• UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world
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    1 day ago

    I couldn’t name anyone I knew who actually went through the shit of Vietnam and wore one of those hats proudly.

    They were exclusively for the ranks of the Texas Air National Guard, the straight up draft dodgers who wanted to look cool with their chud friends, and the handful of sociopaths who thought burning down people’s homes was cool.

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      23 hours ago

      I have a relative that was in Nam and wears that hat, but he claims he was POG. I have another relative who lied about his age to get into Nam, who definitely was in the shit, and he doesn’t wear the hat.