Vietnam Vet returns after 40 years to visit war zone

Vietnam Vet returns to revisit the village he fought in 1967-68 as 21 year old Army Lt. He finds the family whose house he and his fellow officers occupied to find the father was killed and the young boy who was 14 during the war is now the head of the household.

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• Vietnam
• Vet
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• veteran
• nam
• soldier
• return
• army
• VC
• vietnamese
• saigon
• ho
• chi
• minh
• city
• family
• rach
• kien
• south

[TroyBilt007]

Well the war is over and no need to keep fighting it. We should never have been there in the first place. Still, I salute the vets who went and did what they took an oath to do.

[loxleyfinger]

I hope one day that I can go back and find a closure...almost 40 years and I'm still fighting the war...I was 19 went I went over but 30(in my mind) when I can home..

[cocoluvslego1st]

lol the viet congs were possibly telling eachother ahhhh another pow to capture king jon yil forevaaa i like fried rice

[cocoluvslego1st]

@loxleyfinger did you ever fly a chopper gunner ?

[Forzanucci]

These people spoke nothing but good about Him.

[happyboyy8k]

it's amazing that people still remember the way back.

[dominolyrics]

@jimbeauxtexas

We spent the last four years writng a short book - perhaps you would like to read it - this experience and his time spent there was no walk in the park either - but I can say for sure that it was a healing experience - but that might not apply to others - I imagine it's a case by case basis - and in this case it was a good thing- overall - considering he survived 47 night of direct mortar attacks - nightly patrols and a near death case of hepatitis - I

d be

[jimbeauxtexas]

I certainly dont have issues with the three years I spent there, but till the commies are no longer in control they won't see one of my tourist dollars....don't get these guys going back there and smiling like nothing ever happened.

[SparkamusPryme]

Sox: I think that's actually a rather healthy, mature way of dealing with it.

Not all "demons" need to be confronted--sometimes confrontation just reopens old wounds.

[kook2222]

Confront your Demons, go there to visit. Lay them to Rest, or at least heal some Bitterness. It's somthing all Vets should do. Respect to the Vet who goes back.