Vietnam Was Fifty Years Ago

Vietnam was Fifty Years Ago By Franklin Price 8/30/2018 Vietnam was fifty years ago Around the world across the sea God went with me on tour Now it's just a memory The Air Force was my service branch Ground navigation was my field Pilots guided on their missions From the stations we would build I spent the year of sixty-eight Home base was Cam Ranh Bay Went TDY the country wide In many places I would stay Phan Rang, Da Nang, and Ban Me Thuot Saigon, Phu Cat, Pleiku Quy Nhon, Can Tho and several more Was much to see and do Seems I lived a charmed life For where ever I would be At times could hear the battle rage But it was never there for me Lived through the Tet offensive Was in Quy Nhon, a coastal place Fighting heavy in the city Never got onto the base In Ban Me Thuot we grabbed our weapons Went to the bunkers in the night The gunships drove the Cong away We never had to fight Phu Cat saw spooky blasting Red tracers sky to ground Was glad that he was on our side Was such a fearful awesome sound Being close to battle was enough I hope I've made that very clear I thank God for watching over me For many died that very year Came home unscathed or maybe not 'Nam vets were not too cool Draft card burners spit on us To enlist you were a fool Did not talk about the place you'd been Even though were duty bound We only spoke of Vietnam With other vets around Times have changed in fifty years Our dead honored by the wall I'm thankful for the life I've had Those inscribed there gave their all