Still feel like a newbie after 30 years

VarmintKong

Cannonball comin’!
One of my best friends in high school was Laotian, Sakhone. We partied really hard when his dad wasn't home; he worked 3rd shift at a machine shop.

Such a cool guy on Sunday afternoon, but God forbid you woke that man up during the week. “Saaa-Cone you in big trouble. Your friends go home now! You want me go get shotgun, I go get shotgun. I kill once, I KILL AGAIN!”

I guess he was a refugee, but a refugee has an intent to return to their country of origin. He never intended to go back to Vietnam. I guess that would make him an evacuee? He was just a hard working dude who tried to instill an industrious and independent spirit in his children.
 
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Fatboy

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My dad had all the “normal” WW2 tattoos on his arms. I wish I had pics. One was big letters “Formosa”. He never talked much about the war, clearly something bothered him. I didn’t ask. Rip dad🙏🏼❤️

Fatboy🥲
 

HawaiianEye

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My dad had all the “normal” WW2 tattoos on his arms. I wish I had pics. One was big letters “Formosa”. He never talked much about the war, clearly something bothered him. I didn’t ask. Rip dad🙏🏼❤️

Fatboy🥲
My dad was Navy, WWII, as well.

He traveled the Pacific islands, too.
 

PDX

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My dad was Navy, WWII, as well.

He traveled the Pacific islands, too.
My grandfathers were Navy in WWII. One was a SEABEE the other was in a sub. The sub got hit and when they surfaced, they became POW’s. Per my dad, March of 43 till the war ended.
I never met them.
My dad was in the Navy during Vietnam, 67-69. He has his sailor tattoos. My favorite is a whore’s name tattooed in Chinese on his forearm.
 

HawaiianEye

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My grandfathers were Navy in WWII. One was a SEABEE the other was in a sub. The sub got hit and when they surfaced, they became POW’s. Per my dad, March of 43 till the war ended.
I never met them.
My dad was in the Navy during Vietnam, 67-69. He has his sailor tattoos. My favorite is a whore’s name tattooed in Chinese on his forearm.

Was her name Suk Won Qoc?
 

dquarasr

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Showing my age …. Anyone remember the movie “The Groove Tube” and the news report about the activity at “Suc Muc Dik” in the Vietnam War?
 
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