User:Roger Lundberg

Roger Lundberg

Born August 12th, 1949 at Groose Pt. Farms Cottage Hospital.

Graduated Lakeview High School 1968.

Inducted into the U.S. Army April 1st, 1969.

Served in the Republic of South Vietnam and Cambodia from December 15th, 1969 until November 7th, 1970. Co. A, 2nd Battalion, 34th Armor, 25th Infantry Division, A24, 11E40, Tank Commander.

On returning back to the US my debriefing consisted of a Doctor with the rank of Major who told me; "Now that your home, if someone antagonizes or pisses you off, you can no longer kill them. You need to understand that. Do you clearly understand that?" At my father's request, attending a social or celebration function not two days later, still wearing my class A uniform with eleven decorations for valor on my chest. A somewhat attractive women, I suppose wanted to know and eventually asked me how many babies I'd killed? The conversation and noise all around us, completely stopped. As I inhaled the smoke from my Camel cigarette and starred directly into her eyes, until I could see she was becoming somewhat uncomfortable. I finally answered ever so slowly "no more than I could eat. After all I'm not a pig". She seemed to be at a loss for words as her date ushered her away from me. I suppose, I'd done what the Major had wanted me to do. I did not kill her! To take a quote I'd heard somewhere. I wasn't proud of everything I had to do to stay alive. But on the other hand, I wasn't ashamed of it either.

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