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To: 68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub; archy; Poohbah; Travis McGee; Old Sarge; ExSoldier; ...
Great post, Brother. I've gotten tired of the media invoking Vietnam like an incantation of failure, myself.

My cousin and Godfather, Richard, died in VN when his medevac helicopter, MARKED WITH A RED CROSS, was shot down in 1969. His mother and father visit his grave every year on his birthday to this day.

It disgusts me to see how his, and their, sacrifice is denigrated to this day.

6 posted on 04/06/2004 9:40:04 AM PDT by Long Cut (Hell of a thing, killin' a man. You take away all he's got, and all he's ever gonna have)
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To: Long Cut
"It disgusts me to see how his, and their, sacrifice is denigrated to this day."

They, the media, tend to "forget" and ignore those who gave their All from 1956-1961
12 posted on 04/06/2004 9:45:53 AM PDT by 68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub (Thank You Troops, Past and Present)
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