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Louisiana fatal casualties of the Vietnam War
Posted on 2/2/15 at 11:53 pm
Posted on 2/2/15 at 11:53 pm
I did not realize there were so many people here who gave their lives in Vietnam. There were 6 from my small rural parish I grew up in. 
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This post was edited on 2/3/15 at 12:00 am
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Posted on 2/2/15 at 11:55 pm to ctiger69
So many young people
Posted on 2/2/15 at 11:58 pm to ctiger69
quote:
gave their lives
I hate this phrase. It implies that their deaths were for a noble cause.
Their lives weren't given, they were taken. And for no good reason.
Posted on 2/3/15 at 12:20 am to ctiger69
If you haven't watched it yet, Vietnam in HD is on Netflix. Easily the best doc series I've seen on any war in recent history.
Posted on 2/3/15 at 4:45 am to ctiger69
Posted on 2/3/15 at 7:48 am to ctiger69
The guy I'm named after didn't make it back. He fought beside dad. Luckily pops made it back.
Posted on 2/3/15 at 8:07 am to ctiger69
Damn i didn't realize there were that many from Terrebonne parish. I also noticed that a few of them are the same names as people i know. Wondering if some of them had younger siblings named after them... very sad and sobering list to sift through.
Posted on 2/3/15 at 8:38 am to ctiger69
I was a kid living on a Marine Base with my family during Vietnam. Dad went over three times. I remember one of my Little League coaches getting killed over there, as well as the son of a neighbor (a Marine Col. whose son was in the Army). The neighbor's son had been one of those older boys who all the local kids looked up to.
I was looking at my dad's "Cruise Book" (a yearbook of sorts) from his first tour of Vietnam, looking at the pictures of 11 men who were killed. It is sad.
I was looking at my dad's "Cruise Book" (a yearbook of sorts) from his first tour of Vietnam, looking at the pictures of 11 men who were killed. It is sad.
Posted on 2/3/15 at 8:41 am to ctiger69
I'm surprised there are only 3 on that list from Caddo parish.
Posted on 2/3/15 at 8:56 am to ctiger69
The Wall in D.C. is a very sobering thing to experience.
Posted on 2/3/15 at 9:10 am to ctiger69
Vietnam was a meat grinder, a real infantry soldiers war. When I was at the Infantry School we were told a WW2 Infantry soldier would spend 10 days in combat over a 12 month period, a Vietnam infantry soldier would spend 240 in combat over a 13 month tour, think about that.
Until some fairness came around in the draft process in 1970 it was also a war fought mostly by poor kids, if you want to make yourself wretch google the heroic draft evasion exploits of Dick Cheney, Rush Limbaugh and Ted Nugent.
Late for a depo but I'll come back and post some good reading material on the subject for those interested.
Until some fairness came around in the draft process in 1970 it was also a war fought mostly by poor kids, if you want to make yourself wretch google the heroic draft evasion exploits of Dick Cheney, Rush Limbaugh and Ted Nugent.
Late for a depo but I'll come back and post some good reading material on the subject for those interested.
Posted on 2/3/15 at 9:29 am to ctiger69
Yeah - my mom was born in 1946 - she went to high school with, probably, dozens who ended up serving during the period and a handful who died in Vietnam - more than 1 from her high school class.
Not quite like WWII, where every family was affected, but we had millions serve in Vietnam, so everyone knew someone who served and almost everyone of that generation knew someone who didn't come home.
Not quite like WWII, where every family was affected, but we had millions serve in Vietnam, so everyone knew someone who served and almost everyone of that generation knew someone who didn't come home.
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Posted on 2/3/15 at 9:38 am to ctiger69
My uncle was killed in Vietnam, he was only 19.
E. : when I was born I was given his name. Im honored
E. : when I was born I was given his name. Im honored
This post was edited on 2/3/15 at 9:41 am
Posted on 2/3/15 at 10:21 am to ctiger69
Too bad young people have not idea of Vietnam and its history. I was 18 when I went over a very emotional time 49 years later I still suffer from PTSD. In 2003 I had my thyroids removed due to Cancer from Agent orange.
The VA still refuses to give me disability. I hope my brothers and sisters keep the beer cold on the other side
The VA still refuses to give me disability. I hope my brothers and sisters keep the beer cold on the other side
Posted on 2/3/15 at 10:33 am to ctiger69
Quite a few from my hometown.
Posted on 2/3/15 at 11:42 am to ctiger69
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I did not realize there were so many people here who gave their lives in Vietnam. There were 6 from my small rural parish I grew up in.
And for what?
Posted on 2/3/15 at 4:23 pm to ctiger69
So young and so many Jr's, RIP.
Posted on 2/3/15 at 6:24 pm to ctiger69
One of these soldiers played softball on a team with my dad. I sort of remember him, but I was only 9-10 years old at the time. Last and only time I saw my dad cry was this kid's funeral
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