{"id":29197,"date":"2012-03-19T19:10:04","date_gmt":"2012-03-19T23:10:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=29197"},"modified":"2012-03-19T19:11:35","modified_gmt":"2012-03-19T23:11:35","slug":"vietnam-vets-reunite-with-facebook","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=29197","title":{"rendered":"Vietnam vets reunite with Facebook"},"content":{"rendered":"

ROS sends us a link to a story<\/a> of two Vietnam Veterans who found each other after 42 years. The last time they had seen each other was when one was medivaced from a fire fight.<\/p>\n

\u201cHave you tried Facebook?\u201d Melissa asked. “Give me a name.”<\/p>\n

[Michael] Sanzaro remembered Ron Colby, a Saukville resident who left his tour by helicopter when his lung was punctured by shrapnel from a booby trap. Having no knowledge of what became of Colby, they plugged in his name and Melissa composed a brief message. <\/p>\n

\u201cMy father would like to know if you served in golf co 2\/5 in vietnam in 1970?\u201d Melissa wrote on Jan. 12.<\/p>\n

Twenty-two days later, Colby found the message and responded right away.<\/p>\n

\u201cYes, I did,\u201d Colby wrote. \u201cWho is your father? I’m sorry I didn’t answer this much earlier. I didn’t even see your message until now. I’m still trying to understand this medium. Obviously, I’m not from the computer age.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Facebook has reconnected me with many of my troops from decades ago, I’m thankful that it connected me with one just before his untimely death. I’d thought that I’d never hear from any of them ever again. So although Facebook is a huge pain in the ass sometimes, it has it’s uses. <\/p>\n

I’m glad these two friends have reconnected and their questions about each other have been answered. It’s also instructive in the relationships between soldiers. Some names never die in your memory – there are days you can’t find your car keys, but you never forget the name of that guy who chewed dirt with you decades ago.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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