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BidenRocks

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3. My birthday.

Reply to dalton99a (Original post)

Wed Apr 30, 2025, 01:29 AM

Apr 2025

I was now a 20 year old Marine, stationed at El Toro.
Little did I know of the air show about to begin.
The airlift was about to begin.

Would we do the same today?
Hell No!

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On this day 50 years ago, the Vietnam War ended [View all] dalton99a Apr 2025 OP

TY for this memorial, dalton... Hekate Apr 2025 #1

the people who protested that sham were RIGHT Skittles Apr 2025 #2

The folly of arrogant men who consider themselves moniss Apr 2025 #4

Yes, we were! 😁 ShazzieB Apr 2025 #5

Yes, the whole thing was a horrible fiasco. 😔 nt Raine Apr 2025 #9

My birthday. BidenRocks Apr 2025 #3

I remember the boat people Meowmee Apr 2025 #6

Coincidentally, it was thirty years after Nazi Germany came to its end in a bunker. John1956PA Apr 2025 #7

❤️ littlemissmartypants Apr 2025 #8

The older locals still talk about how South Vietnam was freed from the invaders. Aussie105 Apr 2025 #10

You beat me to it, thanks. UTUSN Apr 2025 #11

+1 dalton99a Apr 2025 #12

I was there at Pendleton, I helped set up those tents. MarineCombatEngineer Apr 2025 #15

K&R for, lest we forget UTUSN Apr 2025 #13

Lost a lot of good Marines for a useless fucking war. MarineCombatEngineer Apr 2025 #14