freedombecki
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Thanks for your service, 9thIDdoc. My cousin served in Vietnam and Cambodia. He wasn't the same person when he came back, but he stayed in touch until he was about 40. Then I lost track of him after my Christmas cards started coming back. I know he loved me and I him, but he acted like he was lost sometimes, and a little bitter. I think that goes with the awful territory of having served heroically, then coming home to abuse. My cousin lived in the Bay Area when he got back. I don't think that helped him very much. The worst thing is not knowing what happened to him.And I CALL TOTAL Bullshit on your post. So what were you? Two years old? Whatever, you obviously weren't paying attention to what was happening in the real world. Spitting was only a small part of the expressions of hatred and disgust lavished on our troops. A great many Americans found it easier to buy into blatant and obvious communist propaganda than to even give us the benifit of a doubt. Apparently that continues to be true.
There were no news story's written at the time that substantiate anyone being spat upon. Not one
The stories evolved over time and became urban legend
They all have in common....I know someone or I heard of someone. Nobody admits to actually being spat upon. Most storie also lack any details of who did the spitting, where it happened and what the response was
Sorry, but that is simply untrue. I was there and experienced what I'm writting about. If you require a first hand account you've got it. I was starioned at Letterman Gen. USAH on the Presidio in S.F. for aprox. 14 mo. '68-'69 and spitting and name calling weren't even especially note-worthy. There were also many cases of assault and battery. On one occasion I helped treat some young MP's who had battery acid thrown in thier faces whose eyesight was at serious risk. Please stop calling me a myth. I like to believe I'm real.
Some people are ashamed of their actions during that era and would like to pretend they never happened. They would love to have reality seen as myth.