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Here at work (DFW Airport) a few years back, we hired a Viet mechanic. One morning in the Break Room, I asked him where he was from. His reply was Saigon. So I came back with "no, where in RVN were you really from?". He looked at me kinda funny and asked "You know Viet Nam? Where you know Viet Nam??". I tell him I know Kontum, Pleiku, etc, and his eyes lit up. He tells me he's from Dak To!!!
I draw a map showing Kontum and the road to Pleiku, with our compound straddling the road. His eyes got even bigger and he exclaims "That's AIRBORNE"!!! I went to my office and grabbed my SOA jacket with the modified SOG Patch on it. When I showed it to him he snapped to attention, saluted and said " That BAD AIRBORNE!!!"
To this day, whenever I run into him, he clicks his heels together and renders a proper salute!!! He had just been a kid back then, but they never forget.
Later
Martin
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