the last few years(what did we do before the Internet?) For some reason I have always resisted
doing anything with the VA(I'm normal-I dont need your stinkin' help) My buddies convinced me to take the first step-at least for my Survivors' sake.

 

[JarHed]

Hey Laurence

Welcome to the forums Brother. 'Nam vet here. Marine, TET '68. Lots of us still kickin'. It seems like when we get to this point in our lives all that stuff just seems to start flooding back. Trying to suppress it for all those years didn't work anyway. Glad you found us. Great people and a ton of info.

Semper Fi

JarHed

P.S. VA stands for Very Angry. Which is how you feel after you've been there. :ROFLMAO:

 

[reddevil1111]

Welcome Laurence!
I took 20 years to come to terms with PTSD. your not alone. Semper Fi!

 

[Jimmy1]

Welcome Laurence

 

[Ned]

Morning Laurence.

 

[Zipperhead]

Morning Laurence.

 

[Sarg]

Sorry to be late to the welcome, but Welcome! One of your ship mates, Michael Harris had a great site up re: the Brown Water Navy. You guys really hung it all out on those rivers. But you did get to shoot a .50 cal.

Sarg

 

[Spock]

Welcome River Rat!

 

[Lee C]

Welcome mate

 

[Spock]

Laurence,
Here is a good video originally developed for Nam era vets you might want to check out:

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