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Doonesbury by Garry Trudeau for April 01, 2014
Transcript:
B.D.: I can't believe it! I'm lost! My first week in Vietnam, and I'm already missing in action! ...I'll probably starve... or get eaten even! However!! ...Even if I'm destined to die in this cursed jungle, I still believe this war is right, honorable, and a credit to America! VietCong: Vely nice. How do you feel about the POW issue?
BE THIS GUY almost 11 years ago
The other guys had the home field advantage.
Dtroutma almost 11 years ago
Phred?
BE THIS GUY almost 11 years ago
@dtroutmaShhhh!
Mike31g almost 11 years ago
Originally run on 16 Feb 1972http://www.gocomics.com/doonesbury/1972/02/16#.UzpUyKhdUd0 Jungle meeting
Mike
PuckerbrushCity almost 11 years ago
oh, this does take me backā¦Iād forgotten all about Phred!
TheWildSow almost 11 years ago
Phred!
montessoriteacher almost 11 years ago
Phred speaks with a dialect. Go figure.
Mark Hanson almost 11 years ago
āVelyā? Huh, I never noticed that before.
ladykat Premium Member almost 11 years ago
Hi, Phred!!
Nighthawks Premium Member almost 11 years ago
and itās 5-6-7-8open up the pearly gates,aināt no time to wonder why,WHOOPIE! Weāre all gonna die!
dwdl21 almost 11 years ago
S.H.L.I.T.Z? BEER!! LOL
BE THIS GUY almost 11 years ago
@mightaswellbeMcDonald did 3 years in the Navy but it was before US involvement in Nam escalated.
Not the Smartest Man On the Planet -- Maybe Close Premium Member almost 11 years ago
Thatās no April Fool joke, thatās Phred!
krisjackson01 almost 11 years ago
We actually sang that song on the final leg of the flight to Vietnam.
David Rickard Premium Member almost 11 years ago
Phred!
unca jim almost 11 years ago
Played āadvisorā ā59 to ā61ā¦ fun days.. never knew what fun weād have in future. Wish it never WAS, nor had been. Iām old and (allegedly) regained my senses. Foreign Adventurism aināt for me no more. At least I donāt have to depend on the VA to āfix meā..Iāll let the young troops have my seat.
Kneejrk almost 11 years ago
Enter Phredd!!!!!
Lorenzo Browncoat almost 11 years ago
That was a really long jump- we missed all the rest of BDās college career, enlistment and training.
Robogrip almost 11 years ago
Soā¦1977, High school math class had too many boys named John. So I volunteered to be known as Phred. I have not thought of that since then. Nice to see my namesake back and in color, too.
Dtroutma almost 11 years ago
BTW: My first cockatiel was named: Phred. I also knew when in āNam a number of friendly āPhredsā, who I liked a lot better than the Saigon stooges. The āYardsā, were also great, and mostly just wanted BOTH sides to just leave them alone.
BE THIS GUY almost 11 years ago
@Lorenzo BrowncoatHere is the start of the ROTC arc:-http://www.gocomics.com/doonesbury/1971/06/
BE THIS GUY almost 11 years ago
@Lorenzo BrownSorry about that. Here is the link for the ROTC arc:-http://www.gocomics.com/doonesbury/1971/06/12
dipierro Premium Member almost 11 years ago
These strips seem like yesterday. So far, Iāve recalled every one of them. CT had his finger on the pulse of our generation like nobody else, and still does. Perhaps nobody else, anywhere, ever, has chronicled the life of a generation like he has. It is a unique achievement. Congrats, GT.
loves raising duncan almost 11 years ago
Ooops!