Any vets among the Audiophiles here?

bought my first sound system in da nang vietnam...advent speakers...sansui amp....back in the mid sixties..it was good stuff..didn't listen to it there but was able to order it and send it home..listen to it for a couple of years and graduated to mcintosh in those days with ads speakers...

I'm a former Army officer and Vietman vet, with about 7 years of active duty service and 5 years in the Washington Army National Guard. My active duty service included 18 months in Vietnam (mostly in Long Binh and Qui Nhon), and about 4.5 years in Germany. In many respects, the years I had the privilege to serve our nation were the most meaningful of my life.

My family's military service includes:
1. my Dad, who retired after 24 years as a colonel in the Marine Corps (his WWII service included 4 campaigns with the 4th Marine Division on Saipan, Tinian, Roi-Namur, and Iwo Jima, and later service in the Korean War);
2. my uncle, who served as a doctor in the Army for 4 years immediately following WWII;
3. my younger brother and his wife, who both retired from the Navy after 25 years of service;
4. my first cousin, who graduated from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point;
5. my niece, who spent 6 years in the Air Force;
6. my father-in-law (now deceased), a former Army officer who completed a 30-year career.

I did my hitch in the 70's, I still miss the ol duece an a
half, 10 wheel drive and a ton of off road fun. I loved
watching the 102's (field artillery) shooting, and the way everything jumped up off the ground when they fired off a round. Wish I still had my grenade launcher too, that thing was a real kick in the pants, oh well, cant have everything.

I bought my first "stereo" then also, a Sears and Robuck all in one record player and receiver combo, boy, I dont miss that thing at all.

For those of you who do not know, The Absolute Sound senior reviewer Anthony Cordesman is a former NATO commander and was ABC's chief on-air military analyst during the first gulf war. He is now associated with a think tank and is a respected national security expert who is frequently quoted in national newspapers.

In short, the guy has a serious day job.

Served in the Navy in the late sixties. Was in Corondo, San Francisco, and the Phillipines. Didn't know what "high end" was in those days.