Something special for Memorial Day...and a little challenge for you

[ocdart]

One of our Inland Mopars Car Club members and his wife were going through some old papers and found something on the backside of a car show flyer from 2009. He told me about it and, as soon as I saw it, I knew it was something everybody should see for Memorial Day.​

Here's a link...please see the pic at the top and read all.

So, what's the challenge? I challenge each of you to read through this and not get a tear in your eye...

http://thewall-usa.com/literary/camunes.html


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[Kern Dog]

Is there a creepy guy in your club that owns a silver and white 74 Road Runner?

 

[GetX'd]

One of our Inland Mopars Car Club members and his wife were going through some old papers and found something on the backside of a car show flyer from 2009. He told me about it and, as soon as I saw it, I knew it was something everybody should see for Memorial Day.​

Here's a link...please see the pic at the top and read all.

So, what's the challenge? I challenge each of you to read through this and not get a tear in your eye...

http://thewall-usa.com/literary/camunes.html


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Great post! I had 3 brothers that served in VN. One didn’t come back alive. God Bless all those that remember....

 

[NOSTRT980]

The first time I could bring myself to go to the Wall, I was crying going down the walkway. It took me quite a while before I could bring myself to go. A very moving experience to say the least.
I hear the Wall is closed off this year by the mayor of DC. What an asshole. That's our Wall not hers.

 

[hanks73340]

Thanks for posting this. Awesome piece of literature. Lost a friend in Vietnam......God Bless all of them and may they all rest in peace.....

 

[ocdart]

Is there a creepy guy in your club that owns a silver and white 74 Road Runner?

A little off the thread topic but to answer your question, no, the only '70s Road Runner in Inland Mopars here in SoCal is orange.
We do have a club member in Australia that's putting together a white and silver '72 but it's a clone - and not yet on the road.

 

[Hey-O]

Thanks for sharing, brings back many memories.

 

[HEMI-ITIS]

One of our Inland Mopars Car Club members and his wife were going through some old papers and found something on the backside of a car show flyer from 2009. He told me about it and, as soon as I saw it, I knew it was something everybody should see for Memorial Day.​

Here's a link...please see the pic at the top and read all.

So, what's the challenge? I challenge each of you to read through this and not get a tear in your eye...

http://thewall-usa.com/literary/camunes.html


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Thank you for this post..............

 

[67440chrg]

Thank You. My father went to Korea and Vietnam. My two uncles went to Vietnam thankfully they all came home. I was about 8 when my father was in Vietnam. I remember him coming home.

 

[Budnicks]

That was a great read


my Great Uncle Tink Marine Major (IIRC) fought in Korea,
Viet Nam, early on before it was even considered a war, some covert BS
behind lines on some map, at some airbase
he retired after something like 35 years
My uncle John his son, was a Lt in the Green Beret
didn't die in VN, but from effects of being their shortly after...

I remember we were walking thru the SF international airport
when he 1st came back for leave IIRC, & around the neighborhood...
I was 8-9-ish maybe as old *** 11-12 between 1967 & 1971-ish
he lived in Berekely Ca., near the University of California
in an older neighborhood, my aunt uncle & grandparents all lived there
a lot of my family was from that area, long before
it turned into a total University shithole, with all the damn druggies,
hippies & losers, dregs of life, sleeping passed out, begging/pandering
in the gutters, that it became, because of them types...

It happened a lot in the 60's & until he died in the late 70's
from complications of being shot & chemical ****, he was exposed to...
Them fucken' idiots would spew all kinds of vile ****, spit on/at him,
called all kinds of names, baby killer & it was especially said to him while
in uniform, he was a clean cut reg. guy hair high & tight,
so he was a target all the time...

I asked him on a few occasions probably;
why he didn't kick their asses ?, he could have easily
he said; to paraphrase,
that he would, never ever stoop to their lowlife levels !!
That he fought for & defended their rights to be total ********,
that our constitution & civil liberties & especially freedom of speech
isn't a one way street, you take the good with the bad...

He was a Great man, taken way too early...
He was a great car guy too, I still remember riding in his
68 Formula S 383 Barracuda after he 1st bought it...

 

[Hey-O]

That was a great read


my Great Uncle Tink Marine Major (IIRC) fought in Korea,
Viet Nam, early on before it was even considered a war, some covert BS
behind lines on some map, at some airbase
he retired after something like 35 years
My uncle John his son, was a Lt in the Green Beret
didn't die in VN, but from effects of being their shortly after...

I remember we were walking thru the SF international airport
when he 1st came back for leave IIRC, & around the neighborhood...
I was 8-9-ish maybe as old *** 11-12 between 1967 & 1971-ish
he lived in Berekely Ca., near the University of California
in an older neighborhood, my aunt uncle & grandparents all lived there
a lot of my family was from that area, long before
it turned into a total University shithole, with all the damn druggies,
hippies & losers, dregs of life, sleeping passed out, begging/pandering
in the gutters, that it became, because of them types...

It happened a lot in the 60's & until he died in the late 70's
from complications of being shot & chemical ****, he was exposed to...
Them fucken' idiots would spew all kinds of vile ****, spit on/at him,
called all kinds of names, baby killer & it was especially said to him while
in uniform, he was a clean cut reg. guy hair high & tight,
so he was a target all the time...

I asked him on a few occasions probably;
why he didn't kick their asses ?, he could have easily
he said; to paraphrase,
that he would, never ever stoop to their lowlife levels !!
That he fought for & defended their rights to be total ********,
that our constitution & civil liberties & especially freedom of speech
isn't a one way street, you take the good with the bad...

He was a Great man, taken way too early...
He was a great car guy too, I still remember riding in his
68 Formula S 383 Barracuda after he 1st bought it...

Thanks for sharing, stories like those piss me off. The way they were treated truly brings a tears to my eyes.

One of the few times I saw my father cry happen when one day he answered the door. Standing there was my brothers best friend just home from Vietnam. He was unrecognizable compared to the kid that he was before he left. He had been a massive kid on the high school football team and was now a beanpole with scars from top to bottom. My father didn't recognize him at first, till he said hi and started talking. The voice immediately took my father back to the many times he came to the door to get my brother. My father turned to me and I could see he was about to lose it. He turned back and grabbed him and squeezed him like he was afraid to let him go and cried like a baby. He had been hit by a mortar round and left for dead. Those boys didn't **** around and never left a brother behind. They took turns carrying him back and saved his life. He was called names and punished by the public for war he didn't want. He was a hero to all of us and that's how we treated him. Gary is still around, not the same, but some how he made it all these years. He went to visit my dad a few days before he died, a few years ago. True to form, he hugged him and didn't let go. This time they both cried. There are things in life you don't forget and I will take those memories to my grave, my father's hero.