SPC Jan Allbright, M.Sc., R.S. 864224 <div class="images-v2-count-1"><div class="content-picture image-v2-number-1" id="image-54375"> <div class="social_icons social-buttons-on-image"> <a href='https://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.rallypoint.com%2Fanswers%2F50-years-ago-today-august-04-in-sunny-vietnam-land-where-were-you%3Futm_source%3DFacebook%26utm_medium%3Dorganic%26utm_campaign%3DShare%20to%20facebook' target="_blank" class='social-share-button facebook-share-button'><i class="fa fa-facebook-f"></i></a> <a href="https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?text=50+years+ago+today%2C+August+04%2C+in+sunny+Vietnam-land+-+Where+were+you%3F&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.rallypoint.com%2Fanswers%2F50-years-ago-today-august-04-in-sunny-vietnam-land-where-were-you&amp;via=RallyPoint" target="_blank" class="social-share-button twitter-custom-share-button"><i class="fa fa-twitter"></i></a> <a href="mailto:?subject=Check this out on RallyPoint!&body=Hi, I thought you would find this interesting:%0D%0A50 years ago today, August 04, in sunny Vietnam-land - Where were you?%0D%0A %0D%0AHere is the link: https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/50-years-ago-today-august-04-in-sunny-vietnam-land-where-were-you" target="_blank" class="social-share-button email-share-button"><i class="fa fa-envelope"></i></a> </div> <a class="fancybox" rel="46d85a49be29fe7b95a14bdfe19f6f86" href="https://d1ndsj6b8hkqu9.cloudfront.net/pictures/images/000/054/375/for_gallery_v2/d5b98789.jpg"><img src="https://d1ndsj6b8hkqu9.cloudfront.net/pictures/images/000/054/375/large_v3/d5b98789.jpg" alt="D5b98789" /></a></div></div>President Johnson asks Congress for an additional $1.7 billion ($12.88 billion in 2015 dollars) for the war. 2015-08-04T09:22:34-04:00 SPC Jan Allbright, M.Sc., R.S. 864224

<div class="images-v2-count-1"><div class="content-picture image-v2-number-1" id="image-54375"> <div class="social_icons social-buttons-on-image"> <a href='https://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.rallypoint.com%2Fanswers%2F50-years-ago-today-august-04-in-sunny-vietnam-land-where-were-you%3Futm_source%3DFacebook%26utm_medium%3Dorganic%26utm_campaign%3DShare%20to%20facebook' target="_blank" class='social-share-button facebook-share-button'><i class="fa fa-facebook-f"></i></a> <a href="https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?text=50+years+ago+today%2C+August+04%2C+in+sunny+Vietnam-land+-+Where+were+you%3F&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.rallypoint.com%2Fanswers%2F50-years-ago-today-august-04-in-sunny-vietnam-land-where-were-you&amp;via=RallyPoint" target="_blank" class="social-share-button twitter-custom-share-button"><i class="fa fa-twitter"></i></a> <a href="mailto:?subject=Check this out on RallyPoint!&body=Hi, I thought you would find this interesting:%0D%0A50 years ago today, August 04, in sunny Vietnam-land - Where were you?%0D%0A %0D%0AHere is the link: https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/50-years-ago-today-august-04-in-sunny-vietnam-land-where-were-you" target="_blank" class="social-share-button email-share-button"><i class="fa fa-envelope"></i></a> </div> <a class="fancybox" rel="50cfcedfb65897af3accb69e06643e21" href="https://d1ndsj6b8hkqu9.cloudfront.net/pictures/images/000/054/375/for_gallery_v2/d5b98789.jpg"><img src="https://d1ndsj6b8hkqu9.cloudfront.net/pictures/images/000/054/375/large_v3/d5b98789.jpg" alt="D5b98789" /></a></div></div>President Johnson asks Congress for an additional $1.7 billion ($12.88 billion in 2015 dollars) for the war.

2015-08-04T09:22:34-04:00 2015-08-04T09:22:34-04:00 SCPO David Lockwood 864318

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Thanks for sharing?

2015-08-04T10:13:09-04:00 2015-08-04T10:13:09-04:00 SFC Joe S. Davis Jr., MSM, DSL 864644

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Thanks

2015-08-04T13:04:27-04:00 2015-08-04T13:04:27-04:00 SGT Bryon Sergent 864739

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>4 years Shy. Wasn't even a twinkle yet!

2015-08-04T13:53:28-04:00 2015-08-04T13:53:28-04:00 PO1 William "Chip" Nagel 865766

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>7 yrs old at St Claire's Catholic School being scolded by the German Nuns for Playing with those "Irish" (German Nun Speak for Both Irish and Blacks).

2015-08-04T21:17:12-04:00 2015-08-04T21:17:12-04:00 1SG Robert Rush 866504

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I was in high school and December 1969 I was there on the ground.

2015-08-05T09:07:18-04:00 2015-08-05T09:07:18-04:00 SPC Lyle Montgomery 8959620

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I was in Quang Tri Vietnam as a grunt with the 5th. mech as a M60 gunner in 1970. but that dosen&#39;t work with the 50 year thing. Its been 55 years since I was there

2025-03-16T12:32:50-04:00 2025-03-16T12:32:50-04:00 SP5 Dennis Loberger 8960221

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I was attending Goodrich High School

2025-03-17T18:09:50-04:00 2025-03-17T18:09:50-04:00 AN Ron Wright 8960240

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>junior high in Northern CA

2025-03-17T18:32:35-04:00 2025-03-17T18:32:35-04:00 SFC Jo Ann Klawitter 8960311

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Just got out of tech school paid for by the G.I. bill

2025-03-17T22:44:19-04:00 2025-03-17T22:44:19-04:00 SGT Lance LeBerte 8960336

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>3rd grade

2025-03-18T04:39:05-04:00 2025-03-18T04:39:05-04:00 Lt Col Charlie Brown 8960355

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>High School

2025-03-18T06:54:56-04:00 2025-03-18T06:54:56-04:00 SGT Philip Roncari 8960492

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Since this post is dated back to Aug 04 2015,50 years would put me enlisting in Uncle Sam’s Army that coming November 1965,so probably I was sitting on the third bar stool from the door at the local gin mill,little did I know the next three years would change the rest of my life, Welcome Home Brothers

2025-03-18T11:39:24-04:00 2025-03-18T11:39:24-04:00 AN Ron Wright 8989220

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Just starting high school

2025-06-09T21:46:03-04:00 2025-06-09T21:46:03-04:00 2015-08-04T09:22:34-04:00