Remembered in Vietnam are ... ... the US commander who was responsible for a major massacre on civilians, and although convicted, never had to go even to prison, but runs now a jewelry shop in the States ... ... the few US heroes, who went in with their copter between those who were shooting at the helpless, aiming their board gun at their fellows in order to stop it, and then pulled a few half dead Vietnamese out of the trenches and flew them to a hospital ... ... a former senator (Kerrey) who received orders of merit, but now admits, that his unit was killing innocent old people, women and children. One of his former comrades says, they knew quite well at whom they were shooting..... ... the couple of US service men and their Vietnamese colleagues who died some weeks ago in a helicopter crash here in Vietnam while searching for the bodies of a few fallen US soldiers. [where I as a German ask myself, why so much money is spent on retrieving remains from Vietnam, while little was done after WWII to retrieve remains from Germany]. ... ... the US government which is slowly starting to accept responsibility for Agent Orange related damages on US service personnel, but still denies it to the Vietnamese who were sprayed with it, and to whom a few Dollars would make a huge difference. ... ... the US vets, who come back to their former areas and - together with their former enemies - now build schools, hospitals, peace parks. ... ... the US vets, former POW here, who in their position as congressmen, Ambassador, senator, now try to "normalize" the relations between both countries - even if it might make them unpopular - because they know, that this is what would help both peoples most. Stefan, Hanoi, Vietnam

Folks, I am no longer the administrator for this List, but do want to apologize for Stefan Probst's posts. I posted my contribution in an effort to honor our veterans for their service and sacrifices. Stefan is a German living in Hanoi, Vietnam. That should be enough to explain his obvious dislike for America. Anyone can search through history and find things that do not put a country in its best light. Just as there is no perfect person, there is no perfect country. To deliberately set out to embarrass, condemn, and denigrate our great country is despicable. In my opinion, if Stefan Probst hates our country so much, I truly hope he stays up there with his Communist friends and never visits our shores. I apologize to Debbie, the new List Administrator, for replying here. I had already replied privately to Stefan, but it seems he has an ax to grind with America, and has chosen the EUDORA-MAIL List as the place to spout his venom. If anyone wishes to discuss this further, PLEASE email me privately, not back here to the List. To Stefan: Buzz off ! SgtGeorge George W. Durman georgedurman@home.com At 07:50 AM 05/16/2001, Stefan Probst wrote: *********START OF ORIGINAL MESSAGE TEXT********* >Remembered in Vietnam are ... > > >... the US commander who was responsible for a major massacre on >civilians, and although convicted, never had to go even to prison, >but runs now a jewelry shop in the States ... > >... the few US heroes, who went in with their copter between those >who were shooting at the helpless, aiming their board gun at their >fellows in order to stop it, and then pulled a few half dead >Vietnamese out of the trenches and flew them to a hospital ... > >... a former senator (Kerrey) who received orders of merit, but now >admits, that his unit was killing innocent old people, women and >children. One of his former comrades says, they knew quite well at >whom they were shooting..... > >... the couple of US service men and their Vietnamese colleagues who >died some weeks ago in a helicopter crash here in Vietnam while >searching for the bodies of a few fallen US soldiers. [where I as a >German ask myself, why so much money is spent on retrieving remains >from Vietnam, while little was done after WWII to retrieve remains >from Germany]. ... > >... the US government which is slowly starting to accept >responsibility for Agent Orange related damages on US service >personnel, but still denies it to the Vietnamese who were sprayed >with it, and to whom a few Dollars would make a huge difference. ... > >... the US vets, who come back to their former areas and - together >with their former enemies - now build schools, hospitals, peace >parks. ... > >... the US vets, former POW here, who in their position as >congressmen, Ambassador, senator, now try to "normalize" the >relations between both countries - even if it might make them >unpopular - because they know, that this is what would help both >peoples most. > >Stefan, >Hanoi, Vietnam **********END OF ORIGINAL MESSAGE TEXT**********