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Mushroom Montoya circumnavigated the globe aboard the USS Trippe DE1075 after killing soldiers, woman and children in Viet Nam. Now, as a shaman, he heals the planet one person at a time. Mushroom Montoya has an active shamanic healing practice in Long Beach, California and he teaches at the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at Cal State Univ. Long Beach.

Tuesday, December 19, 2017

Buried at Sea

The USS Trippe DE 1075 (later became FF 1075) was "buried at sea" on March 6, 2001.
I feel a sadness looking at these photos, knowing that a part of my past  had been sunk.
And perhaps that is as it should be. It was a weapon of war. It's weapons killed innocent people who are referred to as collateral damage.
But to the mothers and fathers, to the siblings and friends, they were not collateral damage. They were family that we killed in war.
You can read my account of my first three months in Viet Nam in my book, Viet Nam Body Count https://www.amazon.com/Viet-Body-Count-Mushroom-Montoya/dp/1484132823/ref=sr_1_2_twi_pap_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1515048794&sr=8-2&keywords=Viet+Nam+Body+Count#reader_1484132823