Memorial Day Weekend
By Kharla Jolly
@kobesbuddy (78882)
East Tawas, Michigan
May 26, 2024 1:30pm CST
I was thinking this weekend about a young man I once knew. This boy gave his life for our country, during the Viet Nam war
Was he my boyfriend? No.
Terry V. was a young man that I'd gone out on a blind date with. My friend Leann moved to Bay City and she invited me to spend the weekend with her family.
On Saturday night, we double dated with Mark P/Leann and Me, with Terry V. It was a nice evening, we went to the drive-in movie for a few hours. We all had a nice time.
The next day was Sunday and I needed to drive back home to East Tawas, Mi. At that time, we were all in the eleventh grade in high school.(1968)
I never dated Terry again, but he was a very nice young man. I liked him a lot.
After marrying Bruce in 1970, I spotted Terry's obituary in the Bay City Newspaper. He had been tragically killed in a ground attack, after only one month of service in Viet Nam. Terry was nineteen years old, at the time
Of course, this saddened my heart, to read about Terry's untimely death:(
Was he my boyfriend? No.
Terry V. was a young man that I'd gone out on a blind date with. My friend Leann moved to Bay City and she invited me to spend the weekend with her family.
On Saturday night, we double dated with Mark P/Leann and Me, with Terry V. It was a nice evening, we went to the drive-in movie for a few hours. We all had a nice time.
The next day was Sunday and I needed to drive back home to East Tawas, Mi. At that time, we were all in the eleventh grade in high school.(1968)
I never dated Terry again, but he was a very nice young man. I liked him a lot.
After marrying Bruce in 1970, I spotted Terry's obituary in the Bay City Newspaper. He had been tragically killed in a ground attack, after only one month of service in Viet Nam. Terry was nineteen years old, at the time
Of course, this saddened my heart, to read about Terry's untimely death:(13 people like this
9 responses
@JudyEv (339431)
• Rockingham, Australia
27 May
@kobesbuddy I hope so. They've certainly earned it.
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@kobesbuddy (78882)
• East Tawas, Michigan
27 May
And there's a special place in God's kingdom, for all those men and women.
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@kobesbuddy (78882)
• East Tawas, Michigan
27 May
@JudyEv Yes, they certainly did earn this glorious place:)
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@kobesbuddy (78882)
• East Tawas, Michigan
27 May
Terry was a nice young man, I'm sure he's in heaven, with the Lord.
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@GardenGerty (160611)
• United States
27 May
That was an awful era and we lost so many.
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@kobesbuddy (78882)
• East Tawas, Michigan
27 May
Yes, there were many needless deaths, most of them young soldiers.
@FourWalls (67705)
• United States
28 May
Did you ever hear the Paul Hardcastle song “19”? It’s about the Vietnam war, and how the average age of the soldier there was 19.
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@LadyDuck (471253)
• Switzerland
28 May
@kobesbuddy It is sad when young healthy people die for a war that no one would want.
@kobesbuddy (78882)
• East Tawas, Michigan
27 May
I was shocked when I read this obituary. He was healthy, vibrant and very young.
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@JamesHxstatic (29413)
• Eugene, Oregon
27 May
So sad to read this. So many lives wasted on both sides during that war which should have never happened.
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@kobesbuddy (78882)
• East Tawas, Michigan
27 May
It was a needless display of violence, that sent this nation to its knees.
@kaylachan (69226)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
26 May
That's tragic, but at least he tried to defend our country.
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@kobesbuddy (78882)
• East Tawas, Michigan
26 May
Terry was only a boy, so to speak. He joined the Army, during the Viet Nam war.
@kobesbuddy (78882)
• East Tawas, Michigan
26 May
There were three men killed in that sneak attack, one from Bay City, Mi. This nineteen year old boy!
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@kobesbuddy (78882)
• East Tawas, Michigan
26 May
And the few soldiers who came back to Tawas, are emotional basket cases. My sister married one of these men, Richard attacked her with a baseball bat!
