kyfanatic: I was with the 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment in 1967 and 1968. The 82nd came to Nam during that time but I think they went up North. I later was stationed at Fort Bragg for a couple of years, which is the home of the 82nd. Nothing could ever convince me to jump out of a perfectly good aeroplane.

Roadtoad, I agree about the prison camps--they were terrible on both sides. Obviously, I too find the Civil War history to be fasanating.

Grumpy