How can we ( Veteran from 1969 to 1975) stop the lies about the Vietnam Veterans being spit upon?

Perplexed Bob

US Army, 1969 to 1972 here.
When I got out of the service, I used to go to every protest rally at every college around my hometown. It was a great place to meet woman and get (you know what.) I went to meet the loose women, tho, not to protest.
Nearly all the kids at these rallies were just scared of what might happen to them if they were drafted. They spoke to me a lot and found comfort in the fact that I got thru in one piece. The news they were exposed to made it look like death was everywhere. But it was not.
There was, of course, one or two communists at these rallies, whose objective was to degrade our system. I dealt with them in an extreme physical manner. In the end, there was always a great party after the protest rally, and everyone I came in contact with was more at ease over their future than before.
The media had made most kids believe that Vietnam was as dangerous as a blind man walking down a busy freeway. It was nothing like that at all.
btw. I was called a baby killer several times by punk ash commie organizers at these rallies. It was that statement that always brought on the extreme physical reaction. I figured I did these commies a service by proving how agressive a vet actually was. It proved their point, and I felt better about it as well. Anyhow, it's likely we both got (you know what) afterward, for different reason tho.

richfraga

you and your lies again. you are a loser,trying to stir up trouble. because your life is pathetic and miserable

hvfunwme2004

Better yet ... HOW DO WE STOP YOUR PRESUMPTOUS LIES? Are you trying to be the hero you never were? You mention overseas but not Nam? Where did you get to go?

oscarsix5

You've got very small circle of friends then because I, for one was spat on at Logan Airport in Boston, March 1972. This isn't an urban myth!!!

Bill

Your experience can't be extended to all who served. Unless you have been alongside every single Vietnam returnee, you can't state that it didn't happen.

In 1989, Bob Greene wrote a book called Homecoming, which depicted various soldiers' experiences. Some claimed to have been spat upon (63 of them), others said they were not.

MSgt, United States Air Force (Retired)
(Not a Vietnam veteran)

wraeth - PHA

Once again people Erudite makes sh*t up on an hourly basis. He's an anti-war propagandist and that seems to be his only motivation in life. Please for the love of god stop answering his questions.

tx_trotter95

You were one of the lucky ones. I had friends with older brothers who were spit on and booed when they came back.

Also, the "baby killers" banners were all over the news. Good grief, you must have selective memory if you don't remember the protest marches where that slogan and worse were everywhere.

erehwon

Well you should have been...not for being a Veteran, but for being you. Another attempt to stir up some crap on here by your ignorant questions and another 2 points.

Sgt Big Red

I guess it depended on what time and day you landed and where you landed.. Most of the protestors only worked when they felt like it. I landed at LAX on a Friday night, and there WERE groups spitting and howling at us, but we were told to ignore them and not start confrontation.
I recieved the worst when I finaly got back home, friends believed a lot of crap and most of them stayed away from me, which was fine for me as we no longer had anything in common.
I ignored the chants, hell, all I wanted was to go home for some R&R
Sgt/USMC
68-75

oldhippypaul

I myself never saw any hostility. Some of the antiwar people were against the war and not against the solder. However, I have spoken to many vets who had no reason to lie to me that reported bad experiences. I believe that it was just the luck of the draw when you landed.

KatVic

you are a damn liar, plain and simple. your last name should be fonda. I seriously doubt you were even there liar! 1st.Sgt. 7th Special Forces (Ret.) Vietnam, 67-70

goody2shoes47677

So you were lucky but not everyone had this experience....what branch of the military were you in? Where did you server? Did you actually see any action? Saying that Vietnam Vets were not spit upon and saying that they were not called baby killer across the board is just ignorant. what you are basically saying is that your experience was everyone's experience, that NO ONE returning home from the war was treated with disrespect.... My father did 2 tours in Vietnam...it's not a time he likes to talk about...not the high point of his life...but I believe him when he says people made rude comments and called him names....He never stated that people were waiting for him at the airport to spit on him when he go home....BUT you can't say your experience was everyone's experience......

PRC47 GRUNT

Being in the Peace Corp doesnt "REALLY" count as serving your country during a war, POSER!! I was never spit on but was spat at in '73 in San Fransicko when came CONUS. Had one of those long hairs spit on me you would know me by my first name today. As for you ..... climb back on your Persian Rug and fly back to Iran and kiss the head sheet wearers azz!

conranger1

In all reality Erudite was always first to sympathize with the Anti-War Gang, why would they spit on one of their own??

You were probably the instigator of the spitting and "Baby-Killer" chanting along with your friend Jane Fonda.

And looking at some of the crap TROLL questions he continually posts, if he said it was daytime, I would have to look for myself because you cant believe one word he posts.

asigone

I am very glad this was brought up. My uncle was a radio man in Denang. In high school he was scouted by college and professional football teams. His best friend joied the Marines so my uncle went with him. He gained more respect for going to Vietnam than he ever did for being football star. I asked him once if he regretted going to war over playing pro football and he said "I did the right thing, I couldn't et my friend go without me." He now works on the production line at a Pepsi bottling company.

Darlene

I think that as long as the claim serves a purpose, it will be utilized. Just as there are people who insist "the U.S. doesn't torture" or "wmd's were (are)in Iraq", etc.; the distraction fulfills the void where reality ought to be.

conned_cerned_citizen

For those of you who donâ€™t spit, here is what actual spitting looks like
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gPhE-kiEu5Q

Republicans made up and repeat all those lies, in order to smear their political opponents. Once the Republican party is gone for good after 2008, America will begin to forget all their lies. Including the ones about Communist-Vietnam, today being an American success story.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Communist_Party_of_Vietnam

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