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MG TD TF 1500 - To all you veterans out there (OT)

To all you veterans out there - WWII, Korea, Cuban Missile Crises, Viet Nam, Iraq, Afghanistan Thank You For Your Service.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x2L3skZ7FEw&feature=youtu.be
David DuBois

You can't imagine how after 41 years how theraputic that 2 minutes and 31 seconds is, as always thanks for the valuable information
Jon Levine

Dave,
Thanks for posting that video,,,,It’s been a few years since I had to deal with the “return from Viet Nam experience”,,, This is my favorite “Englehart Editorial Cartoon”,..
My sincere thanks to all of our Veterans!!!

Viet Nam '68 '69
SPW



STEVE WINCZE

To all that have served:
Thank You For Your Service.
David Sheward

I am sitting in an airport using airport transfers tonbridge in Pennsylvania with tears in my eyes. Thank you for the reminder.

I was in the Army during the last 4 years of Vietnam but did not go there. I was stationed at Walter Reed Army Medical Center providing care for wounded soldiers.

I still remember the day that John Kerry testified to congress about the atrocities committed (much of his testimony has been deemed false). This was the speech that prompted the "Baby Killer" slogans to start popping up.

I remember our commanding officer putting out an order that no one was to leave the base in uniform due to incidents of getting spat on and very nasty names being hurled in the direction of those who did.

I am proud to say that our county has moved on and the support given to our soldiers now is as it should be.

Just prior to seeing this, I saw an older gentleman in a cap that said USN WWII to Vietman. I stopped and tanked him for his service.

Bruce Cunha
US Army LTC (RET)

Service during Vietnam, Panama, Grenada, Gulf War I, II and Afghanistan.
Bruce Cunha

At the risk of being severely chastised, what has this got to do with MG T's?
Chris Malcolm (TD 29228)

Probably 'cause if it wasn't for the way freedom is fought for around the world,,, there would be a lot of T owners who wouldn't be able to have one !!!

SPW
STEVE WINCZE

Chris - "At the risk of being severely chastised, what has this got to do with MG T's?"

Not one darned thing (other than to honor those who have served our country), that's why I labeled it OT :-) Cheers - Dave
David DuBois

I just curious since my son's in the Army as we speak. Am I missing a holiday today or something? Flag day was the 14th...?
Ed
efh Haskell

Ed, the video started around the Internet email distribution circuit earlier this month during Memorial day recognition.
Dallas Congleton

Sometimes members of this board go "OT" (off topic), sometimes it is to bring attention to something important.

Driving a "T" for a few years now some of the words I hear most offten "...when I was stationed in ..."
This normally means we are going for a ride as I am gratefull for those that served so I can have the freedom to drive my T.

Taken in that context the post has a lot to do with MGT's, and IMHO, is hardly off topic.
David Sheward

The MG T series really owes it's acceptance and sales success in the US to the returning US GIs (veterans). This kick started the MG company again and arguably the British auto industry after WWII.
Also we have had discussions in the past which disclosed the large number of Veterans on this forum, so Dave I think that your post was and is of some relevance to MG Ts. ;^), although it is probably more understood and appreciated by people who served in the military.
Dallas Congleton

I don't usually bring up my experience....But since it is here, I'll pass this along.....
I was stationed with the USAF in Phan Rang, RVN, when the Tet Offensive started (New Year's Eve, 1968)....I was a Detachment commander.
So I remember well what it was like coming home from there....
Getting spit on, and called "baby killer", was an every day event.
Believe me, John Kerry's statement was only a small part of what caused the attitude of civilians....
Constant newsreels of napom and CBU, bomb strikes , on small villages, and rice paddies, with scenes of burned children and roasted people, didn't do our American image a lot of good...
It was a stupid war, (as most are), and a sad waste of 58000 American lives, and countless others that were maimed for life....
And yes, we should be thanking our Veterans and their families for their sacrifices every day.
Sorry for the rant.
Edward
E.B. Wesson

Thanks Dave.
Mike
Vietnam 69/70
Crew Chief C-130
Mike TD/TA

Joined Navy after Gulf of Tonkin incident, got out just after Tet, was never really in harms way but served 4 years. Glad I did, glad I got out. But great memories, great friends and lots of fun. Thanks to all who served. Nothing to do with T cars, just meanandering.
Tom Maine (TD8105)

Navy, 1954 to 1960.
My signature on most other forums;



P Jennings

USMC 1956-60. Stationed in Hawaii for two years when I bought a 1953 MGTD. Perfect car, perfect place for it. The Armed Forces Foreign Car Club was very active and provided the turn marshals of the ASCCA races. When it rained, which was every day, they let us go onto the track to dry it out. Fun, fun.
John
JA Lewis

We were married in March 1969. Upon returning from our honeymoon my draft notice was waiting. Unfortunately had to sell my red TD (picture). That and the KP were the only negative memories.

I was drafted in Oakland which is also where some of the University of California, Berkeley students also entered the service. I vividly remember the first hair cuts at Fort Lewis. I can remember the somewhat shocked look on some of these "long haired" students when they lost their long locks. Must of been a real shock for them to go from protesting the war one day to entering the war the next.

Glad to have served my two years in the Army.

Roy


Roy Challberg

Army Special Forces 1960-1963. Bad Tolz, Germany. Just prior to Nam.

Stationed in the Alps. Skied regularly. Bought a new yellow Austin Healey Sprite Mark II. Jumped out of planes.

My hats off the the real Vets who served and supported in war zones.
Mort (50 TD "Mobius")

MOrt, could not let the last comment go by without a reply. All Vets are real vets. Whether we served in or out of a war zone. Most of us sacrified from 2 to 4 years while our brethern who did not got ahead of us in the real world. We all endured hardship away from friends, family and a regular kind of life. I was involved in a major boiler explosion on my ship while in the MED. it made no difference that it was not in a war zone. Not being mad, just pointing out that we all served, some in different ways.
Tom Maine (TD8105)

USN retired. June 24 1962 till Nov 30 1990. My how the time flies. Those 28 years and the 50 years (today) since I enlisted.
Gene Gillam

Tom Maine,
Point taken.
Mort
Mort (50 TD "Mobius")

Gene, when you come up for GOF Central we will have to have a beer or two. AM Navy Brat, father served during all three wars and I Beat him out of the Navy. He Retired in 70 I got out in 69.
Tom Maine (TD8105)

Looking forward to it, Tom.
My son is nearing 22 years in the Navy now. He was smarter than I was...he completed college and went in as an officer...glad I'd already retired...I'd have hated to have had to salute him.
Gene Gillam

I saluted mine, he swore me in in 1965. He was a LCDR when he retired flew single engines from SBD2's to Corsairs and Twin Beeches...
Tom Maine (TD8105)

Mort, I was in the same time as you. Army, Bad Kreuznach, Germany, also got out just prior to Nam. Got out, got married and bought my TD.

Thanks all for my freedom

Bill
Bill Brown

Gene, are you planning to come through St. Louis on your way to or from the GOF Central?
Jim Merz

I was in the US Army from 1983 to 1991 (active) and 1992 to 1994 (reserves). I was stationed at Fort Devens, MA, Fort Carson, CO, Field Station Kunia, HI, and Augsburg, Germany - West Germany, up until a few months before I left.

To be honest, it was no sacrifice for me. I was paid a good salary, got to travel around the world, worked in an interesting field (Military Intelligence) and worked with some of the finest people in this and several other countries. I had government housing, government health care, and government food. I attended college for free. My two children, both born in Army hospitals, cost me a grand total of $10.84. I had four weeks of vacation every year.

There were bad days, but they were far outnumbered by the good days.

A lot of vets didn't have it so good, but for my experience, I should be thanking U.S. taxpayers.

Thanks, everyone!

-Mike
MD Eldred

Jim,
I haven't checked directions yet...normally I just plug the destination into the GPS and set sail.
Please contact me off-list at anngene at bellsouth.net and I'll let you know my plans.
Gene

Gene Gillam

Even though I am a Canadian I am very thankful for the contributions made by the US Military and the Canadians. Our military forces have fought side by side in most of the major conflicts and have given unselfishly so that we can have the freedoms we enjoy today.

This topic is NEVER off topic.

Brian
Brian Smith (1950 TD3376)

Every day should be Veteran's Day.
Thanks. Larry
Larry Brown

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