Happy Veteran's Day to all the veterans. It's been a while since we had a count of all the vets here.

Navy 1967 to 1971. One tour in Vietnam.

Army National Guard 91A & 91G, 1986-1992

Navy, active duty 1972-75 plus 3 years reserve duty. One tour in Vietnam. USS John R. Craig DD885.

Thank you very much for all your service, I greatly appreciate the freedom you have help to preserve!

USMCR 1982-1986
Indiana National Guard 1987

Army, Field Artillery, Active Duty 85-94, Desert Storm.
Thank you to ROTC for my first float trip in a canoe in 1980.

Thank you all for your service!

Army, LARC V amphibious operator. 1966-1968. Vietnam June 67-may 68.

Thank you to all who served our country.

Thanks to all who served!

I had to google LARC V after seeing that pic.

Lighter, Amphibious Resupply, Cargo 5 ton

Gotta love the military acronyms for everything. Used in the Viet Nam war to transport war supplies from offshore ships to the troops onshore. A vehicle only the US Army could love. Eyeballing it looks like it's about 40' long with a well in the middle to fit probably 20' container, with maybe another stacked on top. Gotta have 2 big props and those tires are huge, like 5-6' tall. That had to be a load to handle and not so much fun in Viet Nam - Yikes!
I read there are about 100 of these operable now in the hands of private owners, mostly for sight seeing tours, which looks like a perfect use for these and a whole lot safer. Thanks for sharing that and glad you came out ok.

Cheers, scat

United States Army and Army Reserve, 11B and 88A

Mike

Army 1968 to 1973 5 years active and 5 years reserve
Viet Nam 3 months
MACV Advisor

US Navy 1967-1974, active duty and reserves.

U.S. Navy, 1965 - 1968. San Diego and then on the U. S. Wallace Lind, DD 703 out of Norfolk

Air Force 410 FMS KI Sawyer 1984-1988

Late to the formation...Wpns Co. 3rd Batt 3rd Mar!

Thank you for your service to our country! Deep admiration and respect for you all.

scat: "I had to google LARC V after seeing that pic.


Lighter, Amphibious Resupply, Cargo 5 ton


Gotta love the military acronyms for everything. Used in the Viet Nam war to transport war supplies from offshore ships to the troops onshore. A vehicle only the US Army could love... "

Description pretty much spot on. Mostly hauled 2 pallets of 155 howitzers, or 2 pallets of 4, 500 lb bombs. Some times good stuff like beer. Training was at Fort Story in Virginia Beach. Then was assigned to the school as an instructor and support before I went to Vietnam. One night we were supporting a stevedore class on Chesapeake Bay. Tied up to the ship for loading practice. Unbeknown to us, the ship swung 180 degrees on the anchor before we disembarked. So we just shoved off and headed off to what we thought was shore. After about 20 minutes we started seeing big ships in front of us and realized we were headed out to sea. Turned around and headed back to the general direction of shore and ended up about 5 miles down the beach from from the base.

Thank you to all who have served our country!

Arriving late but proud to have served. Army 72-74. Stationed in Military District of Washington. Worked at US Army Criminal Investigation Command Headquarters.

Was hesitant to post this out of respect. I am not a veteran but I watch them on tv. I finished the book Lone Survivor. The guy, Marcus Latrell and his twin brother were training to be Navy Seals since they were like 5 years old. Total badass. We need guys like that.
I also watched the movie To Hell and Back on V Day, the kinda story of Audie Murphy, the most decorated soldier in US history. He was like 5’4” 130 lbs with a baby face and a legend. My dad was a post war veteran, went to Germany not Korea, and he said a 2 hour movie couldn’t even come close to showing all the heroic things he did on the battlefield, and that is what the General says at the beginning of the movie, he did it every day. He was always in the lead winning fights, a born leader. You see a picture of him with all his medals on his chest they look like they weigh more than him. Received every American combat award for valor available from the American army, as well as the highest awards from France and Begium. A Medal of Honor and 3 Purple Hearts among them. 19 years old when he won the MOH. He made a bunch of western movies, some ok, had some mental health issues and is buried in Arlington Cemetery a hero.