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That’s strange; I did 2 tours of South Vietnam and didn’t see any of that type of action.
Did it come with a free can of Fosters or VB? :lol: Damn; wrong place and wrong time again!
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Hey Glannie
Large cans of VB or Fosters cost 2 bob on board ship, used to swap a lot with the yanks in the Gulf


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glanyard wrote:
That’s strange; I did 2 tours of South Vietnam and didn’t see any of that type of action.
Did it come with a free can of Fosters or VB? :lol: Damn; wrong place and wrong time again!
glanyard

Were you at SME around 1970? It was rampant there….

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Hey Glannie
Large cans of VB or Fosters cost 2 bob on board ship, used to swap a lot with the yanks in the Gulf

I swapped a couple of "slouch hats" for some torches from the Yanks… They came with batteries that were not preflatened and in boxes labled DOM1959…

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