Saturday, November 11, 2017

Hay-Ku of the Day (Veterans Day Tribute to TSGT Clyde D, Alloway)

To those called to fight
In Vietnam, "There are no good
Wars, only good men!"

[Rich Note: Here’s a link to the on-line “Virtual Wall Vietnam Memorial" page dedicated to TSGT Clyde D. Alloway, a long ago friend and fallen comrade in arms, who didn't make it “back to the world": 


And while we’re at it, here is a link to my own particular “mother of all war stories,” about the night ten aircrew members bailed out of a stricken AC-119K Stinger gunship in June 6th of 1970 and only nine made it back out of DaNang Harbor and the South China Sea — a mission, during which we logged one takeoff, no landings and got two trucks: 


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