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Originally Posted by legion
Back in WWII, you used to spend two weeks on a boat with your fellow soldiers to get home. You'd discuss your shared experiences and how excited you were to see your family and friends again.
Today, you get on a plane and you are back in the U.S. in a few hours. You might be the only one who you fought with sitting on that plane. Sure, you spend two weeks on base before being released.
I think there was some value in "detoxing" with the people you fought with. Slowly leaving the war behind as the anticipation of home grew nearer...
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I got on a plane in Danang, flew, I am not sure the exact order, Middway, Guam, then Okinawa, Hawaii, and Travis AB. bussed to Treasure Island for a few days, never saw anybody I was with again,and went home. got home and out 22 December 1968. I try to have a little party that day every year.
Anyway, I don't remember any re entry program at the time. You are there, you are here. Quite a switch.
I just dug out a watch I bought in Feb. 1968 at the PX in Danang. Still works great.
