One out of every ten Americans who served in Vietnam became a casualty. As a result, 58,169 were killed and 304,000 wounded out of 2.29 million who served. 75,000 Vietnam Veterans are severely disabled. I am one of these 75,000, and as a result, am on dialysis. I’ve previously related my tale of woe: Sent In-Country Vietnam as first an electronics advisor then an ordnance advisor. Exposed to Agent Orange while traveling widely in the III and IV Corp. Lead to diabetes then to kidney failure then to dialysis as I write this blog today.
As you my ascertain from previous blog entries, from time to time I attempt to relate my dialysis situation back to my military training and experiences. Today’s blog while seemingly off topic is just that. The blog is about a little known group in the Vietnam War who named themselves the Razorbacks. They were a helicopter unit flying armed Hueys whose mission was to rescue mostly downed aircraft personnel. At first they also protected Saigon from their base at Tan Son Nhut and later from Nha Be. An AF firefighter named Jason Stone became associated with the Razorbacks and through his efforts the following video was produced. Please watch it and extract your own message from its contents, however it relates to your situation.
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