The 60's were you there

[Gary A.]

Welcome home Jim! What outfit?

 

[JimMcClain]

Welcome home Jim! What outfit?

That picture was when I was in the Big Red One (1st Infantry Div.), 8/6 Artillery. I was a crypto specialist. I transferred to the Mekong Delta area and worked in various comm jobs for the 52nd Signal Bat.

Thanks Gary and @oldhippy, for the welcome home.

 

[psychoangel94]

I always thought the '60s was the year to be born in America. So jealous of all you folk that got to live through those '70s. I would have been so alive. I resonate with the counterculture of the age. I feel like the 2000's just killed the youth and their potential.

 

[psychoangel94]

Oh my goodness how embarrassing. My old email that I made when I was 8 shows up as my username haha

 

[petrochemist]

And do you still remember

In the past I've been told if you remember the sixties you wern't there.
I don't remember much of them so I guess I was.
I was actually born about half way through, and have vauge memories of a couple of events in my preschool days.

 

[hotpeppergyrl]

Thank you for your service Jim.. God bless the USA!

 

[razaka2000]

Its just so cute for the 60s.

 

[alv]

yes

 

[bogeyguy]

We some how managed to survive it all. Born in 1947, came to life in those sixty's.

 

[pgriz]

Entered the 60ies as an immigrant kid in grade 1 and no real knowledge of the two predominant languages. Left that decade starting in university, and beginning to understand the immensity of what was going on around. I remember the Cuban Missle crisis, the Kennedy assassination, the Vietnam War, the election of Nixon. I remember Montreal's Expo 67, afro hair, bell bottoms, tie-died t-shirts, the peace sign, the Beatles, the Ed Sullivan show. I remember the excitement of the Moon landing. I remember "Life". I remember the first real kiss and the awkward confusion of what to do next. I remember watching "Ben Hur" in a church basement with my Dad. I remember seeing Slim Pickens ride his H-bomb in Dr. Strangelove. I remember staying out all night to watch the stars. I remember the optimism and the feeling that everything was possible.

 

[annamaria]

I was 2 years old in 1960 and hard as I try can't remember much, after all I was a wee little thing, lol. I had some wonderful childhood memories of the late 60's and 70's. Miss those years.

 

[Gary A.]

Welcome home Jim! What outfit?

That picture was when I was in the Big Red One (1st Infantry Div.), 8/6 Artillery. I was a crypto specialist. I transferred to the Mekong Delta area and worked in various comm jobs for the 52nd Signal Bat.

Thanks Gary and @oldhippy, for the welcome home.

Phuoc Vinh?

 

[Gary A.]

I always thought the '60s was the year to be born in America. So jealous of all you folk that got to live through those '70s. I would have been so alive. I resonate with the counterculture of the age. I feel like the 2000's just killed the youth and their potential.

Those decades, '60's and '70's ... we were all so alive, everything seemed original, music, art, politics ... we were all so full of hope, (and crap ... and drugs), ... thinking music could change the world ... thinking we could change the world. We did end a war, we moved to legislate equality for Blacks, we recognised Women as equals and actually listened to their voice, Farm Workers were organized, we gave the Environment and Peace a chance ... and hell ... we even went to the Moon ...

"All You Need is Love" ...

I have very few images from the sixties ... they just got lost over the decades, but I have a box full from the seventies. (Most here won't know the dif.)

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[JimMcClain]

Phuoc Vinh?

No, Lai Khe. That was 68-69. Then from 69-70, I was in Can Tho.

 

[Gary A.]

Oh man Can Tho ... can't get more Delta than that ... IV Corps.