Vietnam in HD
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- moldero0
heres a not so funny but kinda funny story, in SF me and my dad took in a Vietnam vet off the street once to help put him on his feet, he slept in the garage with my motorcycles (better than his previous conditions i guess, it was better than it sounded, garage was kinda nice anyway) he slept by my room as my room was downstairs. 1 night without thinking I decided to smoke a bowl and watch Platoon in full surround, also had one of those 15" sub bass things for home theaters. (keep in mind vietnam vet sleeping right outside my bedroom door in the echo-y garage) so Im watching this movie and right when barnes dies, after the Tet offensive I decide to head upstairs to grab something out of the fridge, as I walked out my door, homeboy was sitting in his cot crying and sweating, i felt like such a jackass, the next day he was telling me about being caught up in the tet offensive telling me how he felt like a coward his whole life because while his friends were getting massacred around him, he couldn't do anything but hide watch and listen and it haunts him to this very day.
that war was pure insanity.