We (Vietnam veterans) were not called baby killers....We were not spit upon. (Urban Myth) I was overseas twice (1969 and 1972) and each time I arrived back in the USA no one called me baby killer "And" no one spit on me. Vietnam Veterans like to tell you that to get sympathy. Also no one stood around booing when I got off the plane. (I was in full military uniform) The war was unpopular and there were anti war protest but not a one of them did anything offensive to me. In fact most war protesters were friendly to me. Once they discovered I was also against the Vietnam war all were good to me. So don't believe in that "Baby killer.....Spitting crap"....It didn't happen.
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I should know. Back and forth overseas twice. Treated very well by Antiwar Protesters. ( In military 1969 to 1975)
2007-10-20 05:27:45 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Military
At the VFW and American Legion no one can find "anyone" who actually" got spit upon. Not a one! Why? Because it didn't happen. No one walked up and spit on returning militay men.
2007-10-20 05:29:40 · update #1
No one stood around and yelled "baby Killers".
2007-10-20 05:30:17 · update #2
US Army, 1969 to 1972 here.
When I got out of the service, I used to go to every protest rally at every college around my hometown. It was a great place to meet woman and get (you know what.) I went to meet the loose women, tho, not to protest.
Nearly all the kids at these rallies were just scared of what might happen to them if they were drafted. They spoke to me a lot and found comfort in the fact that I got thru in one piece. The news they were exposed to made it look like death was everywhere. But it was not.
There was, of course, one or two communists at these rallies, whose objective was to degrade our system. I dealt with them in an extreme physical manner. In the end, there was always a great party after the protest rally, and everyone I came in contact with was more at ease over their future than before.
The media had made most kids believe that Vietnam was as dangerous as a blind man walking down a busy freeway. It was nothing like that at all.
btw. I was called a baby killer several times by punk ash commie organizers at these rallies. It was that statement that always brought on the extreme physical reaction. I figured I did these commies a service by proving how agressive a vet actually was. It proved their point, and I felt better about it as well. Anyhow, it's likely we both got (you know what) afterward, for different reason tho.
2007-10-20 09:46:19 · answer #1 · answered by Perplexed Bob 5 · 8⤊ 2⤋
So you were lucky but not everyone had this experience....what branch of the military were you in? Where did you server? Did you actually see any action? Saying that Vietnam Vets were not spit upon and saying that they were not called baby killer across the board is just ignorant. what you are basically saying is that your experience was everyone's experience, that NO ONE returning home from the war was treated with disrespect.... My father did 2 tours in Vietnam...it's not a time he likes to talk about...not the high point of his life...but I believe him when he says people made rude comments and called him names....He never stated that people were waiting for him at the airport to spit on him when he go home....BUT you can't say your experience was everyone's experience......
2007-10-20 05:45:59 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 6⤊ 1⤋
I am very glad this was brought up. My uncle was a radio man in Denang. In high school he was scouted by college and professional football teams. His best friend joied the Marines so my uncle went with him. He gained more respect for going to Vietnam than he ever did for being football star. I asked him once if he regretted going to war over playing pro football and he said "I did the right thing, I couldn't et my friend go without me." He now works on the production line at a Pepsi bottling company.
2007-10-20 05:39:45 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 1⤋
Your experience can't be extended to all who served. Unless you have been alongside every single Vietnam returnee, you can't state that it didn't happen.
In 1989, Bob Greene wrote a book called Homecoming, which depicted various soldiers' experiences. Some claimed to have been spat upon (63 of them), others said they were not.
MSgt, United States Air Force (Retired)
(Not a Vietnam veteran)
2007-10-20 05:34:59 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 6⤊ 0⤋
I guess it depended on what time and day you landed and where you landed.. Most of the protestors only worked when they felt like it. I landed at LAX on a Friday night, and there WERE groups spitting and howling at us, but we were told to ignore them and not start confrontation.
I recieved the worst when I finaly got back home, friends believed a lot of crap and most of them stayed away from me, which was fine for me as we no longer had anything in common.
I ignored the chants, hell, all I wanted was to go home for some R&R
Sgt/USMC
68-75
2007-10-20 05:51:48 · answer #5 · answered by Sgt Big Red 7 · 6⤊ 1⤋
In all reality Erudite was always first to sympathize with the Anti-War Gang, why would they spit on one of their own??
You were probably the instigator of the spitting and "Baby-Killer" chanting along with your friend Jane Fonda.
And looking at some of the crap TROLL questions he continually posts, if he said it was daytime, I would have to look for myself because you cant believe one word he posts.
2007-10-20 08:06:36 · answer #6 · answered by conranger1 7 · 3⤊ 1⤋
You were one of the lucky ones. I had friends with older brothers who were spit on and booed when they came back.
Also, the "baby killers" banners were all over the news. Good grief, you must have selective memory if you don't remember the protest marches where that slogan and worse were everywhere.
2007-10-20 05:37:37 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 6⤊ 1⤋
I myself never saw any hostility. Some of the antiwar people were against the war and not against the solder. However, I have spoken to many vets who had no reason to lie to me that reported bad experiences. I believe that it was just the luck of the draw when you landed.
2007-10-20 05:59:39 · answer #8 · answered by oldhippypaul 6 · 4⤊ 1⤋
Being in the Peace Corp doesnt "REALLY" count as serving your country during a war, POSER!! I was never spit on but was spat at in '73 in San Fransicko when came CONUS. Had one of those long hairs spit on me you would know me by my first name today. As for you ..... climb back on your Persian Rug and fly back to Iran and kiss the head sheet wearers azz!
2007-10-20 08:01:00 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 1⤋
You've got very small circle of friends then because I, for one was spat on at Logan Airport in Boston, March 1972. This isn't an urban myth!!!
2007-10-20 05:35:57 · answer #10 · answered by oscarsix5 5 · 9⤊ 3⤋