I am surprised to see how many young men, from 1966 to 1973, entered the service, most likely for Vietnam.

Hey Bobby, I hope you will have a great Birthday this year with family. I know I'm early because if I didn't send this now, I would end up sending it late. And since I am early again, I wish you and your family a Merry Christmas and a great holiday season.

HEY Bobby! Thought I'd send you a Happy Birthday message a little early, cause you know, at our age, we never know where we will be tomorrow! Hell, I'm 77 and with all my problems from Nam, I consider myself fortunate to be here still. I just recently spent the better part of the last 4 years in a nursing home that has one wing for Veterans covered by the VA. I hope you are well with your family. Take care brother I was 2nd Bn (Mech) 22nd Inf 25th Division out of Cu Chi 9/67-9/68 Then I Di Di Mou'ed

Helen, I wish you the happiest Birthday ever. As I told you once before, I never forgot you singing "One Boy" in the Tommy Tomatoes play at Mastbaum. That was my first experience with Mr. Klein's theatre group, and I was hooked. Again, Happy Birthday!

Hi Donna, I don't believe I knew you in school, but I want you to know that you are a Hero to me. First, you went into the Army during the Vietnam War, and God knows you may have been sent there in danger. Second, you are another Hero to me for being a Police Officer! Thank you. John Eberwine

Happy Birthday, Susan. I was always so glad to see you in the school plays and at the shore reunion. Take care, I wish you and your family well.

Hi Anna, I wish you the most fantastic birthday ever!

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Hey Bobby, You are getting to be one of the older generation and one of the best! I'm sorry we haven't connected again since the reunion at the shore. I hope you have a great birthday. Take care. Merry Christmas!

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Hi Serafin, thanks for your service during a very volatile time in our country.

Posted on: Dec 06, 2024 at 11:57 PM

Hello William, I saw your post about how grandchildren can maneuver a website easier than you. I think all of us from the 1967 class would probably agree that what we learned in our classes was complicated, but we overcame it with daily practice. When you look at young people today, many 6, 8, and 10-year-old children are already using iPhones or Androids. Although I've had iPhones for over 10 years, I still call my daughter when something is wrong, and she fixes it and teaches me. By the way, I am a 1967 classmate from the Mechanical Design class. I was in the Theatre group and did plays every year. I remember a play about Vietnam and protestors. I played a protestor who had a brother in Vietnam. The ironic thing is that my brother was on an aircraft carrier at that exact time off the north coast of Vietnam, where planes were dropping bombs. Two years later, I was in foxholes in Vietnam, stalking the enemy. Mr. Klein was fantastic and wrote every play. Unfortunately, I am a partially disabled Vietnam Veteran and have been living in a nursing home for 15 months under the Veterans Administration. Thanks for your service. I remember Anna Chiglo and Gary Portnoy. I can no longer attend any reunions. My e-mail is vietvet222@gmail.com, and my cell is 609-703-3172. Merry Christmas to all who read this!

Posted on: Oct 18, 2024 at 5:44 PM

Hey there Marion, happy early Birthday. Hope all is well with you and you are staying healthy. John Eberwine

Hi Dean,

I should have written to you long ago. We were classmates in mechanical drawing. I was in combat in Vietnam from September 15, 1967, to September 14, 1968. I was fortunate to come home with only wounds that were non-debilitating.

About ten years ago, I discovered you had not survived your tour. I am so sorry for your parents and family. I had always hoped none of our classmates had to go to Vietnam. Being a relatively small school, I thought the odds favored us.

Since 1996, our 22nd Infantry Regiment, which served in Vietnam, has held reunions every 18 months. As one of the people who helped form our Vietnam group, it fell to me to welcome the parents, wives, children, siblings, etc., of a soldier who perished in Vietnam. 

It never got easier to meet and help them understand how their loved ones perished in Vietnam. Mostly, if we had someone at the reunion who had been a good friend, I would introduce the family to them to escort them through the weekend.

I can't tell you how deeply sorry I am that you were unable to come home and live the life you dreamed of. I am a Christian and a believer in the afterlife. I firmly hope that when my time comes, I will meet up with you and watch you shoot basketballs all over.

John Eberwine Class 1967 Partially Disabled Vietnam Veteran and friend

Hi Chester, welcome to the site. I was in Machine Design so our paths may not have crossed. But I saw you served in the Army so I wanted to thank you for your service, thanks for being there and welcome home ?????????? John Eberwine

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