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John Blair

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Blair, take your squad and clear the bad guys off that hill. Well, John Blair set out to do just that but that effort ended with becoming a human bulldozer through bamboo. There were too many of them. Then, there was a sniper. Blair, take your squad and go get that guy. Did they get him? Depends on who you ask. (6:49)

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It wasn't blood and guts all the time. John Blair relates some of the humorous things that he saw in Vietnam, like the time he boiled some roots to make broth and the time the air drop had something ridiculous instead of the C-Rations they needed. (Caution: strong language) (5:45)

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It was at a place called Foxtrot Ridge. The first thing that happened to John Blair was that the man with the flame thrower next to him was consumed by his own weapon. Then, he was spared from the enemy's hand grenades only because they didn't use them correctly. Then, he saw his company commander rise to the occasion in a big way. (4:30)

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John Blair describes some of the strange things he experienced in Vietnam. They ranged from the horrible, like the dead GIs they found that had been tortured, to the delightful, like the time some cold Cokes appeared where they were totally unexpected. (8:13)

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Most guys had two R&Rs if they were lucky. John Blair wound up with three. One he earned by taking out two NVA on one of his first patrols. What he didn't get was a Purple Heart even though he earned it by taking some shrapnel. He turned it down not knowing the grief it would cause him later. (6:16)

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What do you want in your care package from home? For John Blair, it was socks, sardines and Spam. You can round it out with liquor and Vienna sausages. Too bad you can't send water because that was one thing it seemed the Marines were always short on. (4:11)

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When John Blair became a short timer he was sent to the rear but then was, inexplicably, called back to the field. Once that was straightened out, he did return to the states and landed in LA where a hippie poured his own beer on him. Welcome home. (Caution: strong language) (6:42)

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You were supposed to get three choices of duty station when you return from your Vietnam tour but John Blair was awarded the Silver Star while he was there. So they gave him no choice and sent him to Parris island to be a DI with several other Silver Star recipients. He didn't care for that at all but after one cycle, he got a much better assignment. (4:53)

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The Marines molded him into a man. John Blair is thankful for that and for all his fellow Marines, not only the grunts but the truck drivers and the clerks and everyone who makes the Marine Corps work. (7:43)

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While in Vietnam, a Marine was able to tag three captured weapons and they were supposed to ship them home to you. There was just one problem, none of them ever arrived. At least John Blair had the knife he took from an NVA officer. Regarding a different problem, he explains how the supply sergeant is the most powerful Marine there is. (4:02)