Scanned a bunch of old photos some time back and some are pretty cool and fit here I think so thought I might share a few on and off that I found particularly interesting.
Dad got drafted at 18 so that's him heading off to Vietnam in the final photo.
He served one tour as a base radio operator at Lai Khê Base Camp. Not a time he spoke about much but when I was nearing the end of High School I decided I wanted to write a paper about his time there and he sat down and told me about his time there for a couple of hours. Lost the paper I wrote but I remember many of the stories.
I can't imagine being that age and being put into that sort of situation.
People loved to ask him ethnicity which always drove him crazy. He was half Chippewa/Ojibway and half "French" though we now know the white side was more of a mix.
In Vietnam his nickname was Pierre because of the French.
by methnen
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Precious pictures, thanks for sharing. I hope he’s still going strong.
Half native half french? is he from Lousiana?
Two different eye colours? Thats awesome