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bill12 said
04:08 PM Aug 18, 2013
I had some mates who were at LongTan, both dead , but not forgotten. One was in 3 Cav, and the other in the infantry.Love to go there, one day. Lest we forget. Bill
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barina said
04:29 PM Aug 18, 2013
Gerty Dancer wrote:
I'm so glad its ok to show respect for the servicemen who served in Vietnam nowadays. At the time, they were spat on, their supplies were stopped, the mail was stopped so they wouldn't get any letters (Some blokes were planning a "punch a postie" day when they got home). I mentioned to a lady on a train who admired my baby that my husband was in Vietnam and hadn't seen his son, and she said I should be ashamed to be married to a murderer! Tough times indeed.
I will never forgive Jim Cairns for inciting that treatment in Melbourne damn disgusting. I cry every time I see it in documentaries. Some poor Bu****s never got over that treatment.
Mail was stopped in the 2nd WW also never forgot that either.....
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ibbo said
09:22 PM Aug 18, 2013
barina wrote:
Thank you to all our veterans and current serving forces.
may I ditto your remarks and thanks with a great big "Well Done".lest We Forget.
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Gerty Dancer said
11:19 PM Aug 18, 2013
I'm so glad its ok to show respect for the servicemen who served in Vietnam nowadays.
At the time, they were spat on, their supplies were stopped, the mail was stopped so they wouldn't get any letters (Some blokes were planning a "punch a postie" day when they got home). I mentioned to a lady on a train who admired my baby that my husband was in Vietnam and hadn't seen his son, and she said I should be ashamed to be married to a murderer!
Tough times indeed.
NeilandRaine said
01:24 AM Aug 19, 2013
Thanks for comments but unfortunately I will never forget the treatment handed out to us and not just from the radicals............ The Government of the day has a lot to answer for
Pejay said
03:01 AM Aug 19, 2013
Peter also will never forget the way they were 'snuck' back into Townsville at something like 4am, then pushed off to their homes with no 'by your leave' thank you very much.
As is the 'norm' here on Bribie Is this afternoon a fairly large march/dinner etc, at the RSL, and he just will not go - instead we had a lovely afternoon/evening with some friends.
ibbo said
03:05 AM Aug 19, 2013
NeilandRaine wrote:
Thanks for comments but unfortunately I will never forget the treatment handed out to us and not just from the radicals............ The Government of the day has a lot to answer for
I know the pain and feelings of ejectment that was shown to our heroic forces..I often wonder how many government members had relatives who answered the cause.Lest We Forget.
jandas fun said
03:22 AM Aug 19, 2013
Thanks guys.
Johnw
GarrynLyn said
03:25 AM Aug 19, 2013
Nice service at Port Macquarie today, run by the local RSL.
Garry
ex RAAF
Gerty Dancer said
04:41 AM Aug 19, 2013
That's another thing that upset us GarrynLyn, the RSL were no help, people with PTSD symptoms and other health problems were on their own for years. Nowadays I think the RSL has a high membership of Vietnam Vets so they are very supportive.
The work done by some Viet Vets not only benefits them and their families, but will be helpful to the Afghanistan Vets too. Good on "em!
Pejay said
11:21 PM Aug 19, 2013
The RSL are the ones who are having to eat humble pie - they are losing most of their WW2 members and are having to rely on the Vietnam Vets to keep their numbers up and the clubs still viable. Know of quite a few RSL's that have closed due to lack of numbers.
cultana said
03:52 AM Aug 21, 2013
Pejay, I agree.
I remember the crap, trying to be polite, from the RSL toward vets. The reason I never joined and won't attend anything to do with them.
Couple of my mates here in town have the same feeling.
The dog lady said
04:26 AM Aug 21, 2013
I confess I never agreed with Australia taking part in the war, but the way our returning soldiers were treated was disgraceful. I was ambivalent about the apology to the "stolen generation", but I would wholeheartedly support a formal apology to the rejected generation of young men who went to Vietnam in good faith. You have my apology for what it's worth.
bill12 said
06:50 PM Aug 21, 2013
I didn,t go to Vietnam, but a lot of my mates did, and come back as damaged goods.The way they were treated in those days was a disgrace,after a lot of them sacrificed their youth , and lives, for this country.I personally think that everybody should do some form of national service, perhaps not in the military. It would teach some discipline to the young generation of today, sometime very lacking in a lot of young people.It didn,t do me any harm.I will probably get lambasted for saying so, but thats how I feel. Bill
Duh said
01:39 AM Aug 24, 2013
Just reading this link on Australian Forces in Vietnam, in all 60,000 Service men and women served there from the three services, most were Regulars (full time) and over 15,000 were conscripted National Servicemen, see;
Thank you to all our veterans and current serving forces.
https://fbcdn-sphotos-g-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash3/1185444_531652566906884_750709397_n.jpg
-- Edited by barina on Sunday 18th of August 2013 02:07:56 PM
I had some mates who were at LongTan, both dead , but not forgotten. One was in 3 Cav, and the other in the infantry.Love to go there, one day. Lest we forget. Bill
-- Edited by bill12 on Sunday 18th of August 2013 06:20:52 PM
I will never forgive Jim Cairns for inciting that treatment in Melbourne damn disgusting. I cry every time I see it in documentaries. Some poor Bu****s never got over that treatment.
Mail was stopped in the 2nd WW also never forgot that either.....
-- Edited by barina on Sunday 18th of August 2013 04:30:19 PM
At the time, they were spat on, their supplies were stopped, the mail was stopped so they wouldn't get any letters (Some blokes were planning a "punch a postie" day when they got home). I mentioned to a lady on a train who admired my baby that my husband was in Vietnam and hadn't seen his son, and she said I should be ashamed to be married to a murderer!
Tough times indeed.
As is the 'norm' here on Bribie Is this afternoon a fairly large march/dinner etc, at the RSL, and he just will not go - instead we had a lovely afternoon/evening with some friends.
I know the pain and feelings of ejectment that was shown to our heroic forces..I often wonder how many government members had relatives who answered the cause.Lest We Forget.
Johnw
Nice service at Port Macquarie today, run by the local RSL.
Garry
ex RAAF
Veteran Retreats around Australia.
The work done by some Viet Vets not only benefits them and their families, but will be helpful to the Afghanistan Vets too. Good on "em!
I remember the crap, trying to be polite, from the RSL toward vets. The reason I never joined and won't attend anything to do with them.
Couple of my mates here in town have the same feeling.
I confess I never agreed with Australia taking part in the war, but the way our returning soldiers were treated was disgraceful. I was ambivalent about the apology to the "stolen generation", but I would wholeheartedly support a formal apology to the rejected generation of young men who went to Vietnam in good faith. You have my apology for what it's worth.
Just reading this link on Australian Forces in Vietnam, in all 60,000 Service men and women served there from the three services, most were Regulars (full time) and over 15,000 were conscripted National Servicemen, see;
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military_history_of_Australia_during_the_Vietnam_War
-- Edited by Duh on Saturday 24th of August 2013 04:43:43 AM