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Vietnam veteran, 68, with dementia died from being body-slammed by Alabama police officer after mistakenly trying to enter home he believed was his own
Daily Mail UK ^
| April 2, 2024
| Jennifer Mcdermott
Posted on 04/02/2024 7:25:03 PM PDT by Morgana
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To: EvilCapitalist
Depending on the duty, the “era” went pretty deep into the 70’s.
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posted on
04/02/2024 7:53:44 PM PDT
by
Vermont Lt
(Don’t vote for anyone over 70 years old. Get rid of the geriatric politicians.)
To: Right_Wing_Madman
> You are correct. Math is hard. <
“Do not worry about your difficulties in mathematics. I can assure you mine are still greater.”
Albert Einstein
🙂
(I taught math for a few years. That quote was up on my wall.)
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posted on
04/02/2024 7:58:03 PM PDT
by
Leaning Right
(The steal is real.)
To: EvilCapitalist
Technically our involvement in Vietnam didn’t end until 1975. I think...
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posted on
04/02/2024 8:02:52 PM PDT
by
dragnet2
(Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
To: dragnet2
Whoops, it was 1973...yep...In 75 Saigon fell.
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posted on
04/02/2024 8:05:34 PM PDT
by
dragnet2
(Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
To: heartwood
A lost old man suffering dementia
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He may have eaten too much microwave popcorn.
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posted on
04/02/2024 8:12:36 PM PDT
by
deport
To: EvilCapitalist
Not a Vietnam vet. Too young by a year.
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posted on
04/02/2024 8:13:26 PM PDT
by
mfish13
(Elections have Consequences.)
To: Right_Wing_Madman
Your math is way off. My husband was born in 1952 and he was 18 in 1970.
So yes the man was indeed old enough to be a Vietnam Vet.
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posted on
04/02/2024 8:17:51 PM PDT
by
Harmless Teddy Bear
( Roses are red, Violets are blue, I love being on the government watch list, along with all of you.)
To: dragnet2
Technically our involvement in Vietnam didn’t end until 1975. I think... I think the government considers someone who was in the military up to 1975 a "Vietnam Era Veteran." I was old enough to enlist the year after that.
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posted on
04/02/2024 8:25:57 PM PDT
by
fidelis
(👈 Under no obligation to respond to rude, ignorant, abusive, bellicose, and obnoxious posts.)
To: Valpal1
Yea, Certainly nam timeline. Thousands and thousands just like him.
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posted on
04/02/2024 8:26:10 PM PDT
by
Theoria
To: from occupied ga; Lean-Right
He’s just part of the 90% that give the other 10% a bad name.You are correct sir. Back the blue, till it happens to you. I don’t back the blue.
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posted on
04/02/2024 8:31:32 PM PDT
by
Mark17
(Retired USAF air traffic controller. Father of USAF Captain & pilot. Both bitten by the aviation bug)
To: EvilCapitalist
Yes, it is. I am 69 and I am about a year too young to have been in Vietnam even if my parents had signed off to let me enlist at 17. It’s close, I might have squeaked in on one of the last inbound flights if I had done that.
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posted on
04/02/2024 8:34:43 PM PDT
by
TigersEye
(Our Republic is under seige by globalist Marxists. Hold fast!)
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To: Morgana
Did the cop holler: “Roll Tide!”?
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posted on
04/02/2024 8:36:20 PM PDT
by
353FMG
To: George from New England; All
Would have been 72 this year.Ah, never mind my last post. That explains it all.
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posted on
04/02/2024 8:39:30 PM PDT
by
TigersEye
(Our Republic is under seige by globalist Marxists. Hold fast!)
To: higgmeister
He was 68 in 2020. He would be 72 this year. It is entirely possible he was a Vietnam Vet.
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posted on
04/02/2024 8:41:15 PM PDT
by
mouse_35
To: mouse_35
Why did the UK Daily Mail publish a four old story as if it just happened? I know why...
I clicked the abuse button and asked the Admin Mod to delete my post.
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posted on
04/02/2024 8:44:25 PM PDT
by
higgmeister
(In the Shadow of The Big Chicken! )
To: Morgana
The police officer should be up on murder charges.
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posted on
04/02/2024 8:44:36 PM PDT
by
mouse_35
To: 353FMG
Vincent should feel real good bout whut he dun.
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posted on
04/02/2024 8:54:27 PM PDT
by
Delta 21
(If anyone is treasonous, it is those who call me such.)
To: Harmless Teddy Bear; Right_Wing_Madman; dragnet2; fidelis
Could be born as late as 1958 - age 17, in the U.S. military and . . .
Vietnam Service Medal:
Service in geographical theater areas of Vietnam, Thailand, Laos, or Cambodia from 4 July 1965 through 28 March 1973 and the evacuation of Saigon (USN, USMC, and USAF) from 29–30 April 1975.
- - -
Definition of Vietnam Era
Section 2001 of the Act amended 38 U.S.C. 101(29)(A) by revising the definition of Vietnam era to
“[t]he period beginning November 1, 1955, and ending on May 7, 1975, in the case of a veteran who served in the Republic of Vietnam during that period.”
VA amends 38 CFR 3.2 to incorporate this change.
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posted on
04/02/2024 8:55:02 PM PDT
by
linMcHlp
To: mouse_35
Unfortunately, yes: Manslaughter.
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posted on
04/02/2024 8:55:33 PM PDT
by
linMcHlp
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