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Glory Days
« on: November 11, 2008, 09:02:08 AM »
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Re: Glory Days
« Reply #1 on: November 11, 2008, 10:55:06 AM »
So, exactly what part of Vietnam were you vacationing ;) in during '68-'69?
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« Reply #2 on: November 11, 2008, 01:39:25 PM »
So, exactly what part of Vietnam were you vacationing ;) in during '68-'69?
I was 10 miles north of DaNang--50 miles south of the DMZ--very pleasant indeed !
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Re: Glory Days
« Reply #3 on: November 11, 2008, 02:16:36 PM »
So, exactly what part of Vietnam were you vacationing ;) in during '68-'69?
I was 10 miles north of DaNang--50 miles south of the DMZ--very pleasant indeed !

Too far north for me. Glad you made it back OK.
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Re: Glory Days
« Reply #4 on: November 11, 2008, 02:45:40 PM »
Lot of nasty business up that way. Amazed you made it back.
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Re: Glory Days
« Reply #5 on: November 11, 2008, 04:28:36 PM »
any return trip is a good trip
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Re: Glory Days
« Reply #6 on: November 11, 2008, 05:14:49 PM »
So, exactly what part of Vietnam were you vacationing ;) in during '68-'69?
I was 10 miles north of DaNang--50 miles south of the DMZ--very pleasant indeed !

Too far north for me. Glad you made it back OK.
Bob--Were you farther south?--In the Army maybe?
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Re: Glory Days
« Reply #7 on: November 11, 2008, 05:37:54 PM »
Just a peon popping in to say all of you who served will have my eternal admiration and respect.

This county owes you everything IMO. 
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Re: Glory Days
« Reply #8 on: November 11, 2008, 05:39:26 PM »
I would like to thank you both for your service and sacrifices. I know it was not easy no matter what branch you were in or where you were.
Dedicated to Sgt. Howard Bruckner 1950 - 1969. KIA LONG KHANH.

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Re: Glory Days
« Reply #9 on: November 11, 2008, 06:41:12 PM »
So, exactly what part of Vietnam were you vacationing ;) in during '68-'69?
I was 10 miles north of DaNang--50 miles south of the DMZ--very pleasant indeed !

Too far north for me. Glad you made it back OK.
Bob--Were you farther south?--In the Army maybe?

Long Binh/Bien Hoa, '67-'68. A reluctant "volunteer." ;)
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Re: Glory Days
« Reply #10 on: November 11, 2008, 06:46:53 PM »
So, exactly what part of Vietnam were you vacationing ;) in during '68-'69?
I was 10 miles north of DaNang--50 miles south of the DMZ--very pleasant indeed !

Too far north for me. Glad you made it back OK.
Bob--Were you farther south?--In the Army maybe?

Long Binh/Bien Hoa, '67-'68. A reluctant "volunteer." ;)
You are smarter than I was. I enlisted.
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Re: Glory Days
« Reply #11 on: November 11, 2008, 06:51:14 PM »
So, exactly what part of Vietnam were you vacationing ;) in during '68-'69?
I was 10 miles north of DaNang--50 miles south of the DMZ--very pleasant indeed !

Too far north for me. Glad you made it back OK.
Bob--Were you farther south?--In the Army maybe?

Long Binh/Bien Hoa, '67-'68. A reluctant "volunteer." ;)
You are smarter than I was. I enlisted.

I'll give you that one. ;D Just kidding. Had a 2S deferment for four years and the minute, I mean minute, I graduated, received my "greetings..."
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Re: Glory Days
« Reply #12 on: November 11, 2008, 08:00:51 PM »
Thank You
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Re: Glory Days
« Reply #13 on: November 12, 2008, 03:07:47 PM »
So, exactly what part of Vietnam were you vacationing ;) in during '68-'69?
I was 10 miles north of DaNang--50 miles south of the DMZ--very pleasant indeed !

Too far north for me. Glad you made it back OK.
Bob--Were you farther south?--In the Army maybe?

Long Binh/Bien Hoa, '67-'68. A reluctant "volunteer." ;)
You are smarter than I was. I enlisted.

I'll give you that one. ;D Just kidding. Had a 2S deferment for four years and the minute, I mean minute, I graduated, received my "greetings..."
My problem is they paid for my schooling. I figured ahhhh four years this thing will be over. Do my time somewhere warm in the States honing my skills shuttling brass or something. Yeah, I did my time somewhere warm alright. Another miscalculation by BobbyR.

People ask my advice all the time since they know I made almost every mistake possible. ;D

Lt. Bobby 

PS. I have this really cherry Yugo. Runs like a top going down steep hills.
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Re: Glory Days
« Reply #14 on: November 12, 2008, 03:21:48 PM »
Believe it or not Yugo's were often used in grass roots autocross and other SCCA racing. They share parts with a Fiat model I think and are easy to modify. It's a power to weight thing like the old (real) Mini's. 10 years ago I seriously thought of doing one.

http://www.daveyugo.com/_wsn/page3.html
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Re: Glory Days
« Reply #15 on: November 12, 2008, 05:06:59 PM »
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Believe it or not Yugo's were often used in grass roots autocross and other SCCA racing.

Just don't try to drive one over the Mac Bridge to the U.P. when it's windy. ;)
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