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dino.
gene-terenzio-srHey Tomato,
I went to the party at big Al’s Was looking for you, no one saw you there ,Did you go I left around 3, 3.30,
met up with Marsiella, laringina,Pete maple, hellsapopin guys, Les Madaus,
Nice to see every one. Thanks Big Al.
P/S, Big Al, I left a sketch of the exhaust port that i used on my Hemi Engines,
on some ones note pad in the head room area.
babycakesLooking ‘GOOD’! I got alot of the ‘Honey-Do list done too…during that time also,beating out the annual ‘black-flies’ attack that’ll be here here shortly. Held off on touch up painting around the porches;still waiting for the trees to bud and bring that ‘lovely’ coat of ‘green’ dust on to everything.Anyway hope it’s a ‘fruitful’ crop year for ya Mater…Pete.
masoIt that an English Setter…?
patinaToday is Vietnam Veterans Welcome Home Day
March 30 is recognized around the country as a time to reflect, a day of commemoration and an oppertunity to pay respect to Veterans of the Vietnam War.
On this day in 1973 all U.S. troops withdrew from Vietnam.
Pat 1st Cav. 1969
dinoWhich Plaza? which night?
dinoMarch 30 is recognized around the country as a time to reflect, a day of commemoration and an oppertunity to pay respect to Veterans of the Vietnam War.
On this day in 1973 all U.S. troops withdrew from Vietnam.
Pat 1st Cav. 1969
THANKS PAT !
storm-king
1975, not 1973….
patinaInformation was taken directly from a DAV newsletter, then I looked up a time line on the computer and found;
March 29, 1973 – The last remaining American troops withdraw from Vietnam as President Nixon declares “the day we have all worked and prayed for has finally come.”
Pat
mikey
Fight nice, children !!!! ………………….Mikey 😮 😯 😆 😆 😆 😆
P.S. Just so you know, I have seen several Plaques commemorating “The End of the Viet Nam War”, and all of them have the dates of 1959-1975. Don’t know if they are correct, but there are a bunch with the same dates. …………..Mikey 😕 🙄
storm-king
All I know is I was active duty in ’75, and it was just ending…
dinoApril 20, 1975 – U.S. Ambassador Graham Martin meets with President Thieu and pressures him to resign given the gravity of the situation and the unlikelihood that Thieu could ever negotiate with the Communists.
April 21, 1975 – A bitter, tearful President Thieu resigns during a 90 minute rambling TV speech to the people of South Vietnam. Thieu reads from the letter sent by Nixon in 1972 pledging “severe retaliatory action” if South Vietnam was threatened. Thieu condemns the Paris Peace Accords, Henry Kissinger and the U.S. “The United States has not respected its promises. It is inhumane. It is untrustworthy. It is irresponsible.” He is then ushered into exile in Taiwan, aided by the CIA.
April 22, 1975 – Xuan Loc falls to the NVA after a two week battle with South Vietnam’s 18th Army Division which inflicted over 5000 NVA casualties and delayed the ‘Ho Chi Minh Campaign’ for two weeks.
April 23, 1975 – 100,000 NVA soldiers advance on Saigon which is now overflowing with refugees. On this same day, President Ford gives a speech at Tulane University stating the conflict in Vietnam is “a war that is finished as far as America is concerned.”
April 27, 1975 – Saigon is encircled. 30,000 South Vietnamese soldiers are inside the city but are leaderless. NVA fire rockets into downtown civilian areas as the city erupts into chaos and widespread looting.
April 28, 1975 – ‘Neutralist’ General Duong Van “Big” Minh becomes the new president of South Vietnam and appeals for a cease-fire. His appeal is ignored.
April 29, 1975 – NVA shell Tan Son Nhut air base in Saigon, killing two U.S. Marines at the compound gate. Conditions then deteriorate as South Vietnamese civilians loot the air base. President Ford now orders Operation Frequent Wind, the helicopter evacuation of 7000 Americans and South Vietnamese from Saigon, which begins with the radio broadcast of the song “White Christmas” as a pre-arraigned code signal.
At Tan Son Nhut, frantic civilians begin swarming the helicopters. The evacuation is then shifted to the walled-in American embassy, which is secured by U.S. Marines in full combat gear. But the scene there also deteriorates, as thousands of civilians attempt to get into the compound.
Three U.S. aircraft carriers stand by off the coast of Vietnam to handle incoming Americans and South Vietnamese refugees. Many South Vietnamese pilots also land on the carriers, flying American-made helicopters which are then pushed overboard to make room for more arrivals. Filmed footage of the $250,000 choppers being tossed into the sea becomes an enduring image of the war’s end.
April 30, 1975 – At 8:35 a.m., the last Americans, ten Marines from the embassy, depart Saigon, concluding the United States presence in Vietnam. North Vietnamese troops pour into Saigon and encounter little resistance. By 11 a.m., the red and blue Viet Cong flag flies from the presidential palace. President Minh broadcasts a message of unconditional surrender. The war is over.
{MY COUSIN WAS THE CREW CHIEF OF THE LAST HELICOPTER TO TAKE OFF FROM THE EMBASSEY ROOF…HE later Became Reagan’s Crew Chief On Marine One -the Presidents Chopper} Dino
http://www.bcdlldb.com/Last_day_of_81st_Airborne_Ranger_1a.htm <<< Trained and assisted by American Special Forces and Ranger advisers
patinaODF RELAXING AT 8000′
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don-kauer
It is HORRIBLE reading this shit and trying to feel good about our loss in this war 👿 ……What these scumbag politicos did to this country by making us fight a NO WIN WAR is beyond my thinking…….I am not of the belief that we should have been there to begin with but if you are in a war the plan should be total devastation and take no prisioners… 😎 I love all my brother VETS and I will be there for all of them until I die but this country is turning into a BIG PILE OF SHIT…… 😡
vindicator😀 😀 😀 Hey Don…how ’bout tellin’ us…how you “really” feel???!!!*** 😆 😆 😆 it’s always been/will be…a major reason…I love you…no “mincing” of words…Don Kauer…just tells it…like it is!!!…hope all is well for you…really miss guys that “man-up”…each/everyday of their life as you do…said it before…say it again…love you “hoss”… 😀 😀 😀 Drake
tomblakeDon….Agree 100%, That stuff is hard to read and understand. Had a younger brother that served in Nam. He was lucky to come home with a Purple Heart and a new Corvette. He had also raced at Dover before he went over there.
Reagan was the only president to get it right, if you go to war you go to win period.
Sad to see those that served get so little or no recognition for what was given up by so many young people. And that includes out own Dover people.
