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tripleripple · 04-24-2010, 10:05 PM

Hey everybody, just found out, a friend of my father's from the Vietnam War just passed away. He was relatively young, and obviously didn't deserve the night sweats, drug addictions, and schizophrenia he inherited from serving in that war. I'm aware those things don't happen to every soldier coming home, but it hit him hard. He wasn't a rider, but he was a good good guy and wouldn't hesitate to give you the shirt off his back. Please raise a glass. Luke, sail on brother.

mscuddy · 04-24-2010, 11:29 PM

Sorry to hear about your friend. It's a trip we all make, some sooner than others. I'm sure he had some good as well as bad memories from the Vietnam conflict. We all can't be warriors. God speed.

Dr_Sprocket · 04-25-2010, 03:11 AM

I'll raise a glass tonight in his honor.

Post-war syndrome is not limited only to Vietnam veterans, but is the lasting legacy from any conflict.

jmdonald · 04-25-2010, 07:01 AM

God Bless Mike Lucas.

seruzawa · 04-25-2010, 07:11 AM

Another brother gone. And for what? So a pack of degraded moochers.. er I mean lefties, crying "gimmee gimmee gimmee" can hand the nation over to a slog of criminals.

Never forget that the Rats started that war. The "party of peace". KMA. I p1ss on you all.

sarnali2 · 04-25-2010, 08:06 AM

sorry for your loss, RIP Mike

Kenneth_Moore · 04-25-2010, 11:43 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dr_Sprocket

I'll raise a glass tonight in his honor.

Post-war syndrome is not limited only to Vietnam veterans, but is the lasting legacy from any conflict.

What may be different about Viet Nam is that it was our last war fought, for the most part, by draftees. There were a lot of people in that war who didn't want to be there. Add that to the fact that so many soldiers were treated badly when they came back, and a situation that's difficult for any soldier was near impossible for many Viet Nam vets.

Godspeed to your Amigo.

Dr_Sprocket · 04-25-2010, 01:51 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dr_Sprocket

I'll raise a glass tonight in his honor.

Post-war syndrome is not limited only to Vietnam veterans, but is the lasting legacy from any conflict.

Raising said glass as I type this.

God speed, my good man! God speed.

04-24-2010, 10:05 PM	#1
tripleripple Founding Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Lightly Fortified Compound (apartment): Chicago, IL Posts: 421	RIP Mike Lucas Hey everybody, just found out, a friend of my father's from the Vietnam War just passed away. He was relatively young, and obviously didn't deserve the night sweats, drug addictions, and schizophrenia he inherited from serving in that war. I'm aware those things don't happen to every soldier coming home, but it hit him hard. He wasn't a rider, but he was a good good guy and wouldn't hesitate to give you the shirt off his back. Please raise a glass. Luke, sail on brother.

04-24-2010, 11:29 PM	#2
mscuddy MODERATOR X Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Next to my still checkin the temp. Posts: 5,444	Sorry to hear about your friend. It's a trip we all make, some sooner than others. I'm sure he had some good as well as bad memories from the Vietnam conflict. We all can't be warriors. God speed. __________________ A gun is a tool, Marian; no better or no worse than any other tool: an axe, a shovel or anything. A gun is as good or as bad as the man using it. Remember that.

04-25-2010, 03:11 AM	#3
Dr_Sprocket Founding Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Delmarva Peninsula Posts: 2,331	I'll raise a glass tonight in his honor. Post-war syndrome is not limited only to Vietnam veterans, but is the lasting legacy from any conflict. __________________ "Aid to the helpless indigent is civilized. Aid to the irresponsible is socially corrosive." ----- Schizuki (c. 2011) Last edited by Dr_Sprocket : 04-25-2010 at 01:50 PM.

04-25-2010, 07:01 AM	#4
jmdonald Founding Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Mission Viejo Posts: 688	God Bless Mike Lucas. __________________ Deliberate ignorance is the practice of refusing to consider or discuss logic or evidence disproving ideologically motivated positions. Related concepts are wishful thinking and the fallacy of invincible ignorance.

04-25-2010, 07:11 AM	#5
seruzawa Robby Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: 8501 ft. Posts: 16,803	Another brother gone. And for what? So a pack of degraded moochers.. er I mean lefties, crying "gimmee gimmee gimmee" can hand the nation over to a slog of criminals. Never forget that the Rats started that war. The "party of peace". KMA. I p1ss on you all. __________________ I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion. I watched c-beams glitter in the dark near the Tanhauser Gate. All those moments will be lost in time, like tears in the rain.

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04-25-2010, 08:06 AM	#6
sarnali2 Aging Cafe` Racer Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Sittin' down by my window, lookin' at the rain. Posts: 8,132	sorry for your loss, RIP Mike __________________ "Carpe` Throttelum -Loud Suits Save Lives" "All the BMW riders in the room, I want you to leave. Now. Out. "