Sparrowhawk
08-19-04, 11:14 AM
I have never been so well received anywhere then I was in the Washington, D.C., Virginian Area this past week.
My wife and I arrived at Dulles Airport, in Virginia and took a shuttle to Bethesda Navy Lodge in Bethesda. The van had two other passengers. And the driver who were all nationals, here from other countries.
None of them had said a word to us when we got on board and even seemed rude in how they ignored our presence, even though we had said, Hi when we got into the van. Not even the driver said anything, which seemed to be put off because he didn’t know where the Bethesda Navy Lodge was. He was unaware that it was on the Navy base.
When we got to the gate, the Army sentry on duty. Looked at us, and my wife and I, gave him our ID’s. He looked them over. Then turned to the shuttle driver and the two other passengers in the van and asked for their ID’s.
They were shocked, and he examined their ID’s then told the driver to make sure he checks in with him when he leaves the base and that the same two passengers are with him when he leaves.
Their eyes were all by then opened wide, and you could tell they were a bit shaken.
Then the sentry turned to me and said;
“Welcome Aboard, Sir, and gave a sharp salute.”
We drove through and one of the passenger a female from India, said. “It’s because of the war,” humm,”
I never answered, her. But you could tell they were all impressed by the honor the sentry paid me.
The rest of the trip was outstanding, wearing a Marine Corps cap, with Vietnam logo on it, Americans, who always struck up a conversation and were very courteous to us, always welcomed us.
In Virginia, Maryland and D.C., it was all the same. We spend three full days at the National Achieves II at College Park, Virginia. Twice we were there for over 1o hours, scanning Vietnam combat photos.
We scanned all the Marine Combat photos that they had of Marines in combat 1967, 1968. In both Black and White and color photos.
Over 2000 of them. But now we’ll have to clean them up, they were not in the best of conditions. The Marine Corps gave the achieves almost all of its photos or copies of them.
We also went to the Marine Corps Historical Museum at the Naval Ship Yard, in Washington, D.C., and while they had other pictures there, there were not many available.
http://vietnamdiary.bizland.com/knox.jpg
I was able to fine a film of me at the achieves, of our company that was filmed during Operation Knox, in September 1967. The film shows me with the M60 over my shoulder while our platoon crosses a small stream bed. My wife recognized me right away from the way I still walk, as I looked it, those memories came flooding back. Jones my gun team leader was right behind me, and I recognized him, as well as our section leader, Dumont.
There are lots of other films there, shot of different Marine Companys on operation during the Viet Nam War. Most like this one are silent....
SF
Cook
My wife and I arrived at Dulles Airport, in Virginia and took a shuttle to Bethesda Navy Lodge in Bethesda. The van had two other passengers. And the driver who were all nationals, here from other countries.
None of them had said a word to us when we got on board and even seemed rude in how they ignored our presence, even though we had said, Hi when we got into the van. Not even the driver said anything, which seemed to be put off because he didn’t know where the Bethesda Navy Lodge was. He was unaware that it was on the Navy base.
When we got to the gate, the Army sentry on duty. Looked at us, and my wife and I, gave him our ID’s. He looked them over. Then turned to the shuttle driver and the two other passengers in the van and asked for their ID’s.
They were shocked, and he examined their ID’s then told the driver to make sure he checks in with him when he leaves the base and that the same two passengers are with him when he leaves.
Their eyes were all by then opened wide, and you could tell they were a bit shaken.
Then the sentry turned to me and said;
“Welcome Aboard, Sir, and gave a sharp salute.”
We drove through and one of the passenger a female from India, said. “It’s because of the war,” humm,”
I never answered, her. But you could tell they were all impressed by the honor the sentry paid me.
The rest of the trip was outstanding, wearing a Marine Corps cap, with Vietnam logo on it, Americans, who always struck up a conversation and were very courteous to us, always welcomed us.
In Virginia, Maryland and D.C., it was all the same. We spend three full days at the National Achieves II at College Park, Virginia. Twice we were there for over 1o hours, scanning Vietnam combat photos.
We scanned all the Marine Combat photos that they had of Marines in combat 1967, 1968. In both Black and White and color photos.
Over 2000 of them. But now we’ll have to clean them up, they were not in the best of conditions. The Marine Corps gave the achieves almost all of its photos or copies of them.
We also went to the Marine Corps Historical Museum at the Naval Ship Yard, in Washington, D.C., and while they had other pictures there, there were not many available.
http://vietnamdiary.bizland.com/knox.jpg
I was able to fine a film of me at the achieves, of our company that was filmed during Operation Knox, in September 1967. The film shows me with the M60 over my shoulder while our platoon crosses a small stream bed. My wife recognized me right away from the way I still walk, as I looked it, those memories came flooding back. Jones my gun team leader was right behind me, and I recognized him, as well as our section leader, Dumont.
There are lots of other films there, shot of different Marine Companys on operation during the Viet Nam War. Most like this one are silent....
SF
Cook