Nobody else seems to know or care that it's Veterans day

[Diogenes]

IT'S VETERANS DAY!

DROP A FLAG IN A REPLY TO THIS POST IF YOU ARE GRATEFUL FOR THEIR SERVICE

 

[T. A. Gardner]

 

[Diogenes]

 

[Damocles]

Go Navy!

 

[Diogenes]

Go Navy!

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[Lionfish]

 

[Diogenes]

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[EdwinA]

Biggest balls in Viet Nam:

Those guys should have gotten triple pay for life.

 

[Diogenes]

Biggest balls in Viet Nam: Those guys should have gotten triple pay for life.

Tunnel rats were volunteers. No official designation or extra incentive pay existed specifically for "tunnel rat" duties. It was considered part of regular infantry/engineer combat operations.

• Base Pay: Determined by rank and years of service (e.g., an E-1 private earned ~$78/month in 1965, rising to ~$138 by 1972).
• Hazardous Duty Pay: Existed for specific qualifying duties, such as:
  • Parachute duty ("jump pay"): +$55/month (E-1 to E-3) or +$110/month (E-4+).
  • Demolition duty: +$55–$110/month.
  • Flight pay, diving pay, etc.
  • Hostile Fire/Imminent Danger Pay: +$65/month (later increased) for any soldier in a combat zone exposed to hostile fire—this applied to nearly all troops in Vietnam, not just tunnel rats.

 

[EdwinA]

Tunnel rats were volunteers. No official designation or extra incentive pay existed specifically for "tunnel rat" duties. It was considered part of regular infantry/engineer combat operations.

• Base Pay: Determined by rank and years of service (e.g., an E-1 private earned ~$78/month in 1965, rising to ~$138 by 1972).
• Hazardous Duty Pay: Existed for specific qualifying duties, such as:
  • Parachute duty ("jump pay"): +$55/month (E-1 to E-3) or +$110/month (E-4+).
  • Demolition duty: +$55–$110/month.
  • Flight pay, diving pay, etc.
  • Hostile Fire/Imminent Danger Pay: +$65/month (later increased) for any soldier in a combat zone exposed to hostile fire—this applied to nearly all troops in Vietnam, not just tunnel rats.

Doesn't change the fact they should have been paid extra, compared to the 90% of military personnel that never see combat. $65/month was chump change.

 

[EdwinA]

MSN

 

[serendipity]

Biggest balls in Viet Nam:

Those guys should have gotten triple pay for life.

My DIL comes from Saigon and one time we went down the Cu Chi Tunnels, they'd been widened to accommodate tourists but they were still claustrophobic and humid. I did think about the guys that went down there to engage the Vietcong.

 

[serendipity]

As usual no response from the usual suspects, Phanny's hubby Bud was in that war and he won't go there again.

 

[Jake Starkey]

GO ARMY!

 

[WinterBorn]

I received quite a few wishes for a Happy Veterans Day, and thanks for my service.