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<a class="fancybox" rel="da8bfe6578b3a4267ac43631a5c94561" href="https://d1ndsj6b8hkqu9.cloudfront.net/pictures/images/000/061/370/for_gallery_v2/9e1ba88b.jpg"><img src="https://d1ndsj6b8hkqu9.cloudfront.net/pictures/images/000/061/370/large_v3/9e1ba88b.jpg" alt="9e1ba88b" /></a></div></div>Did you hear that Vietnam veterans reunite in Hampton, bond over military patrol boats?<br /><br /><a target="_blank" href="http://www.stripes.com/military-life/military-history/vietnam-veterans-reunite-in-hampton-bond-over-military-patrol-boats-1.370249">http://www.stripes.com/military-life/military-history/vietnam-veterans-reunite-in-hampton-bond-over-military-patrol-boats-1.370249</a><br /><br />Ralph Richason and Ken McCorry last saw one another when they were teenagers at war in Vietnam.<br /><br />"The last time I laid eyes on this man was 45 years ago," said Richason, of Texas, placing an arm around McCorry, from Pennsylvania. "We were on the same boat one night when we got mortared."<br /><br />The two former sailors reunited in Hampton this week with other Navy and Army veterans who patrolled the inland waterways of Vietnam on boats called PBRs, which stands for "patrol boat, river." It's the same boat from the 1979 war epic "Apocalypse Now" — most of the movie was hyperbole, several of the veterans said.<br /><br />"Except the water skiing," Pat Doyle added with a sly smile and wink.<br /> <div class="pta-link-card answers-template-image type-default">
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<a class="fancybox" rel="29d379289643cf43638e3bd17ab45edd" href="https://d1ndsj6b8hkqu9.cloudfront.net/pictures/images/000/061/370/for_gallery_v2/9e1ba88b.jpg"><img src="https://d1ndsj6b8hkqu9.cloudfront.net/pictures/images/000/061/370/large_v3/9e1ba88b.jpg" alt="9e1ba88b" /></a></div></div>Did you hear that Vietnam veterans reunite in Hampton, bond over military patrol boats?<br /><br /><a target="_blank" href="http://www.stripes.com/military-life/military-history/vietnam-veterans-reunite-in-hampton-bond-over-military-patrol-boats-1.370249">http://www.stripes.com/military-life/military-history/vietnam-veterans-reunite-in-hampton-bond-over-military-patrol-boats-1.370249</a><br /><br />Ralph Richason and Ken McCorry last saw one another when they were teenagers at war in Vietnam.<br /><br />"The last time I laid eyes on this man was 45 years ago," said Richason, of Texas, placing an arm around McCorry, from Pennsylvania. "We were on the same boat one night when we got mortared."<br /><br />The two former sailors reunited in Hampton this week with other Navy and Army veterans who patrolled the inland waterways of Vietnam on boats called PBRs, which stands for "patrol boat, river." It's the same boat from the 1979 war epic "Apocalypse Now" — most of the movie was hyperbole, several of the veterans said.<br /><br />"Except the water skiing," Pat Doyle added with a sly smile and wink.<br /> <div class="pta-link-card answers-template-image type-default">
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Did you hear that Vietnam veterans reunite in Hampton, bond over military patrol boats?2015-09-26T08:06:03-04:002015-09-26T08:06:03-04:00SSgt Alex Robinson995504<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Thanks for sharing... great post as always <a class="dark-link bold-link" role="profile-hover" data-qtip-container="body" data-id="138758" data-source-page-controller="question_response_contents" href="/profiles/138758-col-mikel-j-burroughs">COL Mikel J. Burroughs</a>Response by SSgt Alex Robinson made Sep 26 at 2015 8:07 AM2015-09-26T08:07:42-04:002015-09-26T08:07:42-04:00PO1 John Miller995514<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div><br />Some of the unsung heroes of Vietnam, thanks for sharing!Response by PO1 John Miller made Sep 26 at 2015 8:21 AM2015-09-26T08:21:34-04:002015-09-26T08:21:34-04:00LTC Stephen F.995710<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>No I did you hear that Vietnam veterans reunite in Hampton, bond over military patrol boats <a class="dark-link bold-link" role="profile-hover" data-qtip-container="body" data-id="138758" data-source-page-controller="question_response_contents" href="/profiles/138758-col-mikel-j-burroughs">COL Mikel J. Burroughs</a>. Hampton Roads is full of civil war military naval history as well as more recent military watercraft history.<br />It seems like a very appropriate place to reunite with Army and Navy riverine patrol boat crew members.Response by LTC Stephen F. made Sep 26 at 2015 10:48 AM2015-09-26T10:48:29-04:002015-09-26T10:48:29-04:002015-09-26T08:06:03-04:00