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Permanut

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2. Peace to you, AverageOldGuy..

Reply to AverageOldGuy (Original post)

Wed Mar 4, 2026, 10:55 PM

16 hrs ago

80 year old Navy vet here, served on a tin can out of Norfolk, Virginia, never was within 5,000 miles of 'Nam.

Two friends didn't come back. Another, my best friend, commited suicide later. After 55 years I still miss those guys.

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In the deep reaches of the night . . . [View all] AverageOldGuy 16 hrs ago OP

Thank you for sharing your story, oldguy. yellow dahlia 16 hrs ago #1

Peace to you, AverageOldGuy.. Permanut 16 hrs ago #2

My dad served when you did - he just turned 80 in October. TBF 14 hrs ago #8

... SheltieLover 16 hrs ago #3

What a heart felt story RainCaster 15 hrs ago #4

Thank you for such a personal example of yet another JMCKUSICK 15 hrs ago #5

Much BigMin28 15 hrs ago #6

I woke up Saturday morning believing my brother was in Kuwait already Unwind Your Mind 15 hrs ago #7

That Sherman quote may be the new Quote of the Week. calimary 14 hrs ago #9

One of the greatest lessons my late father, blue-wave 14 hrs ago #10

It was 1975. I was 11 years old at Boy Scout camp in the mess hall waiting in line for the food. Intractable 14 hrs ago #11

As an Army Nurse during the VN war... oldsoldierfadingfast 13 hrs ago #12

Thank you for this sobering story. erronis 2 hrs ago #13