My pal enjoying the Grateful Dead at the Greek Theatre, U.C. Berkeley in May, 1982. His son turns twenty today... which means we are all just plain OLD.
This is my pal's son. Congratulations and Happy Birthday, guys.
You know Annie, I feel strange when I see these great pictures you post from the era of love. I so wish I could turn back the clock and be able to say I didn't go to Vietnam, or better yet, that there was no Vietnam war.
When I got out of the army, I went to the peace and love side immediately. I just wish I knew before I went to Nam what I knew after. My gal Barb was a hippy and still is. I was always tainted because I was young and stupid, got drafted and went to war.
I realize that we don't really choose our paths, but I sometimes can't shake the stigma and the shame of it, yet I must be proud and accept my path as a Warrior.
If I had it all to do over, I would have paid more attention and been a conscientious objector, but that wasn't the master plan.
Just want to be included but missed a lot. I did smoke a lot of pot to make up for all I missed :-)
spadoman~my generation just missed the draft, as most of us were born from '55-'60. "our" era, as far as seeing lots of concerts, etc. was the mid '70's up through the mid 90's, when Jerry G. died. in fact, there were more than a few in our crowd that had served in vietnam as well. it's true about the paths we take, though. i think all of us wonder about why we went the direction(s) we did. you should not regret your time as a warrior, because it brought you to this point, and i'm glad it did.
UT Austin, 1985--750 students are arrested for refusing to obey an order to disperse after a protest on the West Mall. We're held at the university stadium for 10 hours by a combination of campus and local police with no food, water, or access to facilities (i.e., bathrooms). That same month a couple of dozen students hold a 'free-speech' sit in at Berkeley and are arrested.
National stories herald the Berkeley incident as a return to the protests of the 60s. The UT Austin incident doesn't even make headlines outside of Texas.
My pal enjoying the Grateful Dead at the Greek Theatre, U.C. Berkeley in May, 1982. His son turns twenty today... which means we are all just plain OLD.
This is my pal's son. Congratulations and Happy Birthday, guys.
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You know Annie, I feel strange when I see these great pictures you post from the era of love. I so wish I could turn back the clock and be able to say I didn't go to Vietnam, or better yet, that there was no Vietnam war.
When I got out of the army, I went to the peace and love side immediately. I just wish I knew before I went to Nam what I knew after. My gal Barb was a hippy and still is. I was always tainted because I was young and stupid, got drafted and went to war.
I realize that we don't really choose our paths, but I sometimes can't shake the stigma and the shame of it, yet I must be proud and accept my path as a Warrior.
If I had it all to do over, I would have paid more attention and been a conscientious objector, but that wasn't the master plan.
Just want to be included but missed a lot. I did smoke a lot of pot to make up for all I missed :-)
Peace
spadoman~my generation just missed the draft, as most of us were born from '55-'60. "our" era, as far as seeing lots of concerts, etc. was the mid '70's up through the mid 90's, when Jerry G. died. in fact, there were more than a few in our crowd that had served in vietnam as well.
it's true about the paths we take, though. i think all of us wonder about why we went the direction(s) we did. you should not regret your time as a warrior, because it brought you to this point, and i'm glad it did.
Ah...undergraduate days.
UT Austin, 1985--750 students are arrested for refusing to obey an order to disperse after a protest on the West Mall. We're held at the university stadium for 10 hours by a combination of campus and local police with no food, water, or access to facilities (i.e., bathrooms). That same month a couple of dozen students hold a 'free-speech' sit in at Berkeley and are arrested.
National stories herald the Berkeley incident as a return to the protests of the 60s. The UT Austin incident doesn't even make headlines outside of Texas.
F*ck I hate Berkeley! :-)
I LUV these pixs you post. Takes me back to a time of glorious aliveness.
BTW, 2 very good-looking men.
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