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Viet Nam VeteransBase Camp
Fifteen or so of us, still flying in formation. This is where we keep the calendar, the photographs, the recorded calls, and the stories that only get better every time somebody tells them.
Who we are
A small outfit with a long memory
Base Camp is our private ground — no public roster, no outside traffic. Just the crew, trading photographs on a Tuesday night and arguing about who really had the better landing zone story.
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Still finding each other
Half a century on, names keep surfacing. Every one of them has a seat at this fire.
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Keeping the record
Photographs, dates, call recordings — the things that fade if nobody writes them down.
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Mostly laughing
There is grief in this history, and there is a whole lot of laughing. We make room for both.
Inside Base Camp
Four doors. Everything we keep together lives behind one of them.
From the album
Pictures worth arguing over
On the calendar
Next muster
Monthly calls, annual gatherings, and whatever somebody talks the rest of us into this year.
Full calendarNothing posted yet
The next gathering shows up here the moment it goes on the calendar.
Pass it on
If we don't write it down, it leaves with us.
Every member has a few that deserve to outlive the telling. Add yours to the book — a paragraph counts.
Go to the storiesThe outfit
Full rosterRoster is being assembled
Member profiles appear here as the crew checks in — name, unit, years, and the short version of a long story.