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When I got to my ship in SF in 1980 the bars in the city still refused to serve military. When I lived in a 30 man berthing area for 2 1/2 years nobody thanked me. Friends of mine that came back from nam were spit on. People say that shit to make themselves feel better. And no. Some E-2 peeling spuds on KP duty stateside is not a fukn hero!

When I got to my ship in SF in 1980 the bars in the city still refused to serve military. When I lived in a 30 man berthing area for 2 1/2 years nobody thanked me. Friends of mine that came back from nam were spit on. People say that shit to make themselves feel better. And no. Some E-2 peeling spuds on KP duty stateside is not a fukn hero!

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I worked with a guy who was in Nam. Machine gunner in a heli. He got home and same shit. He was treated like shit so he went back to nam.

Blows my mids as an 80's kid. I was taught to always respect the military.

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My dad was only one of two people in his entire platoon to make it out alive. He never talked about it.

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My step dad was 101st Airborn on D Day. In the 29 years I knew him he never spoke about it. The only time I asked him he said "there are no atheists in a foxhole". Heavy.

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My Gramps was Army Air Force. in WWII. He never told me much. My other Gramps was Navy in Korea, and got some stories from him.

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I think thats why most civilians do it as a sign of respect. My thing is if you actually cared, you'd serve. But the military is a woke joke now. The lack of real leadership is disgusting.