karlunity Posted May 29, 2022 Report Share Posted May 29, 2022 Gentlemen and ladies Let us say Thank you and raise a glass to all who did not make it home. karl Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FC Posted May 30, 2022 Report Share Posted May 30, 2022 I can't fathom the horrible loss when kids in their teens die in war, never having had a chance to live their lives. I remember.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horsefly Posted May 30, 2022 Report Share Posted May 30, 2022 In 1971 I worked for Frontier Airlines unloading planes. I got a double hernia lifting soldiers caskets working on my knees. Shipping caskets are way heavy and at the end of war there were lots of them. I was 19 and 20 years old and had such a feeling of guilt that I still don’t understand. Some remains were in about 2’x2’ square box. All of us were always horsing around cuttin up and laughing until those shipments came in. It all got solum then. Pilots announced final approach when the crossed Red River and would say HR aboard. Frontier served mostly Military towns so lots of bigger airlines transferred through us. Lawton Ok, Fayetteville and Ft. Smith, Billings and Casper Wy. seemed to get the most. Me and my twin were going to join Air Force together but I crushed my right leg in motorcycle crash so my brother went without me. Sorry to be so long. This day brings back memories and 50 years later I still get a knot in my throat thinking how those guys my age got home. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FC Posted May 30, 2022 Report Share Posted May 30, 2022 You have some pretty vivid memories. Around 1980 there was a guy innn by our church who was a bit off emotionally- kind of weird, and sometimes kind of scary. The pastor told me the guy’s job in Vietnam was getting the bodies ready to send home. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AzRednek Posted June 1, 2022 Report Share Posted June 1, 2022 I worked with a guy with a similar job in Korea. He was quiet, kept to himself and rarely spoke unless spoken to first. I did see him change for a few days after a new hire told a joke that really made him laugh. The following morning as soon as he saw the joke teller he got a big smile on his face and chuckled. Best I recall it was about the only time I saw him smile. I heard second hand from another coworker. He had a traumatic experience going through dead bodies weeding out Americans after a suicide attack by the Chinese that were being bulldozed into pits. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karlunity Posted June 2, 2022 Author Report Share Posted June 2, 2022 We marines just sang the "We are going home in a bodybag song" karl Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FC Posted June 3, 2022 Report Share Posted June 3, 2022 I had to look up the song- never heard it before. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karlunity Posted June 3, 2022 Author Report Share Posted June 3, 2022 Gad everything is on the NET...Thank you FC that brought back old times.. Karl Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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