1. Đà Nàng AB, DEROS: DEROS-DAY! Boarded C-130 for flight to TSN and the Freedom Bird to LAX, Los Angeles, California. 1966. |
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31. Đà Nàng AB, DEROS: A2C George Hoagland took over handling Blackie when I DEROS'd.
I took this photo from a distance so as not to interfere with their bonding. 1966.
31. Đà Nàng AB, DEROS: 1966.
Lessons Learned: I landed at LAX safely, of course. I was glad to be home but nothing was the same, and the country did not seem to understand that we were fighting a war and thousands had died. My old high school buddies seemed twelve years old. Nothing was as-it-was before, and should be, so I thought. What the heck just happened to me!
In 2008, I wrote out how I felt about "what the heck just happened to me" in Vietnam, and it is called Airplane Hill. I think that if you served in Vietnam or Thailand you may have had a similar coming-home experience. I came to understand that some experiences in life can last a life time, and cannot nor should not be ignored. I hope that you will take a few minutes and read Airplane Hill.
Don Poss |
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