My very good friend and fellow VN vet was down at the protest in Portland last night (6th night in a row), taking photographs when he couldn’t take it any longer and started haranguing the goons of the Trump American Bund.
Mike was a medic in Viet Nam and has a pretty bad case of PTSD but he handles it well by documenting the injustices he see around him. He has been back to Viet Nam several times to visit the My Lai memorial and enjoy the friendliness of the people there.
I first met Mike in 1988 when we occupied the Oregon Viet Nam memorial protesting the treatment (or lack of ) homeless vets.
After that a group of us walked 50 miles from Portland to Salem to visit the traveling Wall with Mike as our medic.
Anywho, Mike was snapping picture and saw the goons and couldn’t help himself. And they just sprayed him right in the face, point blank.
He is 75 years old and still fearless.
Awakening
When you discover the truth through the
door of betrayal, and become a global
citizen, it is as if you acquired a quantum
leap in intelligence. The world you once
lived in is no longer your primary residence.
Mike Hastie
Army Medic Viet Nam
Fuck those goons