War Stories: 28 Patients, Four Pigs and Three Chickens

via Real Combat Life by Robert Robeson

The U.S. Army 236^th Medical Detachment (Helicopter Ambulance) was situated on the edge of Da Nang Harbor, South Vietnam during the late ‘60s and early ‘70s. It has a long record of “Dust Off”  medical evacuation duty.

            (“Dust Off” was a tactical call sign for U.S. Army, Medical Service Corps, medical evacuation helicopters. Since the countryside in many areas was dry and dusty, helicopter pickups for the wounded and dead in the field often blew dust, dirt, blankets, and shelter halves over troops on the ground. The name caught on and lasted throughout the war.

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“You may hate the war, but never hate the ones that fight. For they do not choose when or where to fight. All they chose was to protect who they love and even the people they don’t know.” 
― Millie

May No Soldier Walk Alone

May no Soldier go unloved, May no Soldier walk alone, May no Soldier be forgotten until they all come home.  ~Jeff Bader

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via Operation Gratitude 

 At this time, our most urgent needs are for:
~Personal letters for Deployed Troops, Veterans and Wounded Warriors;
~Hand-made Scarves and Paracord Bracelets;
~Beanie Babies/WebKinz/Trolls; and
~Financial donations to pay for production and shipping expenses ($15/package). 

NOTE: The troops use the beanie babies to give to the kids, in turn they tell them the  locations of “potential concern” eg., weapon caches, Taliban. They’re in high demand for personal letters. This is something I’ll be doing, If you’re interested, the requirements are here. Learn more at: Operations Gratitude.

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