JOHN (JAY) MERCER
WAS IN VIETNAM FROM DEC
1969 THRU OCT 1970
10 MONTHS ... I WAS PART
OF NIXON'S 4TH PHASE PULL OUT
WITH
VMA(AW) 225, MAG-11
UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS,
BASED AT DA NANG AB SOUTH VIETNAM.
I ENLISTED FOR 4 YEARS
EVEN THOUGH I WAS A SOLE SURVIVING SON AND DID NOT HAVE TO GO TO NAM OR
EVEN ENLIST.
MY JOB WAS COMMUNICATION,
NAVIGATION, ECM TECH. ON GRUMMAN A6 INTRUDERS.
BEFORE I WENT TO NAM I
BELIEVED IT WAS MY DUTY TO GO.
WHEN I LEFT NAM I WAS GLAD
I MADE IT OUT IN ONE PIECE.
NOW, LOOKING BACK, I FEEL
IT WAS A SCAM AND A TOTAL LOSS.
THE WORST PART OF NAM WAS
RACIAL RIOTING ON THE MAG-11 COMPOUND.
THE BEST WAS GETTING OUT
AND LEAVING.
MY WEB SITE URL IS http://www.jamercer.com/jsrvn.html
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email JAY
j@djmercer.com
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