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Originally Posted by Don Lampson
As another Vietnam vet, I find it very uncomfortable when people thank me for my service, or tell me, "Welcome Home" - Even though I know they mean well when they do so......... I'm not proud of what I did there. I just wish it had never happened, and all those dead people could have had the joys of life I've known for the last 50 years.... Of course, I just humbly tell them thank you......
Don
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That's why I posted what I did at #6 and your feelings are far from a rarity. So yeah, I appreciate your doing what our government told you to do so many years ago. Not your choice I totally understand but you made a sacrifice (of part of your youth at the very least) and so I appreciate that but try not to outright "thank" people for some of the reasons you've mentioned.