• southsamurai@sh.itjust.works
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    6 months ago

    While my sample group is small, every fucking tunnel rat I ever met was crazy. Like, off the wall, bugshit bonkers lol. Zero fucks given about anything.

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        6 months ago

        One of them said, “man, if I hadn’t been a little fucked up, I never would have done it. But if I hadn’t been fucked top when I started, I sure as fuck would have after the first one.”

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        6 months ago

        I was born in the 70’s. I’ve met a lot of vets but never met a tunnel rat. I only met one helicopter door gunner.

        I found out later, they didn’t last long. That’s why i only met one.

        Nice guy but he never left the war. He lived in his car but had plenty of money. He threw newspapers for a living back when you could make a living doing it.