Doonesbury by Garry Trudeau for August 10, 2021

I hope BD didn’t bring any surprise gifts for Boopsie when he returned home.

I guess what Hawkeye and Trapper John did in Tokio in the movie M*A*S*H*.

Pretty lame dodge there, B.D. I think she’s not buying it.

I’ve heard those merry-go-rounds in Saigon were pretty wild.

BD appears on the verge of provoking Hunk-Ra.

Yeah, you got the ride correct but the next part, ahem, probably involved a certain lady of the night.

What happens in Saigon stays in Saigon.

Boopsie looks ready to give B.D. the stink-eye!

That’s not what older soldiers who served told me they did in Saigon….

I don’t remember a merry-go-round in Saigon.

V

..and ya should give the ‘Saigon Spin’ a whirl while you’re there.

Some war stories aren’t really for the ears of the innocent, mostly because it makes us feel guilty.

Yes, BD, do go on…

Considering the movies she was in, I don’t think she’d be shocked.

Yep, they were two wild and crazy guys. Even if they weren’t Slovak.

Like in that “South Park” episode!

COSTELLO:“What did I join the Army for,anyway?”

ABBOTT:“To defend your native soil”.

COSTELLO:“Well,they don’t have to feed it to me!”

BUCK PRIVATES

BD may be disappointed if he learns his old Bud is not the wild man he remembers. The wild part may have left the building.

Ah, yes, “Merry”. She did get around.

Boopsie should try dropping hints about what she might have been doing while he was in Vietnam. It doesn’t need to be true, just enough to make him nervous.

Yeah, Saigon’s merry-go-rounds were legendary. All the guys would have a ride. Sometimes two!

They were riding something/one but not the merry-go-round.

I do remember Qui Nhon nights with Yêu quý.

Performed surgery on a civilian infant in the military hospital while looking like Jesus Christ (or John the Baptist) and His helper?

What happens on Liberty stays on Liberty.

Killed some Vietnamese hookers.