"TerryJ" wrote in message

I was never very good in history, but having lived through the period in
question I have to conclude that you have fabricated this story about
your uncle out of whole cloth. Unless my memory fails me, which is
possible, there was a considerable interval of years between the time
combat ceased in Korea, and the time combat started in "Nam", how do you
get "two combat tours of duty back to back, first in Korea and then in
Nam" out of that?


Regards,

John Byrns

I am sure 'back to back' was used figuratively. My uncle served in combat
in WWII, Korea and Viet Nam. Not 'back to back' but close enough.



Yep thats all I meant. And lets not forget, soldiers don't just fight, they
end up doing all kinds of things before, durring and after wars.

BH