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"There is nothing like the smell of American soil"!
*Uncle Jimmy Morrow, July 4, 1994*

Vietnam Veterans Tribute Page

My Uncle Jimmy (Right) in a Different World!

"I don't want to talk about it boy"! Uncle Jimmy Morrow, January 2, 1990

Christmas 1979

"I remember seeing bullets and tracers from the plane as we arrived in Vietnam"! Uncle Mike Morrow, October 4, 1998

Christmas 1979

"When we left America we were on our own. Your weapon was your best friend"! Uncle Mike Morrow, October 4, 1998

"I thought that your uncles would never come home and I was looking at them for the last time. I'm glad I was wrong about that". Grandma Betty Morrow, December, 1977

"I remember your Grandma giving your uncles a big hug just before they left for Vietnam". Grandpa Jim Morrow, October 4, 1998

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"I felt relieved when my son Jimmy called me from Vietnam"! Grandpa Jim Morrow, on contact with my uncle Jimmy through MARS system, October 4, 1998

"My son Mike had the guts to stick with it"! Grandpa Jim Morrow, October 4, 1998

"I remember getting the call that your uncle Mike was injured in the line of duty"! Grandpa Jim Morrow, October 4, 1998

"I knew my son Jimmy was fine cause he was meaner than hell"! Grandpa Jim Morrow, October 4, 1998

"Like everyone else in that time, nobody wanted their family to go there. We thought that our kisses goodbye would be our final ones and that there was the possibility that we would never meet again". My mother, Maria Hall, on my uncles departures to Vietnam, October 4, 1998

"The patch with the ham operators was a wonderful morale builder for the families and especially for the boys! It made their time bearable being able to hear "the voices from home". We talked about everything except the war and how much we loved them"! My mother, Maria Hall, on contact with my uncles while in Vietnam, October 4, 1998

"I did not think they would be back. I was the young hippie flower child that thought love would save everything and thought that love would be the answer. I had no clue that you had to pick up a gun to guarantee freedom"! My aunt, Vicky Stocker, on my uncles leaving for Vietnam, October 17, 1998

Vietnam. The world itself still stirs powerful emotions among adult Americans. The war in Southeast Asia was the longest in our nations history, July 1957 to May 1975, and except for the Civil War, the most divisive. Of nearly 2.7 million Americans serving in the war zone, over 58,000 men and women were killed; 300,000 were wounded; and 75,000 were permanently disabled. There are still 2,266 persons listed as missing in action.

For many Americans, the mention of places such as Khe Sanh, Ia Drang, A Shau Valley, Saigon, Danang, Quang Tri, Can Tho, or An Loe evokes battles fought and friends lost...brief victories and long term agonies. For those who served there, the sights, sounds, smells, and rain and heat of Vietnam are indelible.

But Vietnam was another world, and what happened in that faraway place were difficult to explain to those at home. Many veterans like my uncle Mike Morrow and my uncle Jimmy Morrow, did not discuss their experiences in Vietnam.

Vietnam returnees found America torn by the conflict in Southeast Asia. Few who survived their tour in "NAM" received open armed thanks or respect, and few who died were publicly mourned until the creation of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

For millions, the memorial has become a healing place.

My uncle, Jimmy Morrow, passed away on April 14, 1997, at the young age of 49. He served in Vietnam as a Buck Sergent E5 in support for the 5th Mechanized Unit Infantry, LZ Nancy, nine clicks from the DMZ, from June 21, 1966 - December 4, 1967. He was in the service until March 3, 1971. Uncle Jimmy...I AM PROUD!

My uncle Mike Morrow served in Vietnam from March 1968 - July 1969. He was a Specialist E4, Shotgun on D-9 Bulldozer, during Operation Ranch Hand, LZ Nancy with 14th Combat Engineer Battalion. He was medi vaced to Japan and from there spent almost 10 months in Valley Forge army hospital. He now lives with a re-contructed shoulder. My Uncle lives in Pendelton, Indiana today with two beautiful boys. He works as a Veterans Counselor. Uncle Mike...I AM PROUD!

If you would like to speak with my uncle Mike W. Morrow, or just WELCOME him HOME, his email address is lver_michael@hotmail.com or you can
CLICK HERE.

That first letter in the address is a lower case L.

I have felt their pain for years, even though I was to young to serve in Vietnam! I know as a fact my uncles and all of the men in Vietnam at that time saw things I will never see, and things I would NEVER want to see. Because of them I am free and proud to be an AMERICAN! Thank you Uncle Mike and Uncle Jimmy, and to all the American Vietnam Veterans of the world! You make me proud to be an AMERICAN!!!

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My uncle Mike Morrow, 1967.

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Uncle Mike, Library Court. Granville, Ohio 1967.

Me (Erich), Uncle Jimmy, and Gina, Library, Court. Granville, Ohio August 1968.

My uncle Mike and I, Library Court. Granville, Ohio 1966

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