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Just to keep the record straight, there are no Viet Nam Marines - just as
there are no ex-Marines.  

There are former Marines who are Viet Nam vets.  :-)

Respectfully,

Quinn  
Echo Co., 2nd Bat., 26th Marines, Khe San.


Scott wrote:
> A buddy of mine ("Wiz") is a Viet Nam Marine that is just a 
> mess. One of the
> few *real* cases of PTSD
> I know of. I met him at one of the Marine Corps birthday 
> parties years ago.
> He is a great guy, and electronics wizard (hence the 
> nickname), but about as
> stable as nitroglycerin. Called in an arty strike on his own 
> position, which
> was being over run. Horribly wounded, mentally and physically scarred
> forever.
> 
> He is a junkie, cant hold a job down (100% disability, but he 
> tries to work)
> and about every six months or so, he ends up beating the crap 
> out of someone
> (usually a boss or phony Nam vet), and getting tossed into 
> the local "Home
> for the Bewildered." He calls it "Fruit Loop Land" as one of 
> the staples of
> their diet is Fruit Loops. This is an American breakfast 
> cereal, and in the
> nuthouse, it is used as currency, much as cigarettes are used 
> in prison.
> 
> Basically, "Fruit Loop" is a colloquialism for someone who outwardly,
> obviously, mentally unstable.
> 
> Scott
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Matthias Voss <mat.voss@t-*.de*>
> To: Scott <scottk@hc*.co*>
> Cc: Alton J. Hall, Jr. <ahall@di*.co*>; Michael J. Black
> <mjblackmd@ya*.co*>; <techdiver@aquanaut.com>
> Sent: Friday, October 13, 2000 11:49 AM
> Subject: Re: I'm not Beethoven
> 
> 
> >
> >
> > Scott schrieb:
> > > This guy is a complete sociopath. Psychotic from the 
> socks up. 100%
> Fruit
> > > Loop.
> >
> > Scott, would you like to help me advance my english skills ?
> >
> > Fruit loop , 100 % ???( sounds like half rotten, prealcoholic,
> > vegetable, delta - ;-)
> > - Matthias
> 
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