Viet Nam Veterans (VNAM)

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FYI ~~ agent orange / benefits related.....

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[chunga1]

wow....

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The largest age group, 33,103 were 18 years old.

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Subject: Viet Nam Veteran Statistics for Veterans Day, (November 11, 2011)


A little history most people will never know.



Interesting Veterans Statistics off the Vietnam Memorial Wall

"Carved on these walls is the story of America , of a continuing quest
to preserve both Democracy and decency, and to protect a national
treasure that we call the American dream." ~President George Bush

SOMETHING to think about - Most of the surviving Parents are now Deceased.


There are 58,267 names now listed on that polished black wall, including
those added in 2010.

The names are arranged in the order in which they were taken from us by
date and within each date the names are alphabetized. It is hard to
believe it is 36 years since the last casualties.

Beginning at the apex on panel 1E and going out to the end of the East
wall, appearing to recede into the earth (numbered 70E - May 25, 1968),
then resuming at the end of the West wall, as the wall emerges from the
earth (numbered 70W - continuing May 25, 1968) and ending with a date in
1975. Thus the war's beginning and end meet. The war is complete, coming
full circle, yet broken by the earth that bounds the angle's open side
and contained within the earth itself.

The first known casualty was Richard B. Fitzgibbon, of North Weymouth ,
Mass. Listed by the U.S. Department of Defense as having been killed on
June 8, 1956. His name is listed on the Wall with that of his son,
Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Richard B. Fitzgibbon III, who was killed on
Sept. 7, 1965.


. There are three sets of fathers and sons on the Wall.

. 39,996 on the Wall were just 22 or younger.

. 8,283 were just 19 years old.

The largest age group, 33,103 were 18 years old.

. 12 soldiers on the Wall were 17 years old.

. 5 soldiers on the Wall were 16 years old.

. One soldier, PFC Dan Bullock was 15 years old.

. 997 soldiers were killed on their first day in Vietnam .

. 1,448 soldiers were killed on their last day in Vietnam .

. 31 sets of brothers are on the Wall.

. Thirty one sets of parents lost two of their sons.

. 54 soldiers on the Wall attended Thomas Edison High School in
Philadelphia . I wonder why so many from one school.

. 8 Women are on the Wall. Nursing the wounded.

. 244 soldiers were awarded the Medal of Honor during the Vietnam War;
153 of them are on the Wall.

. Beallsville, Ohio with a population of 475 lost 6 of her sons.

. West Virginia had the highest casualty rate per capita in the nation.
There are 711 West Virginians on the Wall.

. The Marines of Morenci - They led some of the scrappiest high school
football and basketball teams that the little Arizona copper town of
Morenci (pop. 5,058) had ever known and cheered. They enjoyed roaring
beer busts. In quieter moments, they rode horses along the Coronado
Trail, stalked deer in the Apache National Forest . And in the patriotic
camaraderie typical of Morenci's mining families, the nine graduates of
Morenci High enlisted as a group in the Marine Corps. Their service
began on Independence Day, 1966. Only 3 returned home.

. The Buddies of Midvale - LeRoy Tafoya, Jimmy Martinez, Tom Gonzales
were all boyhood friends and lived on three consecutive streets in
Midvale, Utah on Fifth, Sixth and Seventh avenues. They lived only a few
yards apart. They played ball at the adjacent sandlot ball field. And
they all went to Vietnam . In a span of 16 dark days in late 1967, all
three would be killed. LeRoy was killed on Wednesday, Nov. 22, the
fourth anniversary of John F. Kennedy's assassination. Jimmy died less
than 24 hours later on Thanksgiving Day. Tom was shot dead assaulting
the enemy on Dec. 7, Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day.

. The most casualty deaths for a single day was on January 31, 1968 ~
245 deaths.

. The most casualty deaths for a single month was May 1968 - 2,415
casualties were incurred.


For most Americans who read this they will only see the numbers that the
Vietnam War created. To those of us who survived the war, and to the
families of those who did not, we see the faces, we feel the pain that
these numbers created. We are, until we too pass away, haunted with
these numbers, because they were our friends, fathers, husbands, wives,
sons and daughters. There are no noble wars, just noble warriors.


Please pass this on to those who served during this time, and those who DO Care.

[chunga1]

thanks guys.....and gals

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Thanks all you Vets!

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Subject: Vietnam On History Channel

This link is a preview of the 6 hour film to be shown on the History Channel at 8:00 p.m. Central on November 8, 9, 10.

http://www.history.com/shows/vietnam-in-hd/videos#vietnam-in-hd-preview

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The chow line?


Freakin hilarious man!!

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LOL ~~~ I was just following orders!

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Pass it on

2011 Free Veterans Day Meals
http://themilitarywallet.com/veterans-day-free-meals-and-discounts/

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Get in the 'chow line' !!

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USO Make Something Happen!

http://www.uso.org/programs/

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ALL YOU EVER WANTED TO KNOW ABOUT VIETNAM AND A LOT MORE.

This is probably the one of the best search lists compiled about Vietnam.

It would take months to look at everything this site offers.

Feel free to pass it along to anyone you think might be interested... click on the link







http://www.cc.gatech.edu/fac/Thomas.Pilsch/Vietnam.html

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I'll leave the last two posts up ---- but, final warning ~~~ pls. keep the POLITICAL stuff OFF this board!

I understand your intentions --- but, prefer to keep the board NON-political!!


TY!

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Ron Paul Ad: 'He Served' -
Submitted by Michael Nystrom on Thu, 09/22/2011 - 08:02
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Ron Paul 2012 Presidential Campaign Releases Newest Ad -
Highlights Paul’s military service and unrivaled
commitment to veterans

Today, the Ron Paul 2012 Presidential campaign released its
latest television ad.
The 60-second spot entitled ‘A Veteran’s Best Friend’ highlights
Paul’s military service and unrivaled commitment to veterans.

http://www.dailypaul.com/179755/newest-ron-paul-ad-he-served

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BS Obama Social security -



BS job plan -











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Paul Knocks Obama's Healthcare Cuts for Veterans -

http://www.newsmax.com/Politics/Paul-Obama-healthcare-veterans/2011/09/20/id/411706

Veterans should know they would have a fantastic supporter for them.

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[softballdaddy]

Leave the cheerleaders alone

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Awesome...heading out now to practice..

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Thx ~~~ what a nice story !

[softballdaddy]

61-year-old Vietnam vet makes the cut as a small-college kicker

By Nick Bromberg


At an age when many start thinking about retirement, Alan Moore is restarting his football career.

Moore, a 61 year-old Vietnam veteran, will kick this fall for Faulkner University, a small Christian school in Montgomery, Ala., 43 years after his initial college career was cut short by Vietnam. When he takes the field against Ave Maria on Sept. 10, Moore will be the oldest player ever to take the field for a four-year university.

From Los That Sports Blog:


Moore was only able to play his freshman year at Jones County (Miss.) Junior College before heading off to Vietnam for 11 months [in 1968]. Watching a football game in 2009 inspired him to purchase footballs, build goal posts in his daughter's back yard, and practice kicking.

Last year Moore was turned away in an attempt to try out for Jones' team but did end up making the team at Holmes (Miss.) Community College after being referred by the head coach's aunt. Ironically, he made an appearance for Holmes against Jones County.

Moore is the first sexagenarian football player on record at any level. George Blanda was 48 when he retired from the NFL after his career as a quarterback and kicker. In 2004, 39-year-old Tim Frisby successfully walked on at South Carolina as a wide receiver. "Pops" Frisby was also a veteran, spending time as a U.S. Army Ranger in the first Gulf War. Even on television, Gerald "Major Dad" McRaney was only in his 40s when he guest-starred as a veteran giving college football one last shot in the old sitcom "Coach."

However, Moore still has 13 years to go to top Ken Mink, who was 73 when he played for the Roane State (Tenn.) basketball team in 2008 in the Tennessee Junior Community College Athletic Association. Has there ever been an official verdict on social security as an "improper benefit"?

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You're a 19 year old kid.

You're critically wounded and dying in
the jungle somewhere in the Central Highlands of Viet Nam .

It's November 11, 1967.
LZ (landing zone) X-ray.

Your unit is outnumbered 8-1 and the enemy fire is so intense from 100 yards away, that your CO (commanding officer) has ordered the MedEvac helicopters to stop coming in.

You're lying there, listening to the enemy machine guns and you know you're not getting out.

Your family is half way around the world, 12,000 miles away, and you'll never see them again.

As the world starts to fade in and out, you know this is the day.

Then - over the machine gun noise - you faintly hear that sound of a helicopter.

You look up to see a Huey coming in. But.. It doesn't seem real because no MedEvac markings are on it.

Captain Ed Freeman is coming in for you.

He's not MedEvac so it's not his job, but he heard the radio call and decided he's flying his Huey down into the machine gun fire anyway.


Even after the MedEvacs were ordered not to come. He's coming anyway.


And he drops it in and sits there in the machine gun fire, as they load 3 of you at a time on board.

Then he flies you up and out through the gunfire to the doctors and nurses and safety.

And, he kept coming back!! 13 more times!!
Until all the wounded were out. No one knew until the mission was over that the Captain had been hit 4 times in the legs and left arm.

He took 29 of you and your buddies out that day. Some would not have made it without the Captain and his Huey.


Medal of Honor Recipient, Captain Ed Freeman, United States Air Force, died last Wednesday at the age of 70, in Boise , Idaho


May God Bless and Rest His Soul.


I bet you didn't hear about this hero's passing, but we've sure seen a whole bunch about Lindsay Lohan, Tiger Woods and the bickering of congress over Health Reform.

Medal of Honor Winner Captain Ed Freeman


Shame on the American media !!!


Now... YOU pass this along to YOUR
mailing list. Honor this real American.

Please.

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The Truth About Being a Hero

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424053111903596904576516302821089790.html?mod=WSJ_hp_LEFTTopStories

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Camano Island man's picture books can help vets with dementia
By Gale Fiege, Herald Writer
Published: Wednesday, August 24, 2011





CAMANO ISLAND -- Dan Koffman likes to tell the story of one 92-year-old military veteran whose family got a copy of his latest picture book.

The elderly gentleman, who served in North Africa during World War II, hadn't said much in years, owing in part to his dementia.

The man saw the picture of a canteen in Koffman's book, "Life in the U.S. Military: Images for Reflection and Reminiscence for Veterans with Memory Loss."

"In that moment, his family recognized him," Koffman said, "because he lit up, laughed and started talking about how it was as hot as blue blazes in Egypt when he served there, and how he emptied his canteen while riding a stinky camel through the pyramids. His reaction was magic."

Koffman, 61, a longtime artist, designer and marketer who lives on Camano Island, is on his way this week to San Antonio, Texas, where he plans to talk about his book to an audience of VFW auxiliary members at the national Veterans of Foreign Wars convention. There he hopes people will join his crusade to get the picture book into the hands of more than a half-million veterans -- from World War II to Afghanistan -- who have memory loss.

Dr. Nina Tumosa, a physician who specializes in geriatrics at St. Louis University in Missouri, considers the book wonderful. It includes simple pictures of boots, bugles and buzz cuts, among many other images familiar to veterans.

"The chaplains in our clinic frequently pull the book out in order to communicate with people, and the young clinicians learn a little bit about war," Tumosa said. "Especially if you are skilled in using the book, you can help a lot of people who are depressed by their memory loss."

While some of the images in the book might have more meaning to World War II, Korean and Vietnam war veterans, people returning from Iraq and Afghanistan with brain injuries also could benefit from the book, Tumosa said.

"I think it will become well-used," she said.

Bill Morse, 71, a Vietnam veteran who served in the Navy, agrees.

A VFW member in Arlington, Morse said he has encouraged Hoffman to get his book out to veterans.

"For the average person, it's a bunch of pictures. But if you look at it from the perspective of a combat veteran, there are many things that readily bring back sad remembrances and fond memories," Morse said. "Any vet with post traumatic stress disorder and depression would benefit from having the book. It is a tool for helping people come back."

At their studio on Camano, Hoffman and his wife, Sandy, are passionate about creating art that makes people smile. A longtime peace activist, Hoffman has created other picture books, including one about food, for people with memory loss.

Hoffman's dad, a World War II veteran, died about 20 years ago after suffering from dementia for 10 years. Hoffman's mom spent all her time during those last years caring for her husband and she died about six months after he passed away.

It is for them that Hoffman published "Life in the U.S. Military."

"As the VFW Auxiliary women say, we need to honor the dead by serving the living," Hoffman said. "We need more materials to help families. People just want something to help their loved ones and have a little respite for themselves -- a key to unlock those stories that help them reconnect."

Koffman sells his book online and has a place on his website, www.lifeintheusmilitary.com, where people can donate the $25 it takes to get the picture book into the hands of a veteran with memory loss.

"This is something positive we can all help do," Hoffman said. "I just wish I could have shared this with my own father. While in the service he wrote manuals for GIs coming home with war injuries. In a way I am continuing his work."

Gale Fiege: 425-339-3427; [e-mail].

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QVC

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C's: C-rations, C-rats, Charlie rats, or combat rations-- canned meals used in military operation

http://www.pleikupals.org/glossary/index.htm

[softballdaddy]

I'd still pee on her...

I remember her getting photos done, sitting in a NVA AA gun carriage, pretending to shoot down American planes...and she calls those that oppose that view..."extremist"

[EZ2]

I have too many friends (lost) to ever forgive/forget ---- I'm a "match striker" !

[softballdaddy]

I guess the years have dulled my anger...a friend still tells me he wouldn't piss on her if she was on fire....with the passage of time, I think I would Pee on her, even if she wasn't on fire...when she goes to the great turncoat in the ground, we may have to a pilgrimmage, all us enlarged prostrated vets, to sanctify her burial.

[softballdaddy]

I feel so sorry for her...her chickens are finally coming home to roost

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Sent: Monday, July 18, 2011 11:42:19 AM


Subject: Hey Fonda ~~~ bend over and kiss my ass !



Jane Fonda jabs at QVC over canceled TV appearance
Sat Jul 16, 2:25 PM PDT

A new controversy over Oscar winner Jane Fonda's Vietnam War activism caused the actress to come out swinging against home shopping TV network QVC on Saturday, over what she described as its caving in to "extremist" pressure to cancel her appearance.

In a blog posting on showbusiness website TheWrap.com, Fonda wrote that she was scheduled to appear on QVC on Saturday to introduce her book "Prime Time" about aging and life cycles.

But the network, Fonda wrote, reported receiving a flood of angry calls regarding her anti-war activism of the 1960s and 1970s, and it decided to cancel Fonda's appearance.

Four decades ago, the American actress angered Vietnam War supporters who gave her the nickname "Hanoi Jane" for her 1972 visit to the capital of North Vietnam at the height of the conflict. At the time, she posed for photos showing her sitting atop a Viet Cong anti-aircraft gun, and she remains an object of derision by some U.S. veterans and others.

Fonda, 73, has in the past expressed regret about those images, and in her post at The Wrap she took aim at QVC and her critics.

"I am, to say the least, deeply disappointed that QVC caved to this kind of insane pressure by some well funded and organized political extremist groups," Fonda wrote.

QVC acknowledged Fonda's appearance was canceled, but said it was because of a "programing change."

"It's not unusual to have a schedule change with our shows and guests with little or no notice," QVC spokesman Paul Capelli said in a statement.

"I can't speak to Ms. Fonda's comments, other than to confirm that a change in scheduling resulted in her not appearing today."

In 2005, Fonda was spat upon at a book signing in Kansas City, Missouri, by a man who said he was angered by her Vietnam War-era actions.

"Bottom line, this has gone on far too long, this spreading of lies about me!" Fonda wrote at TheWrap.com. "... I love my country. I have never done anything to hurt my country or the men and women who have fought and continue to fight for us."

The daughter of late screen legend Henry Fonda, the actress most recently starred in 2007 film "Georgia Rule." She won Oscars for roles in the films "Coming Home" (1978) and "Klute" (1971).

QVC is a unit of Liberty Media Corp.

(Reporting by Alex Dobuzinskis: Editing by Bob Tourtellotte)


http://tv.yahoo.com/news/article/tv-news.en.reuters.com/tv-news.en.reuters.com-20110716-us_janefonda?nc

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At Cafe Miss Cutie, the windows are tinted but not pitch black. The waitresses are wearing negligees but not naked. And patrons are being urged to smoke outside.

The dimly lit coffeehouse in the heart of Orange County's Little Saigon hopes to get a passing grade when police start enforcing a host of new rules to crack down on illegal gambling and nudity at some cafes starting as soon as this weekend.

Officers plan to make rounds of the 37 Vietnamese cafes in the suburban city of Garden Grove to ensure they don't have arcade games that have been rigged to let patrons bet on blackjack and roulette, and that scantily clad waitresses leave something to the imagination.

http://apnews.myway.com//article/20110701/D9O6O9FG1.html

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Barbara Walters comments on Jane Fonda

http://ragingbull.quote.com/mboard/boards.cgi?board=OT&read=48303
Never Forgive A Traitor

For those of you too young to remember Hanoi Jane is a bad person and did
some terrible things during the Vietnam war. Things that can not be
forgiven!!!!

For those who served and/or died. . .

NEVER FORGIVE A TRAITOR. SHE REALLY WAS A TRAITOR!!

and now OBAMA wants to honor her......!!!!

In Memory of LT. C.Thomsen Wieland who spent 100 days at the Hanoi Hilton

IF YOU NEVER FORWARDED ANYTHING IN YOUR LIFE FORWARD THIS SO THAT EVERYONE
WILL KNOW!!!!!!

She really is a traitor.

A TRAITOR IS ABOUT TO BE HONORED KEEP THIS MOVING ACROSS AMERICA

This is for all the kids born in the 70's and after who do not remember, and
didn't have to bear the burden that our fathers, mothers and older brothers
and sisters had to bear..

Jane Fonda is being honored as one of the '100 Women of the Century.'



BARBRA WALTERS WRITES:


Unfortunately, many have forgotten and still countless others have never
known how Ms. Fonda betrayed not only the idea of our country, but specific
men who served and sacrificed during Vietnam


The first part of this is from an F-4E pilot. The pilot's name is Jerry
Driscoll, a River Rat.

In 1968, the former Commandant of the USAF Survival School was a POW in Ho
Lo Prison the ' Hanoi Hilton.'

Dragged from a stinking cesspit of a cell, cleaned, fed, and dressed in
clean PJ's, he was ordered to describe for a visiting American 'Peace
Activist' the 'lenient and humane treatment' he'd received.


He spat at Ms. Fonda, was clubbed, and was dragged away. During the
subsequent beating, he fell forward on to the camp Commandant 's feet, which
sent that officer berserk.

In 1978, the Air Force Colonel still suffered from double vision (which
permanently ended his flying career) from the Commandant's frenzied
application of a wooden baton.

>From 1963-65, Col. Larry Carrigan was in the 47FW/DO (F-4E's). He spent 6
years in the ' Hanoi Hilton',,, the first three of which his family only knew
he was 'missing in action'. His wife lived on faith that he was still alive.
His group, too, got the cleaned-up, fed and clothed routine in preparation
for a 'peace delegation' visit.

They, however, had time and devised a plan to get word to the world that
they were alive and still survived. Each man secreted a tiny piece of paper,
with his Social Security Number on it , in the palm of his hand.


When paraded before Ms. Fonda and a cameraman, she walked the line, shaking
each man's hand and asking little encouraging snippets like: 'Aren't you
sorry you bombed babies?' and 'Are you grateful for the humane treatment
from your benevolent captors?' Believing this HAD to be an act, they each
palmed her their sliver of paper.

She took them all without missing a beat.. At the end of the line and once
the camera stopped rolling, to the shocked disbelief of the POWs, she turned
to the officer in charge and handed him all the little pieces of paper..

Three men died from the subsequent beatings. Colonel Carrigan was almost
number four but he survived, which is the only reason we know of her actions
that day.


I was a civilian economic development advisor in Vietnam , and was captured
by the North Vietnamese communists in South Vietnam in 1968, and held
prisoner for over 5 years.

I spent 27 months in solitary confinement; one year in a cage in Cambodia ;
and one year in a 'black box' in Hanoi . My North Vietnamese captors
deliberately poisoned and murdered a female missionary, a nurse in a
leprosarium in Banme Thuot , South Vietnam , whom I buried in the jungle near
the Cambodian border. At one time, I weighed only about 90 lbs. (My normal
weight is 170 lbs)

We were Jane Fonda's 'war criminals....'

When Jane Fonda was in Hanoi , I was asked by the camp communist political
officer if I would be willing to meet with her..

I said yes, for I wanted to tell her about the real treatment we POWs
received... and how different it was from the treatment purported by the
North Vietnamese, and parroted by her as 'humane and lenient..'


Because of this, I spent three days on a rocky floor on my knees, with my
arms outstretched with a large steel weight placed on my hands, and beaten
with a bamboo cane.

I had the opportunity to meet with Jane Fonda soon after I was released. I
asked her if she would be willing to debate me on TV. She never did answer
me.

These first-hand experiences do not exemplify someone who should be honored
as part of '100 Years of Great Women.' Lest we forget....' 100 Years of
Great Women' should never include a traitor whose hands are covered with the
blood of so many patriots.

There are few things I have strong visceral reactions to, but Hanoi Jane's
participation in blatant treason, is one of them. Please take the time to
forward to as many people as you possibly can.. It will eventually end up on
her computer and she needs to know that we will never forget.

RONALD D. SAMPSON, CMSgt,
USAF 716 Maintenance Squadron,
Chief of Maintenance DSN: 875-6431 COMM: 883-6343

[EZ2]

Happy Father's Day ~~~ to all who are and especially to all those who were / would have been !

Semper fi!

EZ

[EZ2]

Never forget !


http://www.virtualwall.org/iStates.htm

[softballdaddy]

Today is June 6...D Day...65 years ago today the fictional movie Saving Private Ryan was real...only a few of the guys that hit the beach that day are still alive.
This American salutes them and their comrades that charged into history. God Bless them, and God Bless the country that produced men like them.

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[softballdaddy]

Lets not forget, in the midst of BBQ, lake, etc. all of those who were with us 45 years ago and stayed young.

[EZ2]

Vietnam War Hero Offers Leadership Lessons


http://www.americanprofile.com/articles/leadership-lessons-list-from-vietnam-veteran/

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Six Names Added to Vietnam Veterans Memorial

http://www.defense.gov/news/newsarticle.aspx?id=59020

By Ian Graham
Emerging Media, Defense Media Activity

WASHINGTON, May 4, 2010 – This week, the names of six American servicemembers will join the list of other departed or missing troops featured on the intersecting black-granite walls of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.


Expert stoneworker James Lee cleans the work after engraving the name of U.S. Army Lt. Col. Taylor to Panel 7W, Line 81 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C., May 4, 2010. Taylor's name is one of six added to the memorial. The new names represent veterans who survived serious injury in the war, but were determined by Defense Department officials to have died as a result of wounds sustained in the combat zone. DoD photo by William D. Moss
(Click photo for screen-resolution image);high-resolution image available.

Army Lt. Col. William Taylor’s name was engraved at a ceremony today at the memorial on the National Mall here. The names of Marine Corps Lance Cpls. John Granville and Clayton Hough Jr., Marine Corps Cpl. Ronald Vivona, Army Capt. Edward Miles and Army Sgt. Michael Morehouse will be added later this week.

The new additions are veterans who survived serious injury in the war but were determined by Defense Department officials to have “died as a result of wounds [combat or hostile related] sustained in the combat zone” that required drastic measures, such as amputation.

“It’s an important honor to pay tribute to our nation’s veterans – of Vietnam, especially,” said J.C. Cummings, the architect of record for the memorial. The main part of the memorial was completed in 1982.

Cummings said a space on the wall allows Taylor’s name to fit the chronological scheme as if his name had been in the database of fallen soldiers when the wall was first built. Of the six names being added to the wall this week, three of them can be placed as such, he said.

“When these young men were over there, their units became a family, a military family,” Cummings said. “We’re lucky because we can put the name where it belongs, with their brothers and sisters in arms.”

Taylor’s nephew, Thomas Carpenter, was in attendance today, along with family members of the five other servicemembers whose names are being added to the wall. Photos of each man were shown as each family gave a small tribute to their lost relative.

“I’m humbled in front of this wall,” Carpenter said, “where they are forever young, strong and brave.”

James Lee, a stoneworker whose Colorado-based company has worked at the wall since 1987, said each name takes at least a few days to prepare. Multiple test stones are used to ensure the newly engraved names match the older ones in shape, size and depth.

“Every name that we add to the memorial further completes it,” he said.

The engravings for 11 other servicemembers, from the Army and Air Force, will be modified to reflect that they’re no longer considered missing in action.

The changes will bring the total number of names on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial to 58,267 men and women who were killed or remain missing in action. The six new names will become official when they are read aloud during the annual Memorial Day ceremony May 31 at 1 p.m.


Related Sites:
Vietnam Veterans Memorial
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The name of William L. Taylor, who served as a lieutenant colonel in the U.S. Army, is one of six names being added to the Vietnam Veterans Memorial during a ceremony in Washington, D.C., May 4, 2010. The new names represent veterans who survived serious injury in the war, but were determined by Defense Department officials to have died as a result of wounds sustained in the combat zone. DoD photo by William D. Moss
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About Operation Mend

Operation Mend is a unique partnership between Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center, Brooke Army Medical Center in San Antonio, Texas and the V.A. Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System. It has been established to help treat U.S. military personnel severely wounded during service in Iraq and Afghanistan. Military veteran Timothy A. Miller, Chief of the Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery at UCLA, and Executive Director and Chief Surgeon of Operation Mend, leads the surgeries. Please visit http://www.operationmend.ucla.edu for more information.


http://operationmend.ucla.edu/

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The Thalians and Operation Mend and raised nearly one million dollars with more expected to come in. Timothy A. Miller, M.D., Executive Director of Operation Mend at Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center (www.operationmend.ucla.edu) and himself a Vietnam veteran, received a special award for his work in helping heal soldiers and veterans injured in Iraq and Afghanistan starting with reconstruction surgery. The event was held one day before President Obama addressed the nation announcing a major victory in the war against terror which was fought by the very men and woman honored at the event.

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Subject: I AM (I Know) a VIET NAM VETERAN

Check this LINK: http://www.v-prod.com/trailer_vietnam.html

Amazing - after almost 40 years - the Vietnam Vet finally hears - "Welcome home". The video is powerful, so take a few minutes out of your texting, talking, playing or working time and LISTEN. Hear the story - watch as you go, but I think you can HEAR the important stuff. From MY perspective - it sounds Great - I think the more Vietnam Vets see this video - they will have the same pride and strength.

What is also amazing (At least to me) is to hear throughout the video is each Veteran demands we know - not just says the words - but tells you - with conviction and pride - "I AM a Viet Nam Vet!"



http://www.v-prod.com/trailer_vietnam.html

Couple of interesting things - THE VIDEO SAYS THAT THE AVERAGE WW II COMBAT SOLDIER HAD 40 DAYS OF COMBAT - THAT'S THE AVERAGE IT SAYS..., AND THE AVERAGE COMBAT SOLDIER IN VIETNAM HAD 204 DAYS OF COMBAT.


This was made by and for Michigan Vietnam Veterans, but I believe all of you will appreciate this. This story could and is retold by 49 other states and territories as well.


If you know a Vietnam Veteran and/OR a Vietnam Family members - consider sending this link to them.

[HoosierHoagie]

Meanwhile, in the War in Afghanistan...


The decade-long conflict may be old news at home, but in one Marine platoon, it starts new every day.


http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703712504576232542899743046.html?mod=ITP_review_0

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"That's a different world," replied Capt. Johnson, who is on his third combat tour. "In the States, a bad day for a guy on his way to the office is a flat tire. A bad day out here is a double amputee. The public pays attention to Charlie Sheen. No one's heard of Sgt. Abate."

[softballdaddy]

The last part was pure fiction where they charged the hill...the battalion was so chewed up they had to be removed from the line...not shown the 2nd/7th Cav...while walking out was overrun and lost another 150 dead...LaDrang was a tough wa to start...wasn't there but admire those who survived and am grateful to those who didn't

[EZ2]

I've watched it five or six times ---- and still find myself going through an entire box of Puffs. It's a must see....but, remember it's a movie too --- it's best to view it with a constant reminder that it's NON-FICTION ---- beyond the entertainment value....it's also important to think of the bigger picture too.

God Bless all those boys ---- and God Bless the all who gave!