About Leaving

Going to Viet Nam? Seemed like a great adventure from Jim GoodGoing to Viet Nam? Seemed like a great adventure to me. I enlisted, and really would have been disappointed if I had gotten orders to go anywhere but Viet Nam. I wasn't especially patriotic, or gung ho, it just seemed to me like the thing that young guys ought to do. More or less a part of growing up. Our grandparent's generation fought in WW I, our parents in WW II, some of my schoolteachers and other middle-aged men in the community had been in the Korean War, and…

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Kit Carson Scouts

When I came in country Been reading the thread about Kit Carson scouts. When I came in country, we had a guy named "Jerry." He seemed to be really tight with our Lt. & Platoon Sgt. so I accepted him. Screeching stop! Jerry worked with us, Tom worked with 2nd platoon. Tom & Jerry? Ha! How come I never noticed that in 'Nam?   ???It was a super sad & poignant day when Jerry left us, apparently for another assignment. He came around and shook everyone's hand then said a big "Hello" and left. Apparently he got the words "hello" and "goodbye" mixed up. We…

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Interactions -Troops and Officers

I’m really glad that this little band of brothers has found Yeh, I knew that Bob and I were reliving the past. Joe - It gets better each year doesn't it Joe?? (-: Bob - Yep it sure does Bob.…. I’m really glad that this little band of brothers has found a way to communicate.  Let’s keep it going for another 40 years or so. Jim GoodI got to A Troop on Dec 10th 1968 and most all of the originals were all still there from Ft. Carson. They were a very tight group and we FNG's were welcomed into…

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Holidays

HOLIDAYS SPENT IN VIETNAM Thanksgiving 1969Thanksgiving is at Cua Viet: "We went into the Navy mess hall and got our chow, I remember paper plates, rain, and not much food was left for us. I clearly remember Big Daddy bitching and moaning about the little bit of food that was left. About a half hour later they picked a group of guys to go across the river, when the landing craft opened the front door to let us out I jumped out and landed in water up to my neck. We hiked up to a cemetery and set up an ambush site…

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FSB – LZ – BASECAMP

FSB – LZ – BASECAMP The PX barbershop at Quang Tri Combat Base is shown behind two cav troopers, Chuck Lea and Carter Fuller. Though just another of the standard plywood buildings that were found all over bases in Viet Nam, the shop sported a traditional striped barber's pole out front. In addition to a good haircut, the scalp, neck, and shoulder massage was relaxing. The popping of finger joints by the barbers usually came as a surprise to new troops at the end of their first haircut. All in all, a pleasant experience.(Jim Good) Pineapple (George),Not dead yet. The last…

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Equipment

Now on the Charlie Browns rolling tank/PC story. While in Nam I had the good fortune to have one of my tanks burry itself up to the sprockets in that spongy stuff we all remember. I was a mess and I couldn't get another tank in close enough to recover it without risking that tank also. Hooked up a PC to it and It wouldn't pull it out. Hooked up two PC's. No go. I'm about to collect all the cables we have and link them when along comes the colonel. Melia was his name I think. He tells me…

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Coming Home for Vietnam

My coming home day, 32 years ago from WallyDate: Thu, 29 Aug 2002 23:47:42 -0700 (PDT)Hey all,This is my coming home day, 32 years ago today I came home from the war. Came home on a beautiful summer day to one of the most memorable riots in L.A. history, and we have had some memorable ones.The day I came home is still vivid in my recolection, all my friends were at the airport, some had made banners, it was a really cool homecoming.I was glad, I was home. Uncertainty was in the horizon. I was not sure what my life…

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