My eldest Daughter was born while I was in Vietnam in May 1967. I did not come home until Jan 1968. It took a lot of adjustment to settle down, after what I just went through. Not to mention what My wife must have gone through while I was gone. We were married when I got drafted but had no children…
What got Me and many others, some time later a certain individual who was a draft dodger, fled to Canada and later on became president…it still sticks in My craw…
Thanks for your service.Too young for Viet Nam but did get to Iraq a couple of times in the Air Force.Years ago I worked in MOTBY Bayonne NJ.You could buy anything from aircraft carriers (for scrap)to military Jeeps(which had to be cut in half because of liability issues) The only other tactical vehicles I saw in the disposal yard were two Fire Trucks(530As)which I believe were Reo’s.
After WW2 a number of European truck builders bought a bunch those old GMCs and put their engines in them and refurbished them. An example is Henschel, which sold Henschel-GMC trucks (GMC body/chassis; Henschel engines)
My high school ag farm had an Army surplus tractor. This was in 1974; I was a junior taking Ag 1 as an elective. As the oldest student in the class, I got to drive the tractor.
