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you must be a math wizard, lets see I am 41, and if I were only nine years older I would be 50. Given that if I were born in 1965, which presumably I would have been, as that is my correct age, given my date of birth. Then I would have been born in 1965-9 years which would apparently have made my birth year approximately 1956. Extrapolating that out, I would have been the following ages, for years elligible during the Vietnam war. 1974 age 18, 1975 age 19.

It is clear that with your comment you are a racist pesimist that does not value human life. Good day!

Sometimes you just have to laugh...

you must be a math wizard, lets see I am 41, and if I were only nine years older I would be 50. Given that if I were born in 1965, which presumably I would have been, as that is my correct age, given my date of birth. Then I would have been born in 1965-9 years which would apparently have made my birth year approximately 1956. Extrapolating that out, I would have been the following ages, for years elligible during the Vietnam war. 1974 age 18, 1975 age 19. It is clear that with your comment you are a racist pesimist that does not value human life. Good day! Sometimes you just have to laugh...

American troops withdrew from the Republic of Vietnam (RVN or South Vietnam) in 1973, after the Paris Peace accords. If US forces had been in RVN in 1974 and 1975, then the government of South Vietnam would still be in existence today. (For the record, a Marine guard at the now-defunct embassy to RVN is not considered a Vietnam veteran).

And for the record, let me just say that the subway hero did an admirable thing. His white lie about being a Vietnam veteran does not diminish what he did - it stands out on its own. Not many people, combat veteran or not, would have done what he did.

Soldiers in combat get paid for what they do. They are trained to do what they do, almost by reflex. And yet you hear about very few who will do things like falling on a grenade to save his buddies. Those that do get nominated for Medals of Honor. What this guy did was like falling on a grenade. And the guy he saved was a complete stranger, not someone with whom he had bonded in a combat unit.