I just came across the movie “Forrest Gump” while I was flipping channels. The scene was in Viet Nam and Forrest said, “One day it started to rain and it didn’t stop for four months.”
I don’t know if I got the dialog exact, but I do remember the rain. We called it monsoon season. We were always wet and had to sleep on the ground in puddles, but there were advantages....
I have a picture of me (far left wearing the glasses) swimming in a temporary pool created by a 500-lb. bomb and constant rain. The other picture is of our company commander (with the M16) standing guard while we washed the stink off with a refreshing dip.
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