Photographs documenting the horrors of the Vietnam War party
Chapel Hill, NC — Early this morning, Delta Kappa Epsilon pledges finished construction of a memorial to honor the victims of the Vietnam War party that the fraternity threw last weekend.
The monument will feature walls of black granite sunk into DKE’s front yard listing the names of those who fell leaving the party and those who are still missing in action.
“It comes back in flashes,” said Darren Mathers, a DKE brother, running his hand over the cold stone of the monument. “I felt like I was 100 miles deep in the jungle juice. I couldn’t think straight. The shots just kept coming.”
The memorial lies at the site of one of the Vietnam War party’s most harrowing scenes: men and women in rice paddy hats and traditional Southeast Asian garb sprawled across the lawn, blackout from a night of intense action. The event has come to be known as the Mai Tai massacre.
“Charlie was everywhere. In the trees, in the grass, everywhere. There wasn’t anywhere safe from one of his merciless bombings. None of the girls could take a picture of themselves wearing silk tunics and squinting their eyes without being photobombed by Charlie,” said Alex Martel of fraternity brother Charles Wright, Class of 2014.
Junior Walter Kurtz, once considered a rising star in the fraternity, bore testament to the crippling effects of the Vietnam War party. Unable to attend class or play pickup basketball because of the damage his body sustained during his three tours of duty at the bar, Kurtz did little more than stare at the foundation of the new memorial and whisper, “The horror, the horror.”
Some hope that the memorial can be a place of healing, not only for Vietnam War party veterans, but also for the Vietnamese people whose culture they violated.
“Not a day goes by that I do not feel remorse for what happened” said Vietnam War party veteran Thomas Caley and Social Chair at the time of the party. “I feel remorse for the Vietnamese whom we denigrated, for the American soldiers we made these young kids try to be, and for all the families involved. We were just kids, trying to lead a party. We didn’t know. I am so very sorry.”
The Minor 
They didn’t actually have a Vietnam War costume party, did they? That’s another part of the satire, right?
Nope, the sad part is they actually did do this. It’s disgusting.
Golly that is awful
Golly?
This is not cool.
what’s wrong with reenacting a war. Its not like its a Nazi vs. Jews party – now that’s messed up
but the My Lai massacre wasn’t messed up?…..right. this is terrible.
but the My Lai massacre wasn’t messed up?
That looks like a super sweet party frat bros! Next year you guys should dress up like wounded American Soldiers and Marines fresh out of Vietnam and tell fake war stories to hot pieces of ass. You could re-enact the Top Gun volleyball scene and even jerk off fellow frat bros. I’m stoked about that wounded Top Gun jerk off party next year bros!
Thin skin is so played out
So is racism.
oh good call, crying racism is so hot right now.
I think that they don’t even realize that they’re trivializing something that hurt a lot of American soldiers and have left them traumatized and damaged physically and emotionally. They have reduced the sacrifice of our soldiers to a subject of satire and ridicule. This is just unappreciative of what was lost and the suffering that still goes on because of this war.
It is truly disappointing to hear that this is true. The sacrifices of our soldiers should not be trivialized and neither should the suffering of the Vietnamese people. I guess that when you grow up with a silver spoon in your mouth and are disconnected from the rest of society you can do these things, though. I’m all for freedom of expression, that is what the soldiers fight for, but, what I am against are fools who do not know how to properly use it. War is all a game until you lose someone in one. Enjoy being privileged and throwing your little parties while guys with the same age as you but ten times larger balls put their lives on the line for our country.
They actually didn’t have that party. It was a 60s, 70s theme. No one was encouraged to dress in an offensive manner as seen in social media photos. All people in offensive garb were forced to change clothes. Check the DTH article: http://www.dailytarheel.com/article/2013/10/fraternity-party-theme-questioned
and the pics are fabricated by Israel or something?