Originally Posted by davblay
Now reading this thread my heart is hardening again, maybe the Hippies are not all gone after all. I was hoping that they all settled in Berkley, but it seems that they, this generation of hippies, have infiltrated our Corps....and that is sad! Makes me wonder if what we do here is worth the time it takes to try to hand down the lessons we learned in the jungles of the Nam!
If you Current Desert Veterans will stop a minute and think.....who is the first one to shake your hand and thank you for your service?? The Viet Nam Vet of course! Why...because we didn't get that welcome home hand shake or that pat on the back. No Sir we got ridicule and mayhem from the local teenagers and hippies.
Dave