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Originally Posted by charlieo1126@gmail.com
And my credentials 1st Brigade 101st Airborne Vietnam 19 months , 26 months with Vietnamese paratroopers and that’s just the American Army part and then more years as a civilian in Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos but I don’t mind civilians having a comment about the military , wasn’t that what we fought for and medals woo hoo don’t know where they are or even care, but i did show my papers to get a Purple Heart plate because I heard cops would give you a break and they have , but alas no hat, no T-shirt and no flag and among my friends no stories
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"but there was more to it then that , I grew up in very tough neighborhood and got into very bad trouble with rival gang kids it was bad enough that I left the country at 15 and joined the French Foreign Legion , my lack of height 5ft 6 drove much of my decisions in my life , the Legion was elite the legions paratroops were the best and the First Foreign Parachute Battalion was the best of all and after 6 years fighting both in Vietnam in 1954 and then Algeria it was a natural progression to American Army as a para serving with different units both American and Vietnamese paratroopers in Nam and later as a civilian in Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos and another 30 years in most of hot spots in world, paratroops are the elite of every army in the world and I have quick way to sum up life I spent my whole life helping to keep bad governments in power or to put bad rebels into power that way it never made me crazy like the people in power I worked for , FYI I don’t own any guns and don’t see a need either and I believe that people given s chance can change I’m an example"
You have led a remarkable life indeed!