My best Navy Buddy Tom Connelly
Yesterday was a very special day for me. It was my first trip to the VA Clinic in Knoxville. I was totally taken back at the new center and the friendly people at the clinic. Everyone thanked me for serving my country. That was something that no one had ever done before. The vets of Vietnam were not the returning Heroes of the day. We were the baby killers and the war mongers of the time. Most of us didn't join because we wanted to go to the other side of the world and fight and lose our lives. We went because we were drafted or about to be drafted and joined something else instead. Anyway the "Thank You" yesterday was well received.
A tour in the service in 1967 was a unusual thing. Being on a ship with a bunch of kids your own age was an adventure in it's self. Not before nor afterwards have I experienced the closeness of friend and work partners. I should have stayed in until retirement but it's way too late to second guess that one.
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