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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Honolulu Dick, post: 966515, member: 24745&quot;]Thanks, Lettow, for making clear what I seemed to have made muddy.</p><p><br /></p><p>Those of us who &quot;enjoyed&quot; multiple tours in that tropical paradise, with all expenses paid, incorrectly assume that everyone understands the jargon that was in use at that time. You know, terms such as in-country, out-going, in-coming, short-time, long-time and policing your trash [attending to your personal belongings].&nbsp; Then there were those roll-off-your-tongue acronyms: FNG, DEROS, FIGMO, SNAFU and FUBAR, to list just a few.&nbsp; Forgot to add MPC to the list.</p><p><br /></p><p>Anyway, having made the trip &quot;across the pond&quot; [that&#039;s another one] three times, I have a particular fondness for this thread.&nbsp; This same fondness also applies to the earlier thread<strike> that discussed Challenge Coins. </strike></p><p><strike><br /></strike></p><p><strike>&nbsp;The lesson was a difficult one, but we learned the hard way that you can take the boy out of Vietnam, but you can&#039;t take Vietnam out of the boy.</strike></p><p><strike><br /></strike></p><p><strike>Again, thanks for stepping-in and making matters clearer.</strike>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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