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Viet Nam War Humor
Editor’s Note: The following
letter was sent to Aggieland
through the A&M Parachute
Team from Brig. Gen. J. W.
Stilwell. While we may not
all understand some of the
Jargon and abbreviations used,
most of the comments are un
derstandable to those who will
soon be joining the fight in
Viet Nam.
HAPPINESS IN THE DELTA
It really does not take a lot to
make a man happy, especially in
Viet Nam. The simple routine
things of life that we often take
for granted are the elements of
life that makes us most happy.
Here are a few things that bring
happiness in the Delta of Viet
Nam to the American Special
Forces Soldier.
Happiness is a package from
home, with “goodies” in it. It is
all right if the package belongs
to someone else.
Happiness is getting an uncen
sored movie film from Corps or
even getting a movie at all.
Happiness is being relieved at
the FOB,
Happiness is putting one over
on your LLDB counterpart.
Happiness is getting Playboy
Magazine before all the good pic
tures are cut out. It is getting
to read it before the intrepeters
take off with it.
Happiness is taking an air
plane out of camp to anyplace,
for any reason, at anytime.
Happiness is greeting your re
placement. There is even more
happiness when you tell him
goodby.
Happiness is a 707 or even a
C-135.
Happiness is not having any
thing in Viet Nam named after
you like a Bar, BEQ, BOQ or
latrine.
Happiness is a reassignment
from Cai Cai.
Happiness is high water which
hampers VC operations.
Happiness is a comode that you
can drop toilet tissue in.
Happiness is missing a guard
roster.
Happiness is getting gasoline.
Happiness is seeing the milk
run come in on time, or seeing it
at all.
Happiness is seeing a field
grade officer depart from an “A”
team.
Happiness is not seeing any
“Maggots”.
Happiness is having someone
on the team who knows how to
operate a 4.2 mortar.
Happiness is using words that
the Chaplain knows how to spell.
Happiness is avoiding conflict
with “C” team, or “B” team.
Happiness is seeing Old Glory
waving in the breeze, even if it is
on a Coast Guard boat.
Happiness is getting a civil
answer over the radio.
Happiness is getting a free
meal at “B” or “C” team.
Happiness is beating the Viet
namese at a game of volleyball.
Happiness is putting one over
on “C” or “B” team.
Happiness is getting back
across the Cambodian border
without getting caught.
Happiness is getting your own
underwear back from the laun
dry.
Happiness is a visitor who of
fers to pay for chow that he has
eaten.
A few nights ago I visited a
couple of friends and met a friend
of theirs who had a cause — he
was against people with causes.
Heatedly, he condemned civil
rights workers, college students
who demonstrate or write letters
to the editor for or against any
thing, anti - poverty volunteer
workers — anybody working,
campaigning, lobbying, donating
to, soliciting donations for, slan
dering, defending against slan
der, doing anything for or
against anything, he lumped all
together as people following THE
contemporary fad: having a
cause.
This, I conceded, is certainly
true of some people, and they are
much to be pitied. But what
about those people who are not
just supporting a cause for the
sake of a cause, but supporting
something they consider greatly
worthwhile or opposing some
form of injustice they feel, deep
ly? There aren’t very many like
that, he insisted, hardly any at
all. They just want a cause, and
it don’t matter very much what
the cause is, it could be anything.
He knew all about ’em.
When I had spent every ounce
of reasoning and persuasion I
could muster to persuad^, him
that there is a breed of animal
known as human beings who fre
quently are unable to sit placidly
within sight of injustice, that
many of these animals are act
ually deeply hurt by injustices to
beings other than themselves, and
I was ready to withdraw, he sud
denly conceded.
Okay, he said, so maybe they
are sincere. Maybe they really
don’t like the way things are.
Maybe they really are trying to
change things to make things
better. They might as well give
up. They might as well get used
to the fact that the people who
are running things are gonna
keep on runnin’ ’em, they’ve got
the laws and regulations to sup
port ’em, and anyway, things
wouldn’t be the way they are if
they wasn’t suppose to be that
way.
I took his advice, in part at
least, and gave up on him.
Happiness is being content
with no complaints, doing your
own job and letting the other guy
do his.
To the A&M Corps of Cadets
from the Special Forces at Fort
Bragg and in Viet Nam,
J. W. Stilwell,
B/Gen., U.S.A.
P.S. Since there are going to
be a lot of Aggies out there, they
might find it amusing. J.W.S.
I tried to forget the whole con
versation. But, a day or two later,
a frightening thing happened.
A man twice that student’s age,
presumably well educated, in a
responsible position with this
university, gave me a slightly
condensed, slightly more refined,
subtler version of the same line.
Something like this: Don’t
ever buck regulations and policy.
You’ve got an awful lot to learn,
young man. Before you’re as old
as I am you’ll learn you never get
anything unless you go along
with things. All this indignant
idealism is fine up to a point, but
someday you’ll learn that justice
is what the laws and regulations
and policies and their interpreta
tions say is justice. You’ll learn
to go along and buckle under
when you have to, or you just
won’t make it. And the sad thing
to me is that you don’t believe
me, you aren’t learning a thing
out of anything I’m saying. But
you’ll learn someday. You’ll
have to.
Needless to say, I didn’t try
to argue with him, either.
I wonder — maybe that stu
dent was right. And maybe the
older man was right, too. Maybe
someday I will learn to see things
the day he does. Maybe I will.
But I’m praying.
1966 AGGIELAND PICTURE
SCHEDULE
All Pictures To Be Taken At
The University Studio
Co-eds
Any co-ed who wishes to have
her picture in the Aggieland '66
should have it taken at her
earliest convenience.
Who’s Who
Students who were named to
Who’s Who should make individ
ual appointments with the Uni
versity Studio for their Aggie
land pictures as soon as possible.
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Happiness is a round eye
woman.
Happiness is a warm shower.
LEGAL HOLIDAY
Wednesday, March 2, 1966, being a Legal Holiday
in observance of Texas Independence Day, the under
signed will observe that date as a Holiday and not be
open for business.
First National Bank
Bank of Commerce
First Bank & Trust
University National Bank
City National Bank
Bryan Building & Loan Association
Community Savings & Loan Association
First Federal Savings & Loan Association
~rane s
J-Jook
OUT
By Tim Lane
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EDITOR GLENN DROMGOOLE
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CADET SLOUCH by Jim Earle
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by mistake—They’re nothing: but autographed photos of
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Sound Off
Editor,
The Battalion:
We the undersigned feel that
Sim Lake is the best man for the
job of Issues Chairman of the
Student Senate. We feel that
his ability to maintain a high
GPR (2.76) while participating
in numerous outside activities
well qualifies him as a candidate,
and that his active interest in
student affairs and high degree
of personal integrity make him
the best candidate.
We strongly urge you to vote
for Sim Lake in the race for
Issues Chairman of the Student
Senate.
Stephen A. Shurman ’66
William F. Seerden ’66
Andrew C. Salge ’66
Paul M. Zeir ’66
Roy May ’66
Michael B. Grafton ’66
Donald L. Peterson ’66
Jay Alan Gray ’66
David B. Smith ’66
Vincent E. Seeburn ’66
Tommy G. Potenza ’66
Robert Heger
Benn R. Smith ’66
Nardie Vine ’66
Thomas M. Lunsford ’66
Charles F. Wetherbee ’66
Rick John Graham ’66
Richard Daerr ’66
Alton Lee Stephens ’66
Robert W. Lane ’66
Don E. Allen ’66
R. A. Wright ’66
Warren T. Mathew ’66
Don Holder ’66
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