I stopped in my local pub today, and sat down at the bar and ordered a beer.....
This guy comes in, about my age and takes the seat next to me. I wasn't in a talking mood, but he looked at me with my Serratelli hat and said,
"Hey Tex, what are you doing here?"
Now, this guy is about my age (65), and he has a grey ponytail and a an earring. I could tell he was an old hippie!
I looked him in the eye...."I am from New Mexico. And calling me "Tex" is an insult We hate Texans!"
I hoped that would shut him up....but then he asked me, "What's that pin on your hat? It looks like a rifle!"
I told him it was a miniature CIB, and that I earned it in Vietnam.
"Your are a Vietnam Veteran?" he asked....."That must be really hard to deal with!"
So now, the chip on my shoulder is rocking...and I am really getting pissed off!
"What do you mean by that?" I asked.
"Well, it must be hard dealing with being in the only war we lost!"
My head was about to explode...I really wanted to take this hippy and beat the shit out of him for being so stupid!
We, meaning those of us who served in Vietnam, did not lose the war. We actually triumphed in all the battles after and including Tet of 68.
The politicians back here lost the war...they wimped out because of all these pussy kids protesting.
And they will never realize what we really lost in Vietnam.....
We lost a generation of leaders from our generation! If they didn't get killed in the jungles of Vietnam, they got killed when their spirit was crushed when the came home.
Now the only leaders from my generation have ponytails and earrings.!
This guy comes in, about my age and takes the seat next to me. I wasn't in a talking mood, but he looked at me with my Serratelli hat and said,
"Hey Tex, what are you doing here?"
Now, this guy is about my age (65), and he has a grey ponytail and a an earring. I could tell he was an old hippie!
I looked him in the eye...."I am from New Mexico. And calling me "Tex" is an insult We hate Texans!"
I hoped that would shut him up....but then he asked me, "What's that pin on your hat? It looks like a rifle!"
I told him it was a miniature CIB, and that I earned it in Vietnam.
"Your are a Vietnam Veteran?" he asked....."That must be really hard to deal with!"
So now, the chip on my shoulder is rocking...and I am really getting pissed off!
"What do you mean by that?" I asked.
"Well, it must be hard dealing with being in the only war we lost!"
My head was about to explode...I really wanted to take this hippy and beat the shit out of him for being so stupid!
We, meaning those of us who served in Vietnam, did not lose the war. We actually triumphed in all the battles after and including Tet of 68.
The politicians back here lost the war...they wimped out because of all these pussy kids protesting.
And they will never realize what we really lost in Vietnam.....
We lost a generation of leaders from our generation! If they didn't get killed in the jungles of Vietnam, they got killed when their spirit was crushed when the came home.
Now the only leaders from my generation have ponytails and earrings.!