[TheRealVille]

Thanks man. The real guys who deserve thanks are the ones that aren't here to thank, the ones that have given part of their body, and the guys that came before us. All I have given up is some time and a few shrapnel scars on my ass, hahah. Toughest part is friends dying, guys that have families, when I don't have a wife or kids that need me. It's especially hard when you know a person is the reason they're gone...makes a man want to kill them all. But anyway, I try to thank every Vietnam vet I can, I know how they were hated for just following orders, it was pathetic. I don't think I would've been able to stand by and watch that. They went through hell, even more so than our generation in Iraq and Afghan. I used to think it couldn't get any worse than Afghan, but Vietnam was much worse.

Whenever ya see a Vietnam vet somewhere, try to thank them, or buy them a beer/dinner. They're usually so surprised that they just look at you, don't get offended. They're not really used to it. Try it.

I caught a bit of that part of 60 Minutes, it was good. By the way, that Sgt above me that wrote that was blown up, and he's a combat engineer. Probably out looking for IED's and found one the bad way.

I remember my father in law said when he got back to the states, people were protesting the war and the soldiers as they got off of the planes. I might be wrong, but this time it seems even people that protested the wars(Iraq or Afghanistan), they didn't protest the soldiers, just the war. I know I didn't agree with invading Iraq(whether I'm right or wrong), but I did know we had to go to Afghanistan, but there is no way I would disrespect the soldiers that were at either place. All soldiers, Vietnam and our later wars, were just following orders, it wasn't their fault they were there. My cousins were lucky, they got out in one piece.