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at college....ucla......i963 this high school buddy who had joined the navy comes visit and he says "the funniest thing happened.....i'm stationed in viet nam..and......." "viet nam" i says....where the heck is viet nam?" he looks at me as if i'm stupid and says...."south east asia! ......anyway, i'm on duty...at the radar .....all of a sudden , sirens goin offf!!!! 'we're under attack!" well, we all just starin at the radar....not a thing...not a friggin thing!!!!!!! weird!" he tells me the name of his boat was the TURNER JOY and this took place in the BAY OF TONKIN a few months later.......congress passes the gulf of Tonkin resolution and the WAR IN VIETNAM commences. i, of course......was "against the war!!!!! funny what a little FACT can do, isn't it?
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Jul 26, 2010
Jul 26, 2010 at 4:01 PM UTC
vietnam war
at college....ucla......i963 this high school buddy who had joined the navy comes visit and he says "the funniest thing happened.....i'm stationed in viet nam..and......." "viet nam" i says....where the heck is viet nam?" he looks at me as if i'm stupid and says...."south east asia! ......anyway, i'm on duty...at the radar .....all of a sudden , sirens goin offf!!!! 'we're under attack!" well, we all just starin at the radar....not a thing...not a friggin thing!!!!!!! weird!" he tells me the name of his boat was the TURNER JOY and this took place in the BAY OF TONKIN a few months later.......congress passes the gulf of Tonkin resolution and the WAR IN VIETNAM commences. i, of course......was "against the war!!!!! funny what a little FACT can do, isn't it?
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Jul 26, 2010
Jul 26, 2010 at 4:01 PM UTC
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