Steve Ridenhour

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@CBSNews Thom Tillis is an embarrassment to the people of North Carolina!

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@theblaze Blacks should be outraged at the comparison.....this guy is a special kind of stupid.

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Let's go to bedI'm

[A Soldier's Whisper @SoldiersWhisper]

"I left Vietnam through Bien Hoa Airbase, the same place I’d arrived. Under the scorching 110° sun, a couple hundred of us stood on the tarmac, sweating, vulnerable, waiting for the “freedom bird”—the plane that would carry us home.

Mortars rained down on the base regularly, and the enemy seemed to know when soldiers were leaving, their attacks intensifying as if to taunt us. I stood there, heart pounding, terrified that after surviving a year of hell, I might die just steps from freedom. I wasn’t alone in that fear; I could see it in the eyes of those around me.

When the plane finally arrived, its pink and orange Southwest Airlines colors felt surreal against the grim backdrop. Tension gripped us until the moment the wheels lifted off the tarmac. A collective gasp—loud, raw, relieved—filled the cabin. We’d made it out alive.But landing at Travis Air Force Base in San Francisco wasn’t the homecoming I’d imagined.

For two hours, they kept us on the plane, ordering us not to wear our uniforms. It stung, that cold welcome, but I was too numb to care. I just wanted to move on.

I headed to Los Angeles to reunite with my nurse friends from before the war. Late that night, their warm smiles were a balm—someone was finally happy to see me. But the next day, reality hit hard. Culture shock blindsided me. An ambulance screamed by, siren blaring, and I dove into the footwell of the car, instincts braced for an attack.

My friend Ellie stared, stunned, and I was just as shocked by my reaction. Later, at a supermarket, the automatic door flew open when I stepped on the pad, and I leapt back, heart racing. Rejoining society wasn’t easy; it took time to feel normal again.

I stopped telling people I was a nurse who served in Vietnam. The silence was easier. In 1970, I married another Vietnam veteran, and we built a life, raising two children. But in 1981, the past clawed its way back. Driving to work, I heard “Tie a Yellow Ribbon Around the Old Oak Tree” on the radio, dedicated to the US hostages returning from Iran. Suddenly, emotions I’d buried for thirteen years flooded out. Why did they get a hero’s welcome? What about us? The war, the PTSD—it’s a gift that keeps giving, uninvited, unrelenting, even all these years later.”
- Sarah Blum

#army #vietnamwar #history #ArmyNurses #womenheroes

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@chaffin_kendall Same with Brandon Forrest with 7A baseball. He deserves that recognition too!

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@CountryFirstRep Makes me sick to think I voted for Mitt Romney

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@mjnumber10 First of many......what a shot!

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@AmbJohnBolton Says Mr. Irrelevant!

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@theblaze Well finally a statement we can all agree on.

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@AmbJohnBolton He made the case.....the problem is that people like you and the MSM continue to refuse to report the case. It is a shame you want our President to fail, Mr. Bolton you are really irrelevant.

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@Ringman3 These people are beyond stupid. So SAD, they want the war to be a failure.

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@Thebestfigen The little things!

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@RealJamesWoods We really don't care what you, Thom! You won't be holding anyone accountable, you will be gone.

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@SpeakerPelosi Pathetic!

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@foxnewspolitics Seriously who really cares??

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@chaffin_kendall What an honor!

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@RealJamesWoods The radical left politicians make statements like this because the stupid people that vote for them believe it. Our problem is not the politicians but the STUPID people that vote for them. A dumbass is easily led.

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@GuntherEagleman @westtexaslivin @SenAdamSchiff @SenCortezMasto @CFTC I will not be satisfied until this POS is prosecuted.

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@VicInTheMiddle @Sampcjn @NewsHour You and Adam Schiff are the only 2 people in America still claiming there was Russia collusion. You are either an idiot or a liar. My guess is you're both!

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@Sampcjn @NewsHour Unfortunately, there are many people without a half a brain......Legacy media is nothing but radical left wing propagandist.

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@clerpatriot Special kind of stupid!