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Originally Posted by FULLMETALJACKET Agent Orange is a good example of Good Thinking, taking away their plant life so they cant hide, this is pretty funny, i heard in 'Nam we put chemicals in the air-->clouds-->rained and bogged down charlie in his hole, thats just intelligent. |
Nothing funny about it FMJ. I was quite grateful that even though I would patrol areas and have my nose bleeding along the way, the lack of triple canopy jungle for the enemy to hide in was probably a big reason why I'm still here today. It was real easy for the "never been there crowd" to condemn everything remotely concerned with the military, including the servicemen who fought and died there.
We didn't know about the problems that would come later but for the time being, it was a good tool to have on our side. I will always be grateful to any air crewman or anyone else I happen to meet that had anything to do with trying to cover my backside out there.
These days, I have some problems that could be related to A/O or could be related to something else from one of the subsequent conflicts I fought in, I may never know and as Chief said, I may never live to witness the government own up to any of it. That being said, I have met many a serviceman who lives with a guilt for having to use such things and I feel that guilt is totally unwarranted. I will always support them and the courageous jobs they all did, especially for us often beleaguered infantrymen in the middle of a far off land fighting on behalf of people we didn't know.