Who here has a father who served in Vietnam?

Question

My dad served two tours as a helicopter pilot.

He was Army (still alive), but he was one of the guys going in, dropping soliders off and then picking them up. In and out of combat zones. He doesn't ever talk about it though.

Answer 1

I do, and he almost didn't make it home. They were in a fox hole and he switched sleeping spots with another guy and well they came under fire. He was shot on the right side of the head just barely missing his temple. If it was over a few inches more he would have been killed. I guess it shattered his cheek bone. He of course was awarded a purple hart. He really doesn't talk about it, I heard these strories from my Mother. I think that it was to awful of an experience for him that he just doesn't talk about it. If you ask him a specific question he will answer it, but a lot of it he doesn't remember do to the trauma.

Anyway, I have always been proud of my Dad, and proud to say that he served in the Army and went to Vietnam. He was also a Draftee so he went because he was forced to.

Now I find my self being a very proud Army Wife!!!!!

Answer 2

My wife's father did. He did three tours in the army and came back as a major. He loved his time there and his men loved him and called him bullseye because he was like 6'5". His driver I think was Vietnamese and kept asking him "you come back right?" when he was leaving after his third tour and he would tell the driver yes, yes even though he knew he wasn't because he didn't want to make the young guy feel bad.

He left there and became an alcolholic. He died in 1995 because of something internal and would have survived the problem if his liver hadn't been so bad. So alcohol killed him indirectly. Actually he missed Vietnam so bad that is what started it I guess. He told me a couple of interesting stories before he died about being over there.

The Air Force Captain who did the funeral (the military couldn't afford an official ceremony in the 1990s I don't know about now) cried when he recited the man's service record.

Answer 3

Both of my Parents were Navy Corpsmen during Viet nam. My Father served In country with the Marines, My mother Stateside in re constructive surgery.

Answer 4

My father served.

U.S.M.C.
1 battalion 9th Marines " The Walking Dead"
3rd Force Recon
2 1/2 Combat tours

I'm proud of him.

Answer 5

My Dad did. He served as an air traffic controller in the United States Air Force in Da Nang and at Quang Tri. I'm very proud of him. He passed away last November and I miss him terribly. He was my hero.

Answer 6

My dad served in Vietnam in the USAF.
My uncle served two tours in the Marines.

Answer 7

I do - he's got some of the most interesting stories. My favorite is an interesting study of the human brain when under tremendous stress. He says the best sleep he ever got when he was there was when they went underground due to mortars coming in. He just slept through it....that fascinates me. Obviously, his brain wanted to shut out the experience so it allowed for sleep. Wow!

I love him!

Answer 8

my dad didn't. He was of age, but got lucky with his draft number and decided to get a free pass since he was in college. As soon as things cooled down, he dropped out of college. To this day I don't know if he dropped out because it wasn't for him or if he was just a coward trying to avoid the war.

I served in Iraq.

Answer 9

My dad was in the Marines during Vietnam, but he didn't go to fight. He was ready to go, when he was one of the few who were randomly picked not to go.

gw

Answer 10

my father was in Taiwan during the Korean war (he got out before Viet Nam)... and I have 2 uncles that were on the ground in Viet Nam