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xgrunt
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9 minutes in length and quite informative. Before viewing, make a guess as to how many Americans served in Vietnam. Also, how many you think are still living today. You may be surprised at both numbers.


http://www.youtube.com/user/BeforeTheyGo
 
Posts: 8274 | Location: Mississippi | Registered: 12 April 2005Reply With Quote
onefunzr2
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Funny how the statistics come from the Naval Health Research Center but every pic is of a grunt jumping from a chopper.

A waste of 9 minutes of my time, of which I have, according to them, not many left.
 
Posts: 4799 | Location: Lehigh county, PA | Registered: 17 October 2002Reply With Quote
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I'm not sure what I just watched. Nor why it was made. Seems to me there's a dose of BS in this and I don't understand who is gonna profit from this.
RVN '66-'67 USMC 3rdMarDiv
 
Posts: 3577 | Location: Silicon Valley | Registered: 19 November 2008Reply With Quote
onefunzr2
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I agree.

Plus, how sincere do you think today's millionaire big league ballplayers are gonna be?

As John Stossel is want to say, "Give me a Break!"
 
Posts: 4799 | Location: Lehigh county, PA | Registered: 17 October 2002Reply With Quote
xgrunt
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Originally posted by LionHunter:
I'm not sure what I just watched. Nor why it was made. Seems to me there's a dose of BS in this and I don't understand who is gonna profit from this.
RVN '66-'67 USMC 3rdMarDiv


My thoughts exactly....I hope those death numbers are inflated. I plan to make it past 2015.
 
Posts: 8274 | Location: Mississippi | Registered: 12 April 2005Reply With Quote
LionHunter
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Well past, if I have my way! And BTW, some of those "combat" clips are taken directly from Hollywood movies, not combat footage.

Semper Fi
 
Posts: 3577 | Location: Silicon Valley | Registered: 19 November 2008Reply With Quote
0X0
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All I know is that the Veterans at the local VA Hosp, are still in cammies and defending the perimeter. Big issues with Viet Nam era vets are substance abuse, PTSD, and homelessness -- not necessarily in that order.
 
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Idaho Sharpshooter
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US Army, RVN 3 August, 1969-13 September, 1971.

I will be sixty-one in September. I think I'll live at least another twenty years, just to piss them all off.

Rich
CoG/75th Inf Abn
the Ranger Companies
 
Posts: 23062 | Location: SW Idaho | Registered: 19 December 2005Reply With Quote
dian1
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Who knows?
Look at some of the numbers.
1992 DOD Index said 2,719,908 served in RVN. This was later revised to 3,001,012. Probably, after the War Library came up with the number after allowing for separation for duty with other agencies, etc.
VA indicates that 1/3 of the 3.2mm are surviving.
War Library surveys indicate that during the 1995 to 2005 timeframe, about 11mm people claimed service bringing the total to 13,365,000.
Realistically, looks like somewhere between 2.7mm and 3.2mm but it still makes you wonder--can't they get any closer than 500,000. Wow!!
They don't even know how many they started with so how can they spout off numbers of those still living.
How ever many of you are out there, and I hope it's more than some of the numbers bantered around, I wish you a long and happy life.
Look back but don't stare.
 
Posts: 313 | Location: Alaska to Kalispell MT | Registered: 06 January 2005Reply With Quote
craigster
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Originally posted by dian1:
Who knows?
Look at some of the numbers.
1992 DOD Index said 2,719,908 served in RVN. This was later revised to 3,001,012. Probably, after the War Library came up with the number after allowing for separation for duty with other agencies, etc.
VA indicates that 1/3 of the 3.2mm are surviving.
War Library surveys indicate that during the 1995 to 2005 timeframe, about 11mm people claimed service bringing the total to 13,365,000.
Realistically, looks like somewhere between 2.7mm and 3.2mm but it still makes you wonder--can't they get any closer than 500,000. Wow!!
They don't even know how many they started with so how can they spout off numbers of those still living.
How ever many of you are out there, and I hope it's more than some of the numbers bantered around, I wish you a long and happy life.
Look back but don't stare.


Look at the numbers, myths, and facts here:

http://www.ngac.org/index.php?...31:general&Itemid=41
 
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