THE FLAG RAISING FLAG RAISING OF IWO JIMA
MY BEST FRIEND
THOMAS A. METTERT
U.S.M.C.R.
CAMP PENDLETON
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About Me: MY NAME IS GREG PAYNE I'AM A RETIRED MILITARY VETERAN from the UNITED STATES ARMY INFANTRY
MY HOMEPAGE IS "HALL OF HONOR"
LEAVING HOME TO GO INTO THE UNITED STATES ARMY INFANTRY ON JUNE 17th 1966 THEN FOR COMBAT DUTY IN VIETNAM...
FROM LEFT TO RIGHT...KATHY (MY LITTLE SISTER), (ME) GREG PAYNE, AND ZELMAR PAYNE (MY DAD)...
MY LITTLE SISTER AND I HAD A VERY SERIOUSLY ABUSIVE MOTHER, MY FEELINGS ABOUT THIS WAS THIS..."YOU DEMONIC OLD WITCH I'LL MAKE YOU REGRET THE DAY YOU WERE EVER BORN " VIOLET IRENE PAYNE
(CORRECTION)
V/I/O/L/E/T/ = (VIOLENT) + I/R/E/N/E/ =(MEAN IRENE)
STANDING BELOW ON THE LEFT SIDE OF (ME) - GREG PAYNE...IS (MY) - MOTHER (MEAN IRENE)
NOTE THE LOOK ON MY FACE ON THE NEXT TWO PICTURES THIS ONE WAS TAKEN WHEN I WAS 18 YEARS OLD JUST DRAFT AGE.THIS PICTURE WAS TAKEN ON THE DAY I WAS LEAVING TO GO TO FORT LEWIS, WASHINGTON WITH BAG IN HAND I WAS READY TO GO TO "BOOT CAMP" IN 5 MINUTES AND I COULDN'T WAIT TO LEAVE HOME FOR GOOD!!!...THE NEXT PICTURE WAS TAKEN WHEN I WAS JUST 3 YEARS OLD AND YOU WILL SEE THE SAME LOOK ON MY FACE...YOU'LL SEE THEN THAT SOMETHING WAS VERY SERIOUSLY WRONG!!! SHE HAD A BIG BERING AS TO WHY I CHOSE TO GO TO VIETNAM AS A COMBAT INFANTRYMAN
COMPARE MY FACE AT 3 YEARS OLD WITH THE PICTURE ABOVE AND YOU WILL SEE THAT I WAS NOT HAPPY WITH HER ABUSIVE WAYS
NOT A HAPPY CAMPER AS YOU CAN SEE SHE CALLED ME ALL KINDS OF NASTY NAMES I WAS DIGGING TRENCHES OVER TURN LEFT OVER DEAD CROPS THAT DIDN'T QUITE MAKE IT THROUGH THE HARVEST IN THE FALL OF OCTOBER OF 1951 I WORKED HARD FOR A LITTLE 3 YEAR OLD TAKE A LOOK AT THE FIELD I WORKED IN THIS PICTURE AND THE LOOK ON MY FACE ALL SHE DID THE WHOLE TIME WAS "GET TO WORK YOU NO GOOD FOR NOTHING LAZY BUM" "I'LL BE DAMNED IF I'LL SUPPORT YOU ALL MY LIFE YOU WORTHLESS LITTLE BUM." "YOU SHOULD HAVE FINISHED THAT LITTLE CHORE HOURS AGO YOUR GOING TO BE A REAL FAILURE WHEN YOU GROW UP YOU'LL NEVER HOLD A JOB AT THE RATE YOUR GOING YOUNG MAN" WHEN I GOT IT ALL DONE SHE COMES UP AND TRIES TO CUDDLE UP TO YOU SAYING "NOW SEE I KNEW YOU COULD DO IT ALL ALONG" "I LOVE YOU" SHE SAID. ??? "OH REALLY ??? GET AWAY FROM YOU OLD HAG" GIVING YOU A VERY FALSE IMPRESSION OF LOVE.
..THIS WOMAN WAS NOT A SPANKER SHE PUNCHED YOU IN THE MOUTH LIKE A MAN SHE BEAT YOU IN THE FACE WITH HER FIST AND BEAT YOU BLOODY IN THE MOUTH, SHE WOULD STRIP YOU NAKED AND FILL THE BATH TUB FULL OF COLD WATER AND HOLD THE BACK OF YOUR HEAD UNDER WATER I THOUGHT SHE WAS GOING TO KILL BOTH KATHY AND MYSELF. SHE STRIPED MY SISTER NAKED AND SEXUALLY MOLESTED MY LITTLE SISTER WITH A GREASY JAR "TUSSY" UNDER-ARM DEODORANT CALLING HER A WHORE, A SLUT AND PUNCHING AND GROPING HER THE LADY WAS MENTALLY, EMOTIONALLY, AND SPIRITUALLY INSANE.....DEMONICALLY INSANE. MY LITTLE SISTER HAD DONE NOTHING TO DESERVE THAT AT ALL SHE WAS AFRAID TO LEAVE THE HOUSE. TOWARD THE END OF HER LIFE SHE TRIED TO ERADICATE THE VERY EXISTENCE OF MY LIFE WHILE I WAS IN ICU IN THE VA HOSPITAL DYING OF AN INFECTED WOUND FROM "AGENT ORANGE" FROM VIETNAM. SHE NEVER CAME TO VISIT ME INSTEAD SHE THREW EVERYTHING I HAD IN LIFE AWAY INCLUDING MY HIGH SCHOOL AND COLLEGE DIPLOMAS A SPORTS LETTER. SHE TOLD ME THAT HAD I HAD BEEN SHOT AND KILLED IN VIETNAM THAT SHE WOULD NOT CLAIM MY BODY BUT SHE WOULD TELL THE ARMY TO TAKE IT BACK AND DUMP ME BACK IN THE SWAMP, OR JUNGLE WHERE EVER I FELL SHE WANTED THE ARMY TO LEAVE ME THERE THAT SHE WOULD REFUSE TO DO THE FINAL IDENTIFICATION CHECK FOR THE MILITARY!! SO YOU GOT OFF LIGHT...SHE REPLIED. LOOK WHAT THEY DID TO ME???SHE SAID I HAVE NOTHING TO!! SO THERE THEN YOUR NOT SO BAD OFF AFTER ALL HUH??IT WAS ALL ABOUT HER IT WAS ALL ABOUT "MEAN IRENE"
..THIS WOMAN WAS NOT A SPANKER SHE PUNCHED YOU IN THE MOUTH LIKE A MAN SHE BEAT YOU IN THE FACE WITH HER FIST AND BEAT YOU BLOODY IN THE MOUTH, SHE WOULD STRIP YOU NAKED AND FILL THE BATH TUB FULL OF COLD WATER AND HOLD THE BACK OF YOUR HEAD UNDER WATER I THOUGHT SHE WAS GOING TO KILL BOTH KATHY AND MYSELF. SHE STRIPED MY SISTER NAKED AND SEXUALLY MOLESTED MY LITTLE SISTER WITH A GREASY JAR "TUSSY" UNDER-ARM DEODORANT CALLING HER A WHORE, A SLUT AND PUNCHING AND GROPING HER THE LADY WAS MENTALLY, EMOTIONALLY, AND SPIRITUALLY INSANE.....DEMONICALLY INSANE. MY LITTLE SISTER HAD DONE NOTHING TO DESERVE THAT AT ALL SHE WAS AFRAID TO LEAVE THE HOUSE. TOWARD THE END OF HER LIFE SHE TRIED TO ERADICATE THE VERY EXISTENCE OF MY LIFE WHILE I WAS IN ICU IN THE VA HOSPITAL DYING OF AN INFECTED WOUND FROM "AGENT ORANGE" FROM VIETNAM. SHE NEVER CAME TO VISIT ME INSTEAD SHE THREW EVERYTHING I HAD IN LIFE AWAY INCLUDING MY HIGH SCHOOL AND COLLEGE DIPLOMAS A SPORTS LETTER. SHE TOLD ME THAT HAD I HAD BEEN SHOT AND KILLED IN VIETNAM THAT SHE WOULD NOT CLAIM MY BODY BUT SHE WOULD TELL THE ARMY TO TAKE IT BACK AND DUMP ME BACK IN THE SWAMP, OR JUNGLE WHERE EVER I FELL SHE WANTED THE ARMY TO LEAVE ME THERE THAT SHE WOULD REFUSE TO DO THE FINAL IDENTIFICATION CHECK FOR THE MILITARY!! SO YOU GOT OFF LIGHT...SHE REPLIED. LOOK WHAT THEY DID TO ME???SHE SAID I HAVE NOTHING TO!! SO THERE THEN YOUR NOT SO BAD OFF AFTER ALL HUH??IT WAS ALL ABOUT HER IT WAS ALL ABOUT "MEAN IRENE"
PRESIDENT JOHN KENNEDY WAS THE ONLY GOOD MODERN DAY WHITE LEADER WE EVER HAD OR EVER WILL HAVE IF WE DON'T ACT NOW.
KENNEDY SAID "TODAY'S MILITARY REJECTS ARE TOMORROWS HARD CORE UNEMPLOYMENT. "
WE HAVE ALREADY REACHED THAT POINT AND BEYOND THE CHILDREN OF THIS GENERATION WILL BE THE NEXT "ADOLF HITLER'S YOUTH MOVEMENT.".
JFK, SAID. "A CHILD UNDER EDUCATED IS A CHILD LOST"
JFK ALSO SAID, "A WISE MAN ONCE SAID, THAT AN ERROR DOES NOT BECOME A MISTAKE UNLESS THE ONE WHO COMMITS THE ERROR REFUSES TO CORRECT IT."
KENNEDY SAID "TODAY'S MILITARY REJECTS ARE TOMORROWS HARD CORE UNEMPLOYMENT. "
WE HAVE ALREADY REACHED THAT POINT AND BEYOND THE CHILDREN OF THIS GENERATION WILL BE THE NEXT "ADOLF HITLER'S YOUTH MOVEMENT.".
JFK, SAID. "A CHILD UNDER EDUCATED IS A CHILD LOST"
JFK ALSO SAID, "A WISE MAN ONCE SAID, THAT AN ERROR DOES NOT BECOME A MISTAKE UNLESS THE ONE WHO COMMITS THE ERROR REFUSES TO CORRECT IT."
HERE IS THE PICTURE TAKEN EARLIER THAT SAME DAY. (ME) AT 3 YEARS OLD DOING HARD LABOR FIELD WORK I WAS BORN IN 1949 THIS PICTURE WAS TAKEN IN OCTOBER OF 1951 AT MY GRANDPA AND GRANDMA PAYNE'S PLACE
HERE IS A PICTURE OF THE SAME DAY ONLY EARLIER THAT DAY I WORKED WHILE SHE SCREAMED INSULTS AT ME, SHE HAD A BIG BEARING ON MY DECISION ON GOING TO VIETNAM HERE IS THE PICTURE TAKEN EARLIER THAT SAME DAY. (ME) AT 3 YEARS OLD DOING HARD LABOR FIELD WORK I WAS BORN IN 1949 THIS PICTURE WAS TAKEN IN OCTOBER OF 1951 AT MY GRANDPA AND GRANDMA PAYNE'S PLACE NO PLAY TIME HERE. JUST A WHOLE LOT OF INSULTS WHILE I WAS TRYING TO WORK, IT WAS THIS WAY ALL OF MY LIFE NOW YOU CAN UNDERSTAND WHY I CHOSE VIETNAM...
MY ONLY HAPPINESS DURING THAT TIME WAS MY NEW LITTLE GIRL PUPPY "CINDER" HERE IS HER PICTURE MY PRETTY LITTLE GIRL YELLOW AS THE MORNING SUN AND ONLY SHE COULD BRING ME TRUE LOVE AND HAPPINESS
CUB SCOUT PACK FROM MACARTHUR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
VANCOUVER, WA
1956
I'AM THE SECOND ONE FROM THE LEFT
(THE SMALLEST ONE)
MY WEBSITE AWARDS CERTIFICATE
VANCOUVER, WA
1956
I'AM THE SECOND ONE FROM THE LEFT
(THE SMALLEST ONE)
MY WEBSITE AWARDS CERTIFICATE
MY FAVORITE QUOTE
"MANKIND MUST PUT AN END TO WAR BEFORE WAR PUTS AN END TO MAN- KIND."
PRESIDENT JOHN FITZGERALD KENNEDY FALL OF 1963.
MY GRADUATING
MY BEST FRIEND
THOMAS A. METTERT
U.S.M.C.R.
CAMP PENDLETON
SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA
MY OTHER MAIN INCENTIVE FOR GOING TO VIETNAM WAS THE DEATH OF MY BEST FRIEND'S BROTHER
"MARINE CPL ROBERT ARNOLD METTERT"
KIA
SUNDAY MAY 7, 1967
"MARINE CPL ROBERT ARNOLD METTERT"
KIA
SUNDAY MAY 7, 1967
ONLY 7 DAYS INTO HIS 2nd TOUR
KHE SANH
HILL 881 S
THE HILL BATTLES
HILL 881 S
THE HILL BATTLES
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Robert Arnold MettertCorporalB CO, 1ST BN, 9TH MARINES, 3RD MARDIV United States Marine Corps 14 December 1946 - 07 May 1967 Vancouver, Washington Panel 19E Line 053 |
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MY MILITARY SERVICE
ENLISTMENT AT UNITED STATES ARMY RECRUITER
1616 MAIN STREET
VANCOUVER, WASHINGTON 98663
ENLISTMENT AT UNITED STATES ARMY RECRUITER
1616 MAIN STREET
VANCOUVER, WASHINGTON 98663
1968 - 1971
11B10 RIFLEMAN LIGHT ARMS INFANTRY
OFFICIAL DATE OF ENLISTMENT
6th JUNE 1968
(RED LETTER DATE FOR ENLISTMENT
(BOBBY KENNEDY DIED THAT DAY HE WAS ASSASSINATED )
(I VOLUNTEERED FOR 11B INFANTRY THAT DAY I MADE THE MOST UNPOPULAR DECISION AT THE MOST UNPOPULAR TIME IN AMERICAN HISTORY TO VOLUNTEER FOR COMBAT DUTY IN VIETNAM, WHEN EVERYONE ELSE WAS BURNING THE FLAG, BURNING THEIR DRAFT CARDS, OR RUNNING OFF TO CANADA!!! THE ARMY RECRUITER ACTUALLY TRIED TO TALK ME OUT OF IT, BUT I SAID NO THAT I TOLD HIM THAT I WAS BOBBY KENNEDY'S MAIN REPRESENTATIVE FOR THE YOUNG PEOPLE OF SOUTHWEST WASHINGTON AT CLARK COLLEGE AND THAT I DID NOT BELIEVE IN BURNING THE FLAG, BURNING THE DRAFT CARD, RUNNING OFF TO CANADA, WATCHING ALL MY FRIENDS DIE ALL THE TIME THEY WOULD HIT THE FRONT PAGE NEWS AND MORE OVER I DID NOT BELIEVE IN ASSASSINATING THE ONLY POTENTIAL LEADERS WE HAD TO HELP GET US OUT OF THE MESS IN THE FIRST PLACE SO I WAS GOING TO VIETNAM AND SERVE WITH THE "GRUNTS AND THAT WAS IT!!! SOME BODY SOME DAY , I SAID. "WILL BE LOOKING BACK ON THIS AND THEY'RE GONNA SAY. "HEY LOOK AT THIS THEY WERE RIGHT AND WE WERE WRONG!!!) AFTER THAT HE STOPPED AND GAVE IN AND SHOOK MY HAND AND SAID. "YOU KNOW SON YOUR RIGHT AND WE NEED MORE PEOPLE LIKE YOU I JUST HOPE YOU CAN COME BACK ALIVE AND IN ONE PIECE" REPLIED THE ARMY RECRUITER. AS HE SHOOK MY HAND. I ASKED HIM FOR JUST A 13 DAY EXTENSION FOR MY COUSIN'S BIRTHDAY FROM THE 6th OF JUNE I COULD THEN REPORT IN ON THE 17th OF JUNE 1968 IN THE HEART OF TET. FROM THERE I WAS TO REPORT TO FORT LEWIS, WASHINGTON FOR "BCT" BASIC COMBAT TRAINING
11B10 RIFLEMAN LIGHT ARMS INFANTRY
OFFICIAL DATE OF ENLISTMENT
6th JUNE 1968
(RED LETTER DATE FOR ENLISTMENT
(BOBBY KENNEDY DIED THAT DAY HE WAS ASSASSINATED )
(I VOLUNTEERED FOR 11B INFANTRY THAT DAY I MADE THE MOST UNPOPULAR DECISION AT THE MOST UNPOPULAR TIME IN AMERICAN HISTORY TO VOLUNTEER FOR COMBAT DUTY IN VIETNAM, WHEN EVERYONE ELSE WAS BURNING THE FLAG, BURNING THEIR DRAFT CARDS, OR RUNNING OFF TO CANADA!!! THE ARMY RECRUITER ACTUALLY TRIED TO TALK ME OUT OF IT, BUT I SAID NO THAT I TOLD HIM THAT I WAS BOBBY KENNEDY'S MAIN REPRESENTATIVE FOR THE YOUNG PEOPLE OF SOUTHWEST WASHINGTON AT CLARK COLLEGE AND THAT I DID NOT BELIEVE IN BURNING THE FLAG, BURNING THE DRAFT CARD, RUNNING OFF TO CANADA, WATCHING ALL MY FRIENDS DIE ALL THE TIME THEY WOULD HIT THE FRONT PAGE NEWS AND MORE OVER I DID NOT BELIEVE IN ASSASSINATING THE ONLY POTENTIAL LEADERS WE HAD TO HELP GET US OUT OF THE MESS IN THE FIRST PLACE SO I WAS GOING TO VIETNAM AND SERVE WITH THE "GRUNTS AND THAT WAS IT!!! SOME BODY SOME DAY , I SAID. "WILL BE LOOKING BACK ON THIS AND THEY'RE GONNA SAY. "HEY LOOK AT THIS THEY WERE RIGHT AND WE WERE WRONG!!!) AFTER THAT HE STOPPED AND GAVE IN AND SHOOK MY HAND AND SAID. "YOU KNOW SON YOUR RIGHT AND WE NEED MORE PEOPLE LIKE YOU I JUST HOPE YOU CAN COME BACK ALIVE AND IN ONE PIECE" REPLIED THE ARMY RECRUITER. AS HE SHOOK MY HAND. I ASKED HIM FOR JUST A 13 DAY EXTENSION FOR MY COUSIN'S BIRTHDAY FROM THE 6th OF JUNE I COULD THEN REPORT IN ON THE 17th OF JUNE 1968 IN THE HEART OF TET. FROM THERE I WAS TO REPORT TO FORT LEWIS, WASHINGTON FOR "BCT" BASIC COMBAT TRAINING
CPL E-4 EXPERT RIFLE BADGE CPL E-4
ORDER OF THE SILVER ROSE
NATIVE AMERICAN WARRIORS MEDAL OF VALOR
VETERANS OF OREGON HONORABLE SERVICE MEDAL
199th L.I.B. UNIT CREST 4th BN 12th INF REG
COMBAT INFANTRYMENS BADGE
THE BAYONET BADGE
FROM THE 7TH INFANTRY DIVISION (LIGHT)
AWARDED FOR "KOREAN DMZ DUTY GOING UP INTO THE NORTH KOREAN BUFFER ZONE"
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