Non BDSM but pretty damn special

[DVS]

I thought this was pretty damn special. Somebody put an awful lot of work into this. If you knew someone or of someone who died in that war...


The Viet Nam Virtual Wall

 

[DVS]

I thought this would get a better response than it has. I guess there aren't that many here old enough to think much about that war?

 

[FurryFury]

Honestly, this is one war I try not to think about. I was a little young when it came along. I missed most of it because I wasn't allowed to watch the news.

 

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[DVS]

DVS, I couldn't bring myself to click the link, honestly. The only time I've visited the Wall I stood there silently crying. So many names...

Two of my uncles served in Vietnam, one speaks to vets and is an amazing source of positive energy, the other took his own life.

I was in college when I was draft age. To this day, I feel guilty that I didn't go. If I hadn't been in college, I would have been drafted. My number was 103 and they took everybody up to 100 the year I was 18.

I didn't know anybody personally who died there, but I know some who are very different mentally after being there. The booby traps that were set by the Viet Cong were not only deadly, but also psychologically devastating. There was also a guy from my home town who died when his jet was shot down by friendly fire.

I understand that this forum is full of younger people that weren't old enough to know much about that war. And 58,000 lives is a lot to think about. The evening news was full of war dead during that war. But I think the people who did that web site are wonderful individuals coming together and listing all 58,000 names as they did. It's great for people like me who will never get the chance to go see the real thing.

Looking at the link, you can see the people that worked on the site are also veterans of that war or had a relative who was. They each have a short paragraph about who they are and why they were part of it. That alone was interesting enough for me to look at the link.

 

[chy_girl]

I was in college when I was draft age. To this day, I feel guilty that I didn't go. If I hadn't been in college, I would have been drafted. My number was 103 and they took everybody up to 100 the year I was 18.
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I'm glad you didn't go. My dad, his brother, and one of their cousins went. Two of the three barely managed 'functioning,' let along 'healthy mental state.'

As someone from a military oriented family and someone who was raised to understand and respect the decision and sacrifice of the men and women who serve, please don't feel guilty. You've done nothing to deserve that.