| Some called me medic...others just called me Doc In all the professions I could have choosen to be None gave me more Honor or pride or sense of responsibility. Than to be called their Medic or Bac Si or Doc To the 2nd of the 47th Infantry. Recon, the Scouts, A part of Headquarters Company. The men were daring, young and strong We drank our beer and sang our songs As we rode upon our tracks In the paddies of solid green. Each man was tested and a warrior named attached Cowboy, Pimp, Babysun, Slim, Pineapple, Repro-man, Uncle 5, Budda, Thurston Howell the third and Killer II Then there was the Tazmanian Devil too ....Just to name a few. We became fast friends And they learned to trust me too A name given to just a chosen few They just called me...Doc Pardue It was earned in battle Fighting by their side . They taught me about the living and the dying And the surviving too. It has been many years since Our time in Vietnam I've been known by many names since But the one I learned to cherish most Was given long ago By my friends and brothers dressed in battle green It's simply.....Doc Pardue @ 2001 |
| Welcome to all who have found this website. I am one of several 1000's of medics who served in the Republic of South Vietnam. Each of us has a story to tell....this one is mine. This is a story of my experiences of being a combat medic in Vietnam and after I came home learning how to deal with the effects of war. It is my desire that you will view all the pages contained here as they also pay honor to those I served and worked with. I have been asked by several people how the name of this website came about. While I was in Vietnam we ate food in cans called C-rations. It was kind of boring so someone got the idea of cooking our food hoping that heating it up and adding spices would help the taste. We would add several different foods together in a helmet light up some C-4 and cook the food adding spices sent from home. I remember going into Saigon one time and went into a bar and the girls would always ask you to buy them a Saigon Tea. So the combination of the two phrases were put together. I guess too, it truly describes the year I spent there as the best of times and the worst of times. Come on in and stay awhile.....you just might get a taste of Rice Paddy Stew and Saigon Tea. Doc Pardue |
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| Drawing by Bernie Duff, combat medic, 51st Medical Company, Vietnam 69-70 |
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