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Veterans

pinboy3niner

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2. I remember services held out in the jungle in Vietnam

Reply to Joe Chi Minh (Original post)

Thu Apr 30, 2015, 07:52 PM

Apr 2015

Especially at Christmas, which always meant hot chow and chaplains. The chow and the chaplain would be choppered in. The chaplain would be running his ass off trying to get to all the battalion's platoons in the field, flying to one after another. The service would include a memorial service, with battle crosses, for recent losses.

A battle cross for a fallen soldier is a memorial display of rifle, helmet and boots.

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Wow! Suich Apr 2015 #1

My pleasure, Suich. I'm tickled someone likes it. A bit of history, Joe Chi Minh Apr 2015 #3

I remember services held out in the jungle in Vietnam pinboy3niner Apr 2015 #2

Thanks for Posting! Sherman A1 Apr 2015 #4

Well, I'm tickled it 'touched' so close home with someone's dad, in Joe Chi Minh May 2015 #5

Well, Sherman A1 May 2015 #6