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My Dad was a Huey pilot out of Da Nang in '69 shot down once with SF guys a little north of the border. They all survived and spent a day and night doing a little escape and evade. Flew in and out on Hamburger Hill for a day or two. I remember watching that movie one night with him and when it was finished, he looked at me and said it wasn't quite like that. He spent the next couple hours reliving his experience during that battle. It was the only time he talked about VN. He was also an Infantry soldier in Korea with the 25th. He had his combat related problems and like Mitch's dad went young from cancer at 62.
 
Became friends with a contractor at a past job. Through conversation, found he was a Vietnam Vet,... Air Force radio operator. He was attached to the ANZAC guys... he shared these photos. .

He also passed too soon from some exotic cancer thing.

R.I.P Dave

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ZMan67S said:
My Dad was a Huey pilot out of Da Nang in '69 shot down once with SF guys a little north of the border. They all survived and spent a day and night doing a little escape and evade. Flew in and out on Hamburger Hill for a day or two. I remember watching that movie one night with him and when it was finished, he looked at me and said it wasn't quite like that. He spent the next couple hours reliving his experience during that battle. It was the only time he talked about VN. He was also an Infantry soldier in Korea with the 25th. He had his combat related problems and like Mitch's dad went young from cancer at 62.
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Sorry Craig.
 
ZMan67S said:
My Dad was a Huey pilot out of Da Nang in '69 shot down once with SF guys a little north of the border. They all survived and spent a day and night doing a little escape and evade. Flew in and out on Hamburger Hill for a day or two. I remember watching that movie one night with him and when it was finished, he looked at me and said it wasn't quite like that. He spent the next couple hours reliving his experience during that battle. It was the only time he talked about VN. He was also an Infantry soldier in Korea with the 25th. He had his combat related problems and like Mitch's dad went young from cancer at 62.
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Sorry to hear. But at least his memory and stories live on with you.
 
WV64Signet said:
Waiting as in sitting in the waiting room with your daughter?
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Yes. Finally just got taken back. Been in the ER since just before 730 pm EST… and her head still bleeding the entire time, albeit very slowly
 
Icetech said:
This is the rear on the ground, front on jackstands still... I would like to lower the rear 1-2" still.. but i nee to get it running before i do anything else now
Don't mind the black primer, it's covering metal i had to put in.. will paint it this summer
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Looking good.............. :thumbsup:
 
Morning everyone! Temp is supposed to go up to 71 today! I sure do love that global warming. I think I'll go idle my fleet to help contribute.
 
dukeboy440 said:
Yes. Finally just got taken back. Been in the ER since just before 730 pm EST… and her head still bleeding the entire time, albeit very slowly
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Was this your family, thats a crazy amount of time to wait in an emergency room with a bleeding head wound :(
 
God everything hurts.... up and down off the garage floor like 1000 times yesterday kicked my old ***.. i wish i could go back to bed...
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BTW.. gonna be 70 and sunny today.. just wtf not supposed to be like this already.. Gonna take my battery home from work tonight and start working on firing up my motor and test the trans. The trans is my worry point now.. it SHOULD work but it's one of those things you don't know til you do it
 
Morning nothing like waking up to the wind blowing shut the roll out window with a loud thud a WTF was that moment. Oh well it's 60 out there at 0530hrs time for coffee.
 
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