gwb123 Posted April 30, 2015 Share #1 Posted April 30, 2015 Saigon fell on April 30th, 1975, forty years ago today. Where were you when you heard the news? (Image from http://www.psywarrior.com/VietnamOBPSYOP) Gil BurketOmaha, NESpecializing in Fakes and Reproductionsof the Vietnam Warburkcats@hotmail.com "One is easily fooled by that which one loves." Moliere: Tartuffe Link to post Share on other sites
atb Posted April 30, 2015 Share #2 Posted April 30, 2015 In the Army and stationed in Europe. Link to post Share on other sites
normaninvasion Posted April 30, 2015 Share #3 Posted April 30, 2015 In the womb Link to post Share on other sites
USMCR79 Posted April 30, 2015 Share #4 Posted April 30, 2015 Junior year in High School in Massachusetts "The Americans on this Island are not ordinary troops, but Marines, a special force recruited from jails and insane asylums for blood lust." -Japanese Newspaper found during the Battle of Guadalcanal - "They Got That Right!!" Chesty Puller Link to post Share on other sites
Rakkasan187 Posted April 30, 2015 Share #5 Posted April 30, 2015 9 yrs old, 4th Grade, Barron Elementry school, Salem New Hampshire.. Leigh "Pain is only Weakness Leaving the Body" MSG Leigh E Smith Jr - US Army (Retired) Link to post Share on other sites
JBFloyd Posted April 30, 2015 Share #6 Posted April 30, 2015 Chief of Targets, 432nd Reconnaissance Technical Squadron, Udorn Royal Thai Air Force Base. Jeff Floyd The universe is made up of neutrons, protons, electrons and morons Link to post Share on other sites
1SG_1st_Cav Posted April 30, 2015 Share #7 Posted April 30, 2015 I was finishing my BS degree at Cameron University in Lawton, OK. I was selected to finish my degree with a fully-funded under the old Enlisted Degree Completion Program. Only approximately125 enlisted were selected each year. I had to give the Army 4 years in return for the 2-year scholarship. This program was discontinued in 1976 or 1977. Forum Member #1691 since September 2007 Served in the US Army from 1960-80 First Sergeant (Retired) Vietnam 1967 with 7-15th FA ~ [8"/175mm Gun] First Field Forces Vietnam 1968 with 1-30th FA ~ [155mm] 1st Cavalry Division [AIRMOBILE] President & Historian 30th FA Regiment Association ( WWW.HardChargers.Com ) Celebrating the 100th Anniversary of the 30th Field Artillery Regiment in 2018 Link to post Share on other sites
hardstripe Posted April 30, 2015 Share #8 Posted April 30, 2015 4th Finance Company, Ft Carson Colorado on alert! The whole 4th Infantry Division was marshaling at the rail yards to go back to Vietnam. HardstripeI collect US Army chevrons and US Army Finance Corps items. I also collect CCC insignia.ASMIC Member - OVMS Member Link to post Share on other sites
Old Marine Posted April 30, 2015 Share #9 Posted April 30, 2015 I was a Lance Corporal on guard duty at Marine Detachment HQ-CINCLANT (Headquarters, Commander In Chief Atlantic Fleet) Norfolk, Virginia Link to post Share on other sites
irish Posted April 30, 2015 Share #10 Posted April 30, 2015 Heard sitting in the day room at Hq Co 1/83 FA Baumholder West Germany. In the room were a number of senior NCO's and Officers who were shaking their head in dis-belief. Link to post Share on other sites
manayunkman Posted April 30, 2015 Share #11 Posted April 30, 2015 Air Force ROTC Gettysburg College. Link to post Share on other sites
doyler Posted April 30, 2015 Share #12 Posted April 30, 2015 elementary school. Use to watch the ABC evening news every night at 5pm with Harry Reasoner and Howard K Smith.Viet Nam live and in color.Kept looking to see if my cousin would appear in footae(wishful thinking of a kid).My best buddies brother in law was in the UDT and we played with the gear then. Reasoner had been a local boy at one time.May still have a relative or two around.Some cousins I recall. In Memoriam:Lieutenant J.Kostelec 1-3 First Special Service Force MIA/PD 4 March 1944 ItalyI HAVE SEEN THE ENEMY AND IT IS DAYLIGHTForget about the tips..We'll get hell to pay (AC/DC)"If you cant get out and run with the big dogs then sit on the porch and bark at the cars going by.." Have you Hugged a Clown Today? You Cant Get A Sun Tan On The Moon.. Link to post Share on other sites
Robswashashore Posted May 1, 2015 Share #13 Posted May 1, 2015 Freshman at Marquette University. It was discussed in great detail in my History class that afternoon. MSGT William Gould, 8th Weather Squadron, USAAF WWIIMAJ Abner J. Barnett, 329th Infantry Regiment, 83rd Division, USA Medical Corps WWI, WWIIT 5 A. Curtis Dufield, 147th Armored Signal Company, 7th Armored Division WWIICAPT Thomas F. Hooper, 120th Infantry Regiment, 30th Infantry Division, WWII"And then we all got invited to World War II and everybody's life changed." (Jean Kelly Barnett Gould 1922-2009 (My mom))For I have learned, in whatsoever state I am, therewith to be content. (Phil. 4:11b)"That outfit was so bad that the CHAPLAIN went over the hill with a couple of guys." William Bryson Gould 1920-2012 )(My dad)) Link to post Share on other sites
bheskett Posted May 1, 2015 Share #14 Posted May 1, 2015 8th grade at Saline Middle School. I remember watching it on TV. The original stairs are at the Gerald R. Ford Museum in Grand Rapids Michigan if you get a chance to check them out. Bob Link to post Share on other sites
gwb123 Posted May 1, 2015 Author Share #15 Posted May 1, 2015 Ironically, that is the day I signed a contract with the US Army ROTC that later led to my commission. It was not planned that way. It was a decision I had been contemplating after taking the first two years of courses. I can only wonder what my parents thought that night when I gave them the news at the dining room table, on top of the headlines that Saigon had fallen. Gil BurketOmaha, NESpecializing in Fakes and Reproductionsof the Vietnam Warburkcats@hotmail.com "One is easily fooled by that which one loves." Moliere: Tartuffe Link to post Share on other sites
Garandomatic Posted May 1, 2015 Share #16 Posted May 1, 2015 Slightly OT, as I wasn't born yet in '75, but on THIS 4/30, I got a call from a sort of long-lost (due to geographic distance) cousin that was a WIA OH-6A pilot, telling me there'll be a few waves of his Vietnam stuff heading my way. I sat down to do some research on his unit (3/4 Cav) and the date hit me. Looking for the following: 452nd and 447th Bomb Group items Anything 12th Armored- especially uniforms 155th Assault Helicopter Company, Camp Coryell, or Ban Me Thuot Vietnam items[/center]WWII US Navy Uniforms from the Battle Off Samar: USS Johnston DD-557, USS Hoel DD-553, USS Samuel B. Roberts DE-413, USS Heermann DD-532, USS Dennis DE-405, USS John C. Butler DE-339, USS Raymond DE-341, USS Fanshaw Bay St. Lo, White Plains, Kalinin Bay, Kitkun Bay and Gambier Bay... Link to post Share on other sites
Wharfmaster Posted May 1, 2015 Share #17 Posted May 1, 2015 I was on the job and many were disgusted at the news. I remember it well. You had to be there. Wharf In Peace and War, US Merchant Marine. WARNING: Dangerous Cargo. No Visitors, No Smoking, No Open Lights. Link to post Share on other sites
Dave Posted May 1, 2015 Share #18 Posted May 1, 2015 Same place as normaninvasion...my mom was five months pregnant at the time... Only a weak society needs government protection or intervention before it pursues its resolve to preserve the truth. Truth needs neither handcuffs nor a badge for its vindication. -Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy Peace is not the absence of war, but the defense of hard-won freedom. -Anton LaGuardia Link to post Share on other sites
gunbunnyB/3/75FA Posted May 1, 2015 Share #19 Posted May 1, 2015 as i was only 7 , probably in elementary school Link to post Share on other sites
m1ashooter Posted May 1, 2015 Share #20 Posted May 1, 2015 I was a senior in HS just about to graduate. The news said the President would address that nation that evening. I had a sense of dread that we were going to go in and that I would get caught up in the war. When he announced that we weren't going to return to SVN I felt relieved but then thought what was this worth. Why did we loose all of these men. For what? I still don't have the answer. GOD Bless Texas And All That Serve Her Link to post Share on other sites
BEAST Posted May 1, 2015 Share #21 Posted May 1, 2015 I was in Junior High. I remember sitting in my bedroom building a model tank and watching it on the news. I just remember being shocked and angry over the fall. " We sleep safe in our beds because rough men stand ready in the night to visit violence on those who would do us harm. " View my website honoring the men and women of Indiana: http://indianavets.wix.com/indiana-at-war and follow my updates on Facebook! https://www.facebook.com/IndianaModernAgeofWar/ Interested in US uniforms? Join the Association of American Military Uniform Collectors! http://aamuc.org/or find us on Facebook! facebook.com/AAMUC.ORG Link to post Share on other sites
rrobertscv Posted May 1, 2015 Share #22 Posted May 1, 2015 I was 14 and I remember how mad it made me, I grew up watching it on the news. I guess what made me so mad was that at least once every 3-4 months I went with my grandfather a WWII veteran to the local V.A. hospital and I remember all the young guys with missing limbs and disfigured bodies. Seemed like they had not only sacrificed, but had been sacrificed. Always looking for 70th Division(The Trailblazers) items or photos. Link to post Share on other sites
choochoo Posted May 1, 2015 Share #23 Posted May 1, 2015 figment of my parent's imagination.... at least I'd like to think I was. My only personal connection to the war is that my dad would drive his friend down to Camp Pendleton to see their relatives who were awaiting immigration processing. Link to post Share on other sites
Garth Thompson Posted May 1, 2015 Share #24 Posted May 1, 2015 Student Naval Aviator NAS Pensacola Link to post Share on other sites
pmanton Posted May 1, 2015 Share #25 Posted May 1, 2015 Ft. Lewis WA on my final assignment prior to retirement. Paul Salome, AZ Link to post Share on other sites
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