Tag Archives: war mementos

NEW VIETNAM MEMORIAL MUSEUM

Posted on January 20, 2013 by asknod

Check this out. It’s too cool for school. Member Tombo sends me this today. It’s hard to conceive of Chicago coming up with this. Because they didn’t. “Above and Beyond” When visitors first enter this museum, they will hear a … Continue reading →

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2012 in review

Posted on January 7, 2013 by asknod

The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2012 annual report for this blog. Here’s an excerpt: 19,000 people fit into the new Barclays Center to see Jay-Z perform. This blog was viewed about 80,000 times in 2012. If it were … Continue reading →

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I’LL BE HOME FOR CHRISTMAS

Posted on December 13, 2012 by asknod

Few are ignorant of the poignancy of this World War 2 Bing Crosby hit which has gone on to become a Christmas favorite. It was still a staple of the older “lifers” in the service in 1970. This was to … Continue reading →

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FOOTLOCKER 1957–NOD UPDATES HIS PHOTO

Posted on November 28, 2012 by asknod

This was my family in 1957 at Turner AFB. That’s an F-100D Tail #FW 863 of the 31st Fighter Wing just arrived from  the William Tell fighter meet at Nellis AFB, Nevada. 2nd Place.

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WGM’S FOOTLOCKER– LAND OF THE MIDNIGHT KIMCHEE

Posted on November 11, 2012 by asknod

WGM chose this Veterans Day to reminisce about his time “over there”. It doesn’t shock me. This is a rather poignant time when we look back on our service and either relish it, curse it or wonder what possessed us … Continue reading →

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FOOTLOCKER–1969

Posted on October 30, 2012 by asknod

When dreaming of where I wanted to serve in November of 1969, I put in for A) England B) Spain C) Italy I got Udorn to begin with and then Long Tieng. Oh well. I ran across this when I … Continue reading →

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FOOTLOCKER– $35/OZ. GOLD/602 FS (C)

Posted on October 26, 2012 by asknod

Remember tanking up on this stuff when you DEROSed in 196_? Thirty five dollars would buy you a worked gold chain (24 karat). I had four one oz. and one 10 oz. giving me cervical distress when I came back. … Continue reading →

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VETERANS MUSEUM IN WASHINGTON (STATE)

Posted on September 13, 2012 by asknod

I took a copy of my book and my RPG-2 down to Chehalis yesterday. I donated both to the museum because they did not have either one. Their collection of Vietnam stuff is rather amazing but the B-40 launcher will … Continue reading →

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FOOTLOCKER– SURVIVAL VEST

Posted on September 8, 2012 by asknod

Part of the neatsy-keen survival vests they gave us in Laos was a knife pictured below. These were manufactured by the Camillus Cutlery Co. and were indestructible. We also had flourescent orange locator beacons with a strobe light on them … Continue reading →

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FOOTLOCKER–CLEANING DEPT.

Posted on September 3, 2012 by asknod

Remember having to clean the Model 12? Or using a slug of these to get the scrud out of the thumper? I packed a gazillion of them around all my treasures I sent home at one time or another. I … Continue reading →

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