We had a special visitor (Bridget's Poppa) recently who was a Vietnam war veteran. He was in the army for 25 years as an engineer. He told us how he was very frightened at times but everyone looked after each other. Tracker dogs were used to find the enemy and explosives. When the soldiers were in the bush there was no suitable drinking water and they sometimes had to carry up to 8 days supply of water, which was very heavy. He suffered hearing loss during the war and is now very deaf. He is very proud of the medals he earned while he was in the army and he shared these with us.
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