mattdangerously

Which character on Head Of The Class most reflected what you were like at that age?

Yes, it's Snoop Dogg's best album. But we're talking about smut here, please try to stay on topic.

My father served two tours in Vietnam when he was a teenager. When I was growing up, he never really talked about his time there. All I knew was that he was a chopper pilot, and that he was given a Purple Heart after being shot down. It wasn't until a few years ago when he started opening up about it (found out he had a lot of medals, including a Bronze Star with a Valor Device). I asked him once why he didn't talk about it, and he said it was because of the way vets were treated when they came back. (Pretty sure it was because of PTSD as well, though he wouldn't say it.) My question is, how long after you finished your tour did it take for you to be able to talk about your experiences in the war?

p.s. Happy Memorial Day, and thank you.

I love X-Pac.

One of the stories my dad did finally tell me was pretty crazy. He and a couple of other choppers were flying around when they came upon a small group of soldiers about to get ambushed by about 100 or so North Vietnamese soldiers. So the choppers swooped in during the ensuing firefight to rescue the Americans. Afterwards the Army wanted to give all the pilots Silver Stars, but my dad turned it down since he thought the rescued soldiers should get them too because they were providing cover for the choppers. No one received the medals after that. Dad said the other pilots were pretty pissed that he cost them their medals, but he didn't really think it was a big deal.