Captain John Ripley Dong Ha Bridge T-Shirt Color:Black that rifle was our lifeline

that rifle was our lifeline

made you a pariah when you came home

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now serves as a tool for surveillance and control

Decisions were made

Captain John Ripley Dong Ha Bridge T-Shirt Color:Black that rifle was our lifelineStop Being Metaphorical By DIA Some people blow up bridges metaphorically. Captain John Ripley did it hanging underneath one while being shot at. In 1972, during the Easter Offensive in Vietnam, North Vietnamese forces were rolling south with tanks and momentum. The Dong Ha Bridge was the gateway. If it held, they poured through. If it fell, they stalled. Thats where Captain John Ripley stepped in and did something that sounds more like a movie than