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shortride Samba Member
Joined: October 10, 2010 Posts: 1323 Location: Oklahoma
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Posted: Sun Feb 09, 2014 8:21 am Post subject: Sad But True ... |
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Back in 1962, a couple of years before I joined the US Army, a high school buddy finally had enough money to buy his first new car after working 4 straight summers hauling hay and delivering news papers. I went into the military service in July 1964 and in January 1965 I was sent to Germany and the first full year of what ended up as a 21 year carrier in the military. I had been in Germany for almost 3 years before getting orders for Vietnam. While home on leave I hooked up with my friend that had bought the VW Beetle and he told me he had been drafted and was also going to Vietnam. While he was gone his parents parked his 1961/'62 V-Dub in their back yard with a cover over it. Unfortunately my friend was killed in action after 9 months in 1968. In 1985 when I retired with 21 years of service I stopped by my friends parents house and found his VW still sitting parked where he left it in 1967. The last time I was in our old neighborhood in 2011 I heard that my buddy's folks had dies and their estate had been sold in an auction. The VW was still in the back yard with only 2500 miles on it.
I guess sometimes it's hard to let go of something that has a sentimental value. _________________ Pearl White 1966 Sedan
Retired US Army - 21 years 11B40, 173rd Airborne Brig. - Vietnam Combat Veteran
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EverettB Administrator
Joined: April 11, 2000 Posts: 69735 Location: Phoenix Metro
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EvileNV Samba Member
Joined: August 03, 2010 Posts: 161 Location: Boulder City, NV
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Posted: Wed Feb 19, 2014 11:13 pm Post subject: |
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Go knock on the door, tell the story and see if you can get it _________________ 69 Beetle, 64 GMC 1000 (1/2 ton), 59 Ford Ranch Wagon (for the wife and kiddos), 92 Motorhome for vacationing. |
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shortride Samba Member
Joined: October 10, 2010 Posts: 1323 Location: Oklahoma
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Brokenbus Samba Member
Joined: May 04, 2005 Posts: 272 Location: Balibago
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Posted: Tue Jan 27, 2015 6:31 pm Post subject: |
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Yes very sad indeed. Thanks for sharing..... |
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1968buglogan Samba Member
Joined: June 13, 2014 Posts: 171
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Posted: Wed Apr 08, 2015 11:31 pm Post subject: |
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Very sad, thanks for the vw story |
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Harris Samba Member
Joined: June 11, 2004 Posts: 1317 Location: Texas
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Posted: Mon Apr 20, 2015 6:33 pm Post subject: Sad But True |
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Thanks for sharing Shortride and thanks for your service, |
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