I spent Xmas '67 outside Danang Vietnam @ a USMC combat base.

[Ernesto]

It was swell cause I didn't have to go "outside the wire" that day.
I got an onion & a couple of oranges. Best of all, we had some pot & "The Mamas & Pappas" doing some "California Dreamin'" on tape. And I don't think anyone got hit that night.

[otohara]

1. Wow - Thanks For Sharing

that memory w/ us. Just curious about the onion, did you roast it, eat it raw?

[Ernesto]

6. Actually onions were the "hot setup"

We used them to spice our c rations meals.

[Zuni]

2. Good story, sorry about the onion

I hate onions, so that would have been a bad gift for me.
I would have taken the oranges and the pot though :evilgrin:

[Jon8503]

3. Hi Ernesto, I was with you that day, I was at Bien Hoa, II Field Forces

& on guard duty.

Merry Christmas/Happy Holidays to you & your family.

Jon

[mark414]

7. thanks to both of you

glad to see you both made it home safe

god bless and merry christmas

[Sporadicus]

4. For These Things We are Truly Thankful

Especially for not getting hit! :toast:

[madrchsod]

5. some pot ?????

my future bother in law sent back a pound that my future wife and her friends smoked before he got home...strange days indeed,buying opuim from a cia guy,black hashish,oj`s in the mail..strange days indeed

[proud2BlibKansan]

10. Reminds me of another lie

we are told while fighting this 'drug war' - that the pot the kids smoke today is more potent than what hippies smoked in the 60s and 70s.

Well, unless these kids have found a connection in Vietnam, like we had, no way is the stuff they smoke more potent.

Those were the days when one hit pot really was one hit pot.

[MercutioATC]

8. I spent Xmas '67 peeing on myself.

My excuse: I was only a month and a half old.


Seriously, thanks for sharing the story and thanks for being there.

[leftofthedial]

9. thank you for your service

glad you made it home!

[UrbScotty]

11. Thank you for serving your country.

:-)

[SKKY]

12. From one vet to another, thanks for serving...n/t