+11.
Didn't have the day off. House payment is due.
Officially I'm a vet as I served in the ANG for six years but I can't hold a candle to those that served active duty or in combat(although if you're in the NG today you might as well be on active duty and you have a damn good chance of serving in combat.)
The old man who was a Green Beret served for 20 or 21 years. Retired as a MSGT. Not sure why he came back alive as he served on gunboats, in remote camps, climbed into VC tunnels, at least one POW rescue missions into North Vietnam, and on and on. He even invented a rocket launcher for choppers of which he didn't get the credit for. He has lots of medals but turned down the silver star when he was put in for it.
I was looking at old pictures one day and recognized a man standing next to him in Vietnam. He didn't know who the guy was but since he was a reporter he didn't like him. I told, him that's Morley Safer of 60 minutes. Apparently Morley was a reporter in Vietnam before he got a job on 60 minutes. My dad is not impressed as he didn't trust the media as he said they would compromise a mission in heartbeat to get a story. If anyone is interested I may try and find the picture again and scan and post it.
