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<\/a><\/center><\/p>\nThe Daily Caller<\/a> recounts the story of Chick Donohue\u2019s \u201cgreatest beer run\u201d which began as a conversation with a bartender. Chick was discussing the anti-war demonstrations when the bartender quipped that someone should go to Vietnam and give the troops a pat on the back and a beer.<\/p>\n Mr. Donohue took these words seriously and got a job as an oiler on the Drake Victory, a merchant ship taking ammunition from New York to Vietnam. He shipped out with beer and any information he could find regarding his friends stationed overseas.<\/p>\n He arrived in Qui Nhon harbor, where his friend Tom Collins was stationed. \u201cChickie Donohue, what the hell are you doing here?\u201d Collins said when he saw Donohue get off the boat. Donohue replied, \u201cI came to bring you a beer.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201c[Donohue] came through at a time when society didn\u2019t want us and the protesters were on us \u2026 but that\u2019s Chickie,\u201d Collins said. \u201cHe\u2019s one of the nicest but craziest guys you ever want to meet.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n Then Donohue hitched a ride on a mail plane to Khe Sanh to make a delivery to Rick Duggan, his friend who was with the 1st Cavalry Division there.<\/p>\n \u201cWhen he showed up, I felt like I was in \u2018The Twilight Zone,’\u201d Duggan said. \u201cAll my guys were flabbergasted, asking, \u2018You mean he\u2019s here voluntarily?’\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n Needless to say, everyone called BS on Chick when he told the story, so he wrote a book about his adventure; \u201cThe Greatest Beer Run Ever: A True Story of Friendship Stronger Than War<\/a>\u201d<\/p>\n Thanks to Mick for the link.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"