“”It said that over 3,000,000 people claim they were at Woodstock in 1969, when in reality, 150,000 to 200,000 tops were actually there over that long weekend. Wikipedia claims 500,000,””””
I was thinking 1970. Since I thought that the 60s were almost dead by Woodstock, that means that 1969 was the end of the 60s although they dragged on a little until about 1971.
In 1995, the census data showed 11.2 million people said they served during the Vietnam war period. But only nine million American actually served in the armed forces during the official Vietnam war period (1964-1975. And only 30 percent of those were actually in Vietnam. That’s 2.7 million troops. The census estimated that, by 1995, only 63 percent of Vietnam veterans were still alive.
Another survey, in 2000, showed the number of people claiming Vietnam era service had grown to nearly fifteen million. No doubt, it probably still grows. Most of those who did serve in Vietnam, volunteered for it.
Glad you posted this. I was going to follow my post up with the Vietnam claims had someone questioned me. Thanks!