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Being stuck in Korea in the late '60's....drafted of course. Christmas Eve, standing in my empty quonset hut, alone, at midnight, ....staring out the window watching the snow come down....ground and street covered with snow and packed snow on the street. Listening to "I'll Be Home For Christmas" and being homsick knowing dad was ill. Watching the stars, and the drunk GI's returning from the on base bar, staggering, slipping and falling down. Never saw my father alive again. Dischared in the spring, returned home, bought a house when I was still single....and took care of my mom.
Gem
Yes Nighthawk, also a veteran of a foreign war and also proud of it.
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Christmas 1977. First one away from my family. I was in Germany. I worked (voluntarily) 3rd shift for a holiday schedule. That meant I worked from 11PM-7AM. I got back to my room and slept from 8 in the morning to 10 that night. Got up in time to shower and shave and head back to work. One Christmas I wish I did something to remember.
Mike
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There is no greater fan of flyfishing than the worm.
Patrick McManus
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1966, Starting my 2d tour in Viet Nam. Christmas Eve the brass had a Psy-Ops plane fly over blasting Christmas Carols out over the loudspeakers they usually used to try talking the VC into surrendering. That overflight only lasted a few minutes into the dark of night as he was almost shot down by "Friendly Fire".
REE
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I was stationed at Canadian Coast Guard station Spring Island Loran (VAE2) in the 1960's . There were 11 people on the station . We had been experiencing a Southeast gale for 3 days . The seas were too big to allow anyone to go to the big city Koyoquot (150 people ) for the mail and we were unable to get the Big Sears order we knew was there plus our liquor order had arrived at the post office . We were looking at a bleak Christmas .
On the day before Christmas the CCG Icebreaker Camcell arrived off the island and anchored just off our dock . The Captain invited us all aboard for Christmas dinner and sent the Helicopter to Koyoquot for the Christmas mail and presents .
On an isolated station an event like this was huge .
It Helped keep us from going totally nuts . (In my case it didn't quite work , but thats another story )
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When you reach my age, you're bound to have many memories of various Christmases. Two stand out for me, one when I was 17 (lived on a farm in Northern Illinois) and I spent Christmas Eve at my girlfriend's house. The blizzard was so bad that I ended up stuck in a snowdrift about 1 mile from my house and couldn't get out of the car until the snowplow came through Christmas morning. (I've often wondered what would have happened if the County plow hadn't have come by.
The other standout: 1954 in Korea...
However, the good news is that there were 65 other great Christmases. (I don't remember any before I was 5.)
Merry Christmas to all.
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There's snow on the roof but the fire still burns in the oven.
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Christmas 1967.....I had extended my VietNam tour & was home for a 30 day leave...with all the "garbage" I saw at home (folks actually BELIEVING the bullcrap they read/saw in & on the news, I really found myself regretting missing the Bob Hope show back in Nam...4th Infantry Division. No matter your view of that war/police action, Bob Hope did more for the morale of the American Troops than ANY other person or entity. He willingly walked "in harms' way". GOD BLESS the man...IMHO, no greater hero has ever lived!
Sorry I missed your show, Bob, but one day, we WILL meet!
Mike
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I fell a little over twenty feet off a cliff on Christmas Day 1979. Although I was sore all over, the only serious damage was to my left elbow. I still have a nice big scar and I lost the ability to turn my hand palm up. The funny thing is that I probably would not have met my wife of 24 years had I not slowed down a bit for a few weeks after the operation. You never know how things will turn out.
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Jtaylor,
Are you saying you "fell head over heels in love"????
Mike
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I'll bet he ended up enjoying the trip.
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There's snow on the roof but the fire still burns in the oven.
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Good one ohiotuber. I guess that's a pretty accurate description of the situation.