Tag: Vietnam

Tell All Hello: Letter Home 09/1967

27 August 2011

Dear Mom and Dad, Well it’s getting close to the day when I’ll be 20. It’s kind of hard to believe; it don’t seem possible. I got a few cards. Justin sent me a dollar which is not good over here because we only use MPC (Military Payment Certificate) but I was able to get … More Tell All Hello: Letter Home 09/1967

The GI in Vietnam

2 March 2011

Feeling in Vietnam is that most back home, including lawmakers, do not understand or accept the truth that the conflict in Vietnam is war.  That the bulk of America considers Southeast Asia with confusion and mild contempt. A soldier returning home from Vietnam will find that people can’t yet point the country out on a … More The GI in Vietnam