Comments on: Honoring Vietnam War 51��

By: Bruce B. Butgereit

Bruce B. Butgereit — Fri, 19 Aug 2022 18:34:55 +0000

In reply to Alice Butgereit Flood. Dear Aunt Alice, Joe and I have not met but have communicated often for several years. I have fond memories of Uncle Larry and Joe and others who served with him have been kind enough to share their stories. Everyone of them deserve our gratitude and respect. Uncle Larry is not forgotten.

By: Alice Butgereit Flood

Alice Butgereit Flood — Wed, 27 Apr 2022 21:20:51 +0000

In reply to Joe Dirvin. Dear Joe, I am Sargent “Buck’s” (Larry Butgereit) sister. I want to send you a plague I received several years ago in Michigan. I want the plague to be in the possession of someone who knew and respected him. Will you please respond to this, my effort to be in contact with you? It will mean so much to me. Thank you. Alice Butgereit Flood.

By: Michel Robertson

Michel Robertson — Tue, 29 Mar 2022 12:02:48 +0000

In reply to Mary Jean Poteat. It's my honor to recognize and thank Vietnam veterans!

By: Joe Dirvin

Joe Dirvin — Sat, 26 Mar 2022 08:36:06 +0000

Coming into San Francisco after a year as a Grunt was memorable, I felt safe. I was pleased to be home. I was not ready for the antagonism and disdain ever present. Just as so many cannot fully understand my time in the infantry walking in minefields, cradling dead friends as their young lives bleed away they also cannot understand or even feel an honest empathy as they might sincerely try to do. It is pity that comes across and that is at once regrettable and demeaning.

By: Mary Jean Poteat

Mary Jean Poteat — Mon, 29 Mar 2021 21:20:59 +0000