http://vietnam.lohudcrime.com/2007/11/06/a-war-story-bugs-bunny-would-love/ A veteran, his daughter, their journey Tue, 06 Jan 2009 10:46:17 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 http://vietnam.lohudcrime.com/2007/11/06/a-war-story-bugs-bunny-would-love/#comment-99 Return to Vietnam » Blog Archive » Calling all local Vietnam veterans Sat, 01 Dec 2007 03:04:39 +0000 http://vietnam.lohudcrime.com/2007/11/06/a-war-story-bugs-bunny-would-love/#comment-99 [...] in The Journal News, my father has discovered an entire community to share stories with - the funny ones as well as the [...] [...] in The Journal News, my father has discovered an entire community to share stories with – the funny ones as well as the [...]

]]> http://vietnam.lohudcrime.com/2007/11/06/a-war-story-bugs-bunny-would-love/#comment-36 Return to Vietnam » Blog Archive » Lighting a candle for a fallen friend Sun, 11 Nov 2007 15:11:00 +0000 http://vietnam.lohudcrime.com/2007/11/06/a-war-story-bugs-bunny-would-love/#comment-36 [...] City today, we drove by a Catholic church in Cu Chi - probably the same parish that helped supply those rabbits my father’s unit gave to the villagers 40 years ago. The church was closed, but my father left a lit candle in the [...] [...] City today, we drove by a Catholic church in Cu Chi – probably the same parish that helped supply those rabbits my father’s unit gave to the villagers 40 years ago. The church was closed, but my father left a lit candle in the [...]

]]> http://vietnam.lohudcrime.com/2007/11/06/a-war-story-bugs-bunny-would-love/#comment-25 Jim Murphy Tue, 06 Nov 2007 23:47:25 +0000 http://vietnam.lohudcrime.com/2007/11/06/a-war-story-bugs-bunny-would-love/#comment-25 Not as good a story as neutered rabbits but: we had a Civic Action Patrol (CAP) officer come to 19th Adv Team compound(MAC-V) on the south edge of Quang Tri City and he was looking for volunteers to help villagers build and maintain small bridges over canals and swamps at a nearby village. It never occurred to us that the local villagers had been building and maintaining their footbridges for centuries. After we spent all day building a bridge.... local 'observers' pointed out that our bridge went to a little hill in the middle of a swamp... a bridge to nowhere. They said that it was possible that, with patience, the little island might grow some day to honor our bridge. Not as good a story as neutered rabbits but: we had a Civic Action Patrol (CAP) officer come to 19th Adv Team compound(MAC-V) on the south edge of Quang Tri City and he was looking for volunteers to help villagers build and maintain small bridges over canals and swamps at a nearby village. It never occurred to us that the local villagers had been building and maintaining their footbridges for centuries. After we spent all day building a bridge….
local ‘observers’ pointed out that our bridge went to a little hill in the middle of a swamp… a bridge to nowhere. They said that it was possible that, with patience, the little island might grow some day to honor our bridge.

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