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Memoir 2 2026 A Soldiers Story

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life

A Real Clothes Line

Remember the first night got incoming I

was runnin so hard to get to the bunker line

Been in country two weeks waiting for unit

to b assigned pullin details filling sand bags

pickin up cigarette butts KP Guard duty You

happy to get orders 500 miles north of Saigon

We 7 guys sleepin in tent soon its dark first night

there rockets come in shaking the ground take off

runnin with my M16 sirens going off flares going off

full speed run into clothes line not the one with the wrestling

but black vinyl hollow wire clothes line the hootch maids

hang the guys clothes its pitch black me new ran full speed

caught me by the neck threw me back bout two feet steel pot

went on way m16 went one head hit the ground bout to get

killed aint seen nobody yet but that clothes line from that day on

slowed my roll aint runnin like that no more

One of my favorite poets Great Curtis Mayfield saw him in concert Colchester Conn big free outdoor concert he hung with the fans performing on the Grass When it was close for us to go home the Vietnam girls would say soul brother go back to the world boo koo soon Curtis did this song Back to the world every brother and sister

who served in Nam know and experience just what he talkin about Listen close near the end when that sweet sound of the freedom bird takes off back to the world

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		Leepaul says: Your story is greatly appreciated, thank you for your service! poems by this commentor The Belief Why is that Played Myself
		mrmelody7 says: Leepaul thank u Sir was an honor dont write much about Nam but here r many mini movies jammed into my ten month tour poems by this commentor Mayberry Oaky Doke Philosophy Family Affair Veterans Day My Quiet Time
		Coalhouse says: My man I am an avid reader on the Vietnam war I am currently reading Bloods the story of black service soldiers during the conflict it was a living hell I'm glad you made it outta there in one piece all respect due sir salute! poems by this commentor The Affair Pt. 2 Poem 6# Cynthia Paulette Lewis
		mrmelody7 says: Thank U Sir for your always upfront breakin it down of the going ons of this country and our people with your strong writes Must say it was the tightest and most bonded time of my life Brothers really had each other backs complete opposite with the brothers when I returned home did my last of three years in Vietnam Made it back physically lot of memories that dont go away dont know what a straight 8 hour sleep is Whenever US go to war not bout democracy vs communism its somethin they want I never knew until years later saw documantry on PBS that Vietnam grows rubber trees Why wouldnt they want all that rubber military vehicles planes as well as tires for the masses Thank u much Brother Coalhouse poems by this commentor Are You Ready My Generation GreySkies Dark Days

OTHER POEMS WRITTEN BY mrmelody7

The Barbarians

The architects of Make america Great Again

A diminitive mind said to b a drunk in charge

of Defens a Fox news former prejudge host

wants to live stream the firing squad killing

of the Fort Hood murderer the same diminitive

individual killing hundreds of unsuspecting folks

in speed boats blowing them up to smitherines

The same blunder buster in charge of the Iran war

the same diminitive firing many honorable Generals

targeting Women and Black folks of color

These r the make america great mega folks

Get out and vote before they bring back the lynching rope

Great song War of the Gods by Billy Paul One of my top five favorite LPs

Zany Vanity License Plates

Got these two Ram 1500 pick up trucks 2006

called Grey Ghost 2012 Hemi Big Horn

called Big Buck

I mess with my friends I say

watch that license plant come alive

2006 plate says MRMELOD

can only use 7 letters or numbers

Pump up the volume on CD player

truck come alive Hey Mr Melody

you mean the whole world to me

-Natalie Cole

2012- Hey look what that license

watch truck come alive pump up

the volume license plate says SMTHOPT

many dont get it till I pump

up the volume Sade

No need to ask hes a Smooth Operator

Smooth Operator

Natalie Cole--Mr Melody

Sade--Smooth Operator

Mysteries N Life

The body just a shell

of an Inner Soul

Like everything in nature

body deteriorates as it

gets old

but the Soul a Space of time

and infinity

The body conceals the Inner Soul

idenity who is in control

of the mind body and Soul

Each day as we know it

just natures space

a space thats been in place

since the beginning of time

The Inner Soul a mystery but

I always listen to mine

Get out and vote for a better life and how bout a all time favorite artist many of his lps first was Abraxes early 70s This song called try a little harder by Santana

Attitude Hats

Call them my attitude hats

cause I wear um like that

All three like my front

license plate have the two

Vietnam campaign ribbons and

the 90 day basic training ribbon

and the words in all caps

VIETNAM vETERAN

One is a boonie jungle hat

One is a baseball Cap with

a big bronze star and words

Bronze star VIETNAM VETERAN

the other is a skull or ski hat the three

ribbons and VIETNAM VETERAN

Wear them to remind America never

will forget how America treated us

when returned and all the years after

and I dont wanna hear thank you

for your service which I hear a lot

but I always say thank you mam

thank you sir

Like I told the 5 folks I had to go before a board

tryin to get a claim for PTSD I told them I used to b a angry

young man but have change...

A Soldiers Story Memoir 3 2026 LZ Hard Times

A LZ is a firebase or Landing Zone

the LZ I was on was called LZ Hard Times

up around An Khe Vietnam The LZ bout ten clicks

miles in the boonies from the big base camp which was 33

square miles its about one square mile circle 125 Infantrymen

maned the perimeter with two units of Artillery men I was workin

for S2 Intelligence 24/7 underground bunker monitoring enemy movement in the area radio maps all that good stuff Had a 37

year old Black Sgt Major my boss He never wanna give me a break

go outside the wire to the river chill out on air mattress One day he finally gave me a day off Soon as I get to the river this VC throws a hand grenade in the water blowin old man in his boat out the boat I run bac to get weapon Sgt Major say yeah I bet you wanna stay here with me now

A song I liked that armed forces radio played a lot was by Creedence Clearwater Revival or CCR the song was Bad Moon Rising a song the Republ...

Dont Wanna Hear It If

Dont wanna hear nothin

bout trump good or bad

if you did not vote

Everyone seems to thinking

the same my vote dont

matter now look what you

got for a country

confusion illussions collusion

disater disorder

so it is by action you represent

your vote

No vote no voice free will

as you know its your choice

You can lay back get high

off the funk drink that cheap

or good liquor til you drunk

but come voting time think of the

man called Trump

remember what the word trump mean

"GOTCHA'

Curtis mayfield a great poet musician humanitarian offered

my generation this song listen to the lyrics then look in the mirror youtube has it for surer the song Is We People Who Are Darker Then Blue from the great lp Curtis

...

A Cup Of Joe

Every morning just gotta have

a couple of cups of Joe

My morning boost my on the go

bring u back from that sleep zone

Being my name is Joe just wakes me

up puts me on go

All came from Uncle Sam 19 yrs old

basic training up at five each morning

more dead then alive

Bring on the Joe gotta have it

dont you know

Closing with my very favorite singer from her next to last LP a song called Coffee Time by Natalie Cole

Bam

Bam in your face

Its me Fall Summer I

just took your place

No warning no ease on in

smash mouth let the cool begin

All last two weeks hot hot

triple digit

high ninetys u had

to deal with it

then Bam first day of Fall

calendar made the call

Bam heater jumpin on

Bam in your face you wanted me

you got me

First got home from the Army bought this record still have one of the reasons I moved and still live in the country since 1975 song called Sweet Seasons by Carole King she wrote played the piano and sang

Summer Days

Oh yeah SC that heat has hit the fan

Wont miss Summer you at all not

the one that need a sun baked tan

If nothin else summer glad

to see you go so I can play this

beautiful song by the beautiful

Angel of the night Angela Bofill a

forever favorite If U listen to the song

the sweet guitar is that of Eric Gale

RIP Angie this song from your first LP

Angie song call Summer Days love the line when she says

turn around summer is al most gone