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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Honolulu Dick, post: 981809, member: 24745&quot;]Dave, what you have said in jest, about the Get Out Of Jail Card, was factually accurate.&nbsp; East of Saigon was the massive Long Binh logistics complex.&nbsp; [Biggest in the world, some said.]&nbsp; Located there was the LBJ [Long Binh Jail.]&nbsp; We all were amused by the suggested reference to our then beloved Commander-in-Chief.</p><p><br /></p><p>Long story short, the LBJ had the reputation for being the worst place in Vietnam.&nbsp; The facility was kept purposefully primitive, prisoners were the dregs of society, problem MPs were assigned there as guards, the cooks were a sorry lot, food was bad, and inmate treatment was tough --- it was the dumping ground for worst of the worst.&nbsp; You didn&#039;t have to see it to believe it, its reputation was known country-wide. It was a hellhole within a hellhole.&nbsp; Therefore, and as a humorous good luck keepsake, GIs would tuck a Get Out Of Jail card behind the elastic strap going around their helmet.</p><p><br /></p><p>Whenever someone pulled something stupid or a harmless blunder, they would laugh and say, &quot;what are they going to do to me, send me to Vietnam?&quot;&nbsp; No one ever joked about going to the LBJ.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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