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"Got it done on the photo album of the Viet Nam vets (Vietnam Veterans photo club). I have worked hard to help a lot of us, but so many of us suffer from PTSD it is hard to live life. God Bless"
"Thomas, If you do not object, I will post your comment on facebook at the Viet Nam veteran site.
Jim, how are things, haven't talked to you in a while.."
Jim, how are things, haven't talked to you in a while.."
"I hardly remember any of the boots I was with then. You name seem familiar but cannot put a face to it.. Just for grins, here is what I did when in the Navy, went to Radioman school, then to the USS Annapolis where I was lent/rented/ordered out to…"
"Oh they were on my two ships and it was usually a bad night.. slept middle bunk so it was not so bad."
"That is great news, we have hoping something like this would happen. Next a museum about all us Boots... Been a few years since I was there. "
"Rode a couple of PBR's up the delta once or twice, The brown water Navy was a bunch of great sailors. courage and duty first!"
"Yes, I remember the sign through bleary eyes after the bus ride from Los Angeles to San Diego. Made it though boot camp with only one scar and the flu. but was glad to be going to BEEP school. I knew most of what they taught so it was simple,…"
"Isn't that the foam we crawled through during our initiation into shellback nation! Seems to me it was, but I only remember getting me butt whipped many times and crawling on my hands and knees.. Knees still bad.. I smoked pipes, cigars,…"
"That was not ham, it was spam.. and it never goes bad.. I live in a place where spam is very popular. Me not so much anymore.. We would get a candle and light it behind a tree and put the meat (or what ever it really was, buzzard I think) and…"
"I quit smoking in 1978, a pack was nearly 75 cents. It was the Ides of March and I did through Acupuncture. One treatment and never wanted another cigarette. but would have several cartons in my locker on board the ship when we came into port.…"
"They used the air gun on us in Boot camp in 66. one guy moved and it was a bloody mess. Never had a problem taking the shots, just the reaction to the flu shot. Miss the days of sitting out on the deck and watching the stars and listening to the…"
"No matter where we ported, there was a box of condoms when you left, you were "Encouraged" to use them. After 80 days at see, some guys just couldn't get there quick enough. After seeing what some guys when through, I was never in that much of a…"
"I didn't get to avoid the shot while in the Navy, but after that, no f...g way. Even the VA can't get me to take the shot. I haven't had the flu since my last shot in 69. I was sick the whole trip back from West Pac, miss Hawaii, now I live here.…"
"We had one guy on the Annapolis, that caught the syph in Singapore, he was not allowed to go home, I often wondered how he explained that to his wife.
Hell of a guy, but always was in Sick bay after port.. Never saw the cups, and I had my own cup…"
Hell of a guy, but always was in Sick bay after port.. Never saw the cups, and I had my own cup…"
"I remember being in Sick bay after a trip to the PI, Had my knee wrapped up good and was doing some cold water soaking. Knee problems just got worse from there but we were out to sea for about three days when the line would grow and they would…"
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Location
Makawao, HI
Birthday:
August 10
Rank
Petty Officer Second Class
Enlisted Rating
Radioman
Where were you or your family stationed?
Boot camp NTC 402-66; Radio school NTC; USS Annapolis AGMR-1; Teletype School NTC San Diego ; USS Hornet CVS-12
Veteran of Foreign War
Vietnam
Current Status with the US Navy
Honorably Discharged
Start date of your service
July 16, 1966
End date of your service
April 18, 1970
Comments
Thanks for the Howdy and your right about the spider webs. We did have some times on the town. I spent a lot of time in that little bitty teletype repair room with you and some one else but name and face slips my mind, spider webs .If I get some one to help me figure out how to get a picture on my sight I am sure you will remember,Catch ya later. Dan
Douglas Smith was an RM3 when he left NAVCOMSTAPHIL in 1967 and went to the Annie. He may have made RM2 while on board the Annie. Doug was maybe 6 feet tall with reddish hair and freckles. He was somewhat of a naive person from Colorado. I do have a photo of Doug and myself with a couple of girls in a bar in Olongapo, Philippines. I'll scan it some time in the near future for you to see.
Respect, my Chief Preston, was a corpsman, on the river there. My cousin David whom I worked as a field medic with , over ten years was there also. He died of complications of Agent Orange.. My father was a seaman on the James C Owens DD 776 , Korea
Thanks: Jim Morgan
Great story James.. Thnaks for the come back...Gene
Hello Sparky
James it is good to see another RM on here.
Boot and RM"A" school in '59 in SD
James, lots of sympathy on your getting sick after those shots. They threw us all into the the sea survival pool the next day.... yep sick too
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