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Published May 12, 2008 12:52 pm - Billy Furlong has lived in Barren County his entire life, except for the three years he spent in the military. Vietnam veteran shares memories WHAT'S YOUR STORY? By GINA KINSLOW Glasgow Daily Times GLASGOW — Billy Furlong has lived in Barren County his entire life, except for the three years he spent in the military.
Furlong is a Vietnam veteran. He describes his time in Vietnam as being “different.” “I filled my patriotic duty then and I’m filling my patriotic duty now,” he said, as he sat beneath a shade tree in front of the Barren County Courthouse. Furlong was just returning to the courthouse from lunch. He had jury duty last week. In Vietnam, he worked as an engineer, building bridges and roads. “I did different things for different units,” he said. Furlong admits he doesn’t talk about his time in Vietnam very much. “It was something I did for my country. If I’d done it for myself, I’d never done it,” he said. He has both good memories and bad memories about the time he spent in Vietnam. Furlong has not kept up with his fellow soldiers over the years, something he now wishes he had done. He admitted he had forgotten a lot of their names. “That’s been 30 some years ago,” he said. Furlong said he has a tremendous amount of respect for men and women who are in the armed forces. “I hope this conflict we’re in now doesn’t turn into another Vietnam,” he said. When Furlong returned to Barren County from Vietnam he went to work for Kenneth Motley’s trucking company. “He was one of the best men I ever knew,” he said of his former boss. 
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