tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7566715115931065803.post5767716814333561681..comments2024-03-27T09:44:59.329-04:00Comments on Free North Carolina: SOBERING STATISTICS FOR THE VIETNAM WAR Brock Townsendhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11404173139501539265noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7566715115931065803.post-51508948564921450792016-09-12T13:15:20.191-04:002016-09-12T13:15:20.191-04:00:)
Takes all kinds, doesn't it?
During that...:)<br /><br /><br />Takes all kinds, doesn't it?<br /><br />During that same Census count, the number of Americans falsely claiming to have served in-country was: 9,492,958.<br /><br /><br />During this Census count, the number of Americans falsely claiming to have served in-country is: 13,853,027. By this census, FOUR OUT OF FIVE WHO CLAIM TO BE Vietnam vets are not. Brock Townsendhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11404173139501539265noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7566715115931065803.post-43060800430631476532016-09-12T09:16:48.166-04:002016-09-12T09:16:48.166-04:00How many Vietnam Vets does it take to screw in a l...How many Vietnam Vets does it take to screw in a light bulb?<br /><br />A: You don't know? That's right! You can't know! You weren't there, man! <br /><br />More to the topic. There are about 12 funerals a day at Arlington. Every day. They are almost exclusively men dying of old age. Fewer from WW2, more from 50-60's service.<br /><br />People who keep track of this report that there are no American WW1 vets still alive. Age eventually comes for us all.genericviewshttp://genericviews.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7566715115931065803.post-77590118740400562272016-09-11T23:07:43.558-04:002016-09-11T23:07:43.558-04:00Binh Duong.
Small world! :) Better go while you&#...Binh Duong.<br /><br />Small world! :) Better go while you're able and I imagine you read where I'm planning on going back, correct? I've crossed the Pacific round trip 16 times, and you get free booze! Go for it. :)Brock Townsendhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11404173139501539265noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7566715115931065803.post-12573815630114767932016-09-11T22:56:17.349-04:002016-09-11T22:56:17.349-04:00Sorry I misspelled, it is Binh Doung. She was bor...Sorry I misspelled, it is Binh Doung. She was born in Can Tho in 73'. Grew up in/around Ca Mau. Came here in 93'. Her family that is still there now lives in Binh Duong. I hope to go back sometime. Flight is really really long. KevinAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7566715115931065803.post-53946160245122504472016-09-11T16:57:50.651-04:002016-09-11T16:57:50.651-04:00Wonderful, I misread it at first for Binh Duong wh...Wonderful, I misread it at first for Binh Duong where I worked in 1971.:)My mother sent me a Smithfield ham for Christmas and it was a hit to all. Which reminds me: <br /><br />http://www.namsouth.com/viewtopic.php?t=237&highlight=ham<br /><br />I see your town is on the way to Can Tho where I lived some years '92/'95, but also Saigon. Do y'all plan on returning anytime soon?<br /><br />PS: Most my posts are at NamSouth: http://www.namsouth.com/viewforum.php?f=3Brock Townsendhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11404173139501539265noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7566715115931065803.post-32061232010755488972016-09-11T16:22:10.970-04:002016-09-11T16:22:10.970-04:00Love stats like this. I have always been interest...Love stats like this. I have always been interested in military history, especially Vietnam. I always enjoy your Vietnam related posts. My wife is Vietnamese so it has a special interest to me. I was over there in 07' visiting family, Binh Dong near Saigon. KevinAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7566715115931065803.post-67301120851630512722016-09-11T15:11:38.356-04:002016-09-11T15:11:38.356-04:00Thanks and I just thought you would enjoy going ba...Thanks and I just thought you would enjoy going back for fun.Brock Townsendhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11404173139501539265noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7566715115931065803.post-88361416964850368222016-09-11T14:44:12.828-04:002016-09-11T14:44:12.828-04:00No, I haven't been back.
I was merely a membe...No, I haven't been back.<br /><br />I was merely a member of a private organization which assisted Vietnamese Latter-day Saints who were left behind when Saigon fell.<br /><br />Others, who were better qualified than I, went into Viet Nam to carry out those duties.<br />John Robert Mallernee, KB3KWS, in Vernal, Utahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03663667887010646435noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7566715115931065803.post-24402867072899231832016-09-11T14:32:45.924-04:002016-09-11T14:32:45.924-04:00By the way, I plan on going back after Thanksgivin...By the way, I plan on going back after Thanksgiving. Can't remember if you have been back or not......?Brock Townsendhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11404173139501539265noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7566715115931065803.post-78462488946938440592016-09-11T14:27:12.462-04:002016-09-11T14:27:12.462-04:00Thanks and the memorial was built with private don...Thanks and the memorial was built with private donations as I remember, No, that picture was in Saigon and I was at Long Binh. (Tet '68)<br />http://www.namsouth.com/viewtopic.php?t=19&highlight=tet<br />Brock Townsendhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11404173139501539265noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7566715115931065803.post-12121463012662358672016-09-11T14:20:13.433-04:002016-09-11T14:20:13.433-04:00Thank you, Brock, for posting that VERY valuable s...Thank you, Brock, for posting that VERY valuable statistical data, and also for including those photographs.<br /><br />For those of your readers who are not aware of it, that color photograph is of a memorial erected by the Vietnamese community in Westminster, California (i.e., "Little Saigon") to honor the American soldiers.<br /><br />Brock, is that you in the black and white photograph?John Robert Mallernee, KB3KWS, in Vernal, Utahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03663667887010646435noreply@blogger.com