Hi, Harriet, My brother died of Lou Gehrig's Disease (ALS) a few years ago... and I know what you mean about missing a brother. He was too young to say goodbye to. We tend to take people for granted...and expect them to be there always. But we don't know God's plan. And these people are a part of our genealogy, too. Whether they died at 23, 33, or 93 !! The facts of their deaths should be as important as the facts of their births and marriages. Of course, long messages should be sent Off List!!! mas -----Original Message----- From: vermont-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:vermont-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Harriet E. Cady Sent: Saturday, February 11, 2012 5:58 AM To: vermont@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [VERMONT] Vietnam and Vermont Hi Darrell, This type of memory written on the genealogy web rootsweb is what I believe should be.  It fills out for future the  readers personalities as well as giving information about the person for a future genealogist of your family to put with his/her records. Thank you also because my brother served in Vietnam but as a naval security he was aboard ship most of the time decoding. messages. He died at 33 in a car accident in East Hardwick and I miss him so much. Thanks Harriet >________________________________ > From: Darrell A. Martin <darrellm@sprynet.com> >To: vermont@rootsweb.com >Sent: Saturday, February 11, 2012 3:05 AM >Subject: [VERMONT] Vietnam and Vermont (was: Re: Bellows Falls 7/12/1889) > >On 2/10/2012 11:09 PM, Mary Anne Smith wrote: >> I bet you DID see some things in Vietnam.  And I don't envy you at ALL. >> >> How hot and humid was it over there?  I've always thot of it as a jungle... >> is it??? > >Mary Anne: > >There are 102 Green Mountain Boys on the Wall. There is an official >state memorial at the Sharon Rest Area, on northbound I-89. ><http://www.terrymartin.us/VTVets.htm> > >What I remember most about Vietnam is the people. Very hard working, >alert, and literate, as a group. They have a very old culture, based >fundamentally on the Chinese. But many Vietnamese in the 1970s, >especially those who fled the North in the 1950s, were Christians. The >people I got to know best lived in Ap Cao Xi, Tay Ninh Province. They >were Catholics and staunch anti-Communists; they were among those who >relocated from the North to escape the Viet Minh. (Officially, Catholics >make up about 7% of the population today, with perhaps another 2% >Protestants.) Our company secretary, Danh Thi Vinh, lived in Cao Xi. She >spoke Vietnamese, Cantonese, Cambodian, French, German, and English. > >About the only similarities between Vietnam and Vermont is that their >names start with the same letter, and they both have mountains. Most of >Vietnam's mountains are jungle; most of the plains are settled. And yes, >hot and humid, absolutely. At least hot all the time, where I spent most >of my time in III Corps area (Tay Ninh Province, then Di An near Long >Binh). In most of the country, the weather is dominated by the dry >season from December to April, and the monsoons which last from May to >November. > >When I arrived in country in January, 1970, I thought I would never stop >sweating. By the time I left I was sleeping under a wool blanket even >when the overnight low never got down to 80 degrees. The average annual >temperature of Tay Ninh is 81 degrees Fahrenheit (Springfield, 45 >degrees); the annual average rainfall is about 80 inches (Springfield, >34 inches). > >There is a country song from a couple decades back that sums things up >well for me. "No amount of money could buy from me, the memories I have >of then; no amount of money could pay me, to go back and do it again." > >Darrell >Former Sergeant, US Army, Vietnam > > > >*************************************** >List Guidelines: http://home.sprynet.com/~darrellm/list_rules.htm >Visit the Gateway to Vermont Web Site: http://www.rootsweb.com/~vermont/  > >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to VERMONT-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > *************************************** List Guidelines: http://home.sprynet.com/~darrellm/list_rules.htm Visit the Gateway to Vermont Web Site: http://www.rootsweb.com/~vermont/ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to VERMONT-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message