Mike Howell
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It's still raw.
It is, but they didn't have a chance to come home.
Like I did.
And the other people who were in there to live their lives, to grow up, raise a family, get married, have children and grandchildren.
It's still a raw issue.
But you go from there.
Well, I wish you a blessed holiday.
You've got to count your blessings and Thanksgiving here.
But Long Island has a rich history of the Vietnam War.
We made the A-6 Intruder, all these great planes.
You were telling me the story of Ray McDaniel, served six years in the Hanoi Hill.
Captain Ray McDaniel, he's retired now.
He's about 89.
But they flew up here from Naval Air Station Oceania.
to either Grumman or out to Calverton to pick up the A-6 intruders.
And those were brought back, put on the Enterprise, and off to Vietnam in the Gulf of Tonkin.
And he flew 82 missions.
Wow.
And he got shot down on his last mission.
The SAM missile came up.