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<blockquote data-quote="steelfingers" data-source="post: 4237436" data-attributes="member: 38658">Not wearing but just gave away a watch my brother brought back from Viet Nam in the late 60&#039;s.&nbsp; He won it in a card game from a lifer.I looked it up and it&#039;s a Bulova 3818 A army issue.&nbsp; From the records I could find on line, and may be wrong because it wasn&#039;t in the best condition, is was army issue from 58 to 62.&nbsp; Brother went in in 67 and stayed 30 years.Gave it to one of our family members that has a new born sun with the request it stay in the family.&nbsp; It doesn&#039;t work, and according to my bro it stopped during Tet.&nbsp; He wore two watches when he was there.&nbsp; As an enlisted guy walking around in the high grass trying not to get killed, he needed all the luck he could get, so he wore it 24/7 till that war ended and he came home.&nbsp; He swears the watch saved him from Tet.It&#039;s sat in a drawer for 30 years but the glass was still intact.&nbsp; No band and face faded a bit. I&#039;m starting to let stuff go because it&#039;s time.&nbsp; This was not an expensive watch then or now but it has significance. So that&#039;s my&nbsp; watch story.&nbsp; Years ago I had planned to get it fixed and working to wear, but decided to leave it just like it was when I got it from him.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="steelfingers, post: 4237436, member: 38658"] Not wearing but just gave away a watch my brother brought back from Viet Nam in the late 60's. He won it in a card game from a lifer. I looked it up and it's a Bulova 3818 A army issue. From the records I could find on line, and may be wrong because it wasn't in the best condition, is was army issue from 58 to 62. Brother went in in 67 and stayed 30 years. Gave it to one of our family members that has a new born sun with the request it stay in the family. It doesn't work, and according to my bro it stopped during Tet. He wore two watches when he was there. As an enlisted guy walking around in the high grass trying not to get killed, he needed all the luck he could get, so he wore it 24/7 till that war ended and he came home. He swears the watch saved him from Tet. It's sat in a drawer for 30 years but the glass was still intact. No band and face faded a bit. I'm starting to let stuff go because it's time. This was not an expensive watch then or now but it has significance. So that's my watch story. Years ago I had planned to get it fixed and working to wear, but decided to leave it just like it was when I got it from him. [/QUOTE]

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