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Old 05-28-2012, 01:52 PM   #6
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Approximately 2.7 million Americans served in the war zone; 300,000 were wounded and approximately 75,000 permanently disabled. Officially there are still 1,870 Americans unaccounted for from SE Asia. Approximately 1200 of these are listed as missing (MIA's, POW's, and others).

And to my 58,215 Brothers and Sisters who never returned from Viet Nam, God Bless You All.
God Bless them indeed...and Eddie is right about remembering the ones that suffered the loss of a loved one. I wish the rising generations would all visit the Wall in D.C. and perhaps grasp the enormity of the sacrifice.
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