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Re: Railway Operating Battalion Personnel-that would be on topic.....
Author: HUTCH 7.62
Date: 07-24-2017 - 10:36
BOB2 Wrote:
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> I knew several "graduates" of the Army RR school
> at Fort "Useless" (AKA Fort Eustis) Virginia who
> worked on the Viet Nam RR during the war and later
> worked with me later at the SP...... They all had
> interesting stories about riding in armored rail
> cars, getting shot at, trains being mined, and
> what a fiasco and waste the whole mess was......
>
> The dumbest war we ever fought, against the wrong
> people, in the wrong place, for the wrong reasons,
> based largely on unwarranted fears, sheer
> ignorance, and ego driven political pressures,
> sacrificing many good men, including a couple I
> knew personally, and a few women, wasting our
> nations treasure, reputation, and good will, to
> accomplish nothing......
>
> Short load is probably too young to remember the
> war, but seems to like all of the "big caliber"
> macho stuff.... I worked in Madigan Army Hospital
> making "stump covers" and fitting prosthetics for
> returning amputee's, and so I must confess that I
> don't really understand the "macho" thinking of
> those who seem to worship war, and the "toys" of
> war, but don't seem to know much of its realities
> or horrific costs.
>
> I am proud of those who served this country out of
> trust and love of our nation. I am not proud of
> any of the politicians, who were the idiots who
> betrayed that trust, and who sent them to Viet
> Nam, and kept this disaster going for years and
> years, long after they realized this was a
> horrible mistake, killing over a million Americans
> and Vietnamese, and wounding millions more, for
> their political ambitions.
>
> Some are surprised that the Vietnamese seem to be
> so friendly to Americans. They understand we were
> mistaken, are amazingly forgiving of this tragedy,
> welcome us warmly, and let us ride their
> railroads..... It should not be a surprise, that
> American GI comes from a basically good and decent
> country, and those values matter more in the long
> run, and is what has lasted n their memories of
> us. Which is probably why, now that we've left
> Iraq, they seem to actually miss us a little bit
> over there, too.
>
> What a long strange trip it's been.........
And the Wars in Iraq and Afghanistan have not been a waste, Boob2? IMO we traded dense Jungles for worseless sand and stupid high rugged terrain with valleys of poppies below. Only to give it all away to Isis.
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> I knew several "graduates" of the Army RR school
> at Fort "Useless" (AKA Fort Eustis) Virginia who
> worked on the Viet Nam RR during the war and later
> worked with me later at the SP...... They all had
> interesting stories about riding in armored rail
> cars, getting shot at, trains being mined, and
> what a fiasco and waste the whole mess was......
>
> The dumbest war we ever fought, against the wrong
> people, in the wrong place, for the wrong reasons,
> based largely on unwarranted fears, sheer
> ignorance, and ego driven political pressures,
> sacrificing many good men, including a couple I
> knew personally, and a few women, wasting our
> nations treasure, reputation, and good will, to
> accomplish nothing......
>
> Short load is probably too young to remember the
> war, but seems to like all of the "big caliber"
> macho stuff.... I worked in Madigan Army Hospital
> making "stump covers" and fitting prosthetics for
> returning amputee's, and so I must confess that I
> don't really understand the "macho" thinking of
> those who seem to worship war, and the "toys" of
> war, but don't seem to know much of its realities
> or horrific costs.
>
> I am proud of those who served this country out of
> trust and love of our nation. I am not proud of
> any of the politicians, who were the idiots who
> betrayed that trust, and who sent them to Viet
> Nam, and kept this disaster going for years and
> years, long after they realized this was a
> horrible mistake, killing over a million Americans
> and Vietnamese, and wounding millions more, for
> their political ambitions.
>
> Some are surprised that the Vietnamese seem to be
> so friendly to Americans. They understand we were
> mistaken, are amazingly forgiving of this tragedy,
> welcome us warmly, and let us ride their
> railroads..... It should not be a surprise, that
> American GI comes from a basically good and decent
> country, and those values matter more in the long
> run, and is what has lasted n their memories of
> us. Which is probably why, now that we've left
> Iraq, they seem to actually miss us a little bit
> over there, too.
>
> What a long strange trip it's been.........
And the Wars in Iraq and Afghanistan have not been a waste, Boob2? IMO we traded dense Jungles for worseless sand and stupid high rugged terrain with valleys of poppies below. Only to give it all away to Isis.
