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Posted on 11/06/2004 11:30:20 PM PST by snippy_about_it
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 are acknowledged, affirmed and commemorated.
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 I. Official Campaigns of the War in Vietnam  1. Vietnam Advisory Campaign (15 March 1962 - 07 March 1965) 2. Vietnam Defense Campaign (08 March 1965 - 24 December 1965) 3. Vietnamese Counter-offensive Campaign (25 December 1965 - 30 June 1966) 4. Vietnamese Counter-offensive Phase II (01 July 1966 - 31 May 1967) 5. Vietnamese Counter-offensive Phase III (01 June 1967 - 29 January 1968) 6. Tet Counteroffensive (30 January 1968 - 01 April 1968) 7. Vietnamese Counter-offensive Phase IV (02 April 1968 - 30 June 1968) 8. Vietnamese Counter-offensive Phase V (01 July 1968 - 01 November 1968) 9. Vietnamese Counter-offensive Phase VI (02 November 1968 - 22 February 1969) 10. Tet 69/Counteroffensive (23 February 1969 - 08 June 1969) 11. Vietnam Summer-Fall 1969 (09 June 1969 - 31 October 1969) 12. Vietnam Winter-Spring 1970 (01 November 1969 - 30 April 1970) 13. Sanctuary Counter-offensive (01 May 1970 - 30 June 1970) 14. Vietnamese Counter-offensive Phase VII (01 July 1970 - 30 June 1971) 15. Consolidation I (01 July 1971 - 30 November 1971) 16. Consolidation II (01 December 1971 - 29 March 1972) 17. Vietnam Ceasefire Campaign (30 March 1972 - 28 March 1973) II.STATISTICS IN UNIFORM AND IN COUNTRY CASUALTIES  * Missing in Action: 2,338. * POWs: 766 (114 died in captivity). DRAFTEES AND VOLUNTEERS  RACE AND ETHNIC BACKGROUND SOCIO-ECONOMIC STATUS WINNING & LOSING
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Read: Hebrews 4
[Jesus] came and preached peace to you who were afar off and to those who were near. —Ephesians 2:17
Bible In One Year: Jeremiah 40-42; Hebrews 4
The bitter conflict had finally ended between the North and the South. The soldiers of the US Civil War were free to return to their families. But a number of them remained hidden in the woods, living on berries. They either didn't hear or didn't believe that the war was over, so they continued enduring miserable conditions when they could have been back home.
It's something like that in the spiritual realm too. Christ made peace between God and man by dying in our place. He paid sin's penalty on the cross. Anyone who accepts His sacrifice will be forgiven by a holy God.
Sadly, many people refuse to believe the gospel and continue to live as spiritual fugitives. Sometimes even those who have placed their trust in Christ live on almost the same level. Either out of ignorance or unwillingness, they fail to claim the promises of God's Word. They do not experience the joy and assurance that should accompany salvation. They do not draw from their relationship with God the comfort and peace He intends for His children. They are the objects of His love, care, and provision but live as if they were orphans.
Have you been living apart from the comfort, love, and care of your heavenly Father? Come on home. The war is over! —Richard De Haan
Good morning EGC. It's 6 a.m. here and dark.
Thank you Mayor. Good morning.
Good morning snippy!
Up early or real late?
On This Day In History
Birthdates which occurred on November 07:
0994 Muhammad ibn Hazm historian/jurist/writer of Islamic Spain
1598 Francisco de Zurbaran Spain, Baroque painter (baptized)
1832 Andrew Dickson White educator/1st President of Cornell
1856 Semyon Zonovyevich Alapin Vilna, tied for chess 1st place (1878)
1867 Madame Marie Sklodowska Curie discovered radium (Nobel 1903, 1911)
1876 Culbert Olson Fillmore UT, (Gov-D-Cal)
1879 Leon Trotsky Russian Communist theorist, Bolshevik
1883 Elder Lightfoot Solomon Michaux Newport News VA, TV preacher
1888 Sir Chandrasekhara Raman India, physicist (Nobel 1930)
1903 Dean Jagger Lima Ohio, actor (Albert Vane-Mr Novak, Elmer Gantry)
1903 Konrad Lorenz zoologist/ethologist/writer (Nobel 1973)
1913 Albert Camus Algeria, novelist/director (The Just-Nobel 1957)
1916 Joe Bushkin NYC, jazz pianist (A Couple of Joes)
1918 Billy Graham Charlotte NC, evangelist (Crusades)
1922 Al Hirt New Orleans LA, jazz trumpeter (Greatest Horn in the World)
1926 Joan Sutherland Sydney Australia, operatic soprano (Met Opera)
1936 Barry Newman Boston MA, actor (Amy, Deadline, Petrocelli)
1936 Gwyneth Jones Pontnewyndd Wales, soprano (Die Walkyre)
1937 Mary Travers (singer, Peter, Paul and Mary)
1938 Dee Clark Arkansas, singer (Hambone, Nobody But You)
1938 James Katt pitcher/sportscaster (NY Yankees, Minnesota Twins)
1942 Johnny Rivers singer (Secret Agent Man)
1943 Joni Mitchell Alberta Canada, singer (Clouds)
1944 Joe Niekro baseball knuckler (NY Yankees)
1949 Judy Tenuda comedienne (Spotlight Cafe)
1951 Nick Guilder singer (Hot Child in the City)
1957 Dr Jonathan Palmer formula-1 racer
1957 Kathy McMillan long jumper (1976 Olympics silver)
1961 Mintcho Pachov Bulgaria, 67.5kg weightlifter (Olympic-bronze-1980)
1964 Liam O'Maonlai rocker (Hothouse Flowers-Don't Go)
1972 Christopher Daniel Barnes actor (Ross-Day by Day, As World Turns)
1972 Clive B. Barnes Portland Me, actor (Scott Hayden-Starman)
Morning Grzegorz 246.
The sound of Hueys is one I'll never forget.
Morning Aeronaut.
Morning Alfa6.
The best part is we we got the whole sales area painted and kept 98% of the paint on the walls. :-)
Morning E.G.C.
We have our standard Fall morning fog. The days have been turning out to be nice sunny and in the 50's.
Good Morning GailA.
I wonder if there is any satistics on people who suffered three minor wounds who left verses the ones who stayed with their buddies.
9,087,000 military personnel served on active duty during the Vietnam era (August 5, 1964 - May 7, 1975).
Only 1 is on record as getting to leave after receiving three minor wounds.
Morning Samwise.
Kerry and traitor
Kerry and gigalo
Kerry and political opportunist
Kerry and Kennedy sock puppet
Most of our months of planning and working on getting it started has not involved physical work up to now. Starting yesterday that changed and I feel it today.
LOL!
Morning Mayor.
Your coffee and words sure make a chilly morning better.
ROTFLOL!
I think I will be able to enjoy all this gloating for at least 4 years. ;-)
One of the good TV Westerns.
Draftees vs Volunteers
25% (648,500) of total forces in country were draftees (66% of U.S. armed forces members were drafted in WWII).
Draftees accounted for 30.4% (17,725) of combat deaths in Vietnam.
Reservist killed: 5,977
National Guard: 6,140 served; 101 died.
Total draftees (1965-73): 1,728,344
Actually in served in Vietnam: 38%
I second your thoughts on LBJ.
Here are some more stats:
Vietnam Veterans are less likely to be in prison - only 1/2 of one percent of Vietnam Veterans have been jailed for crimes.
97% were discharged under honorable conditions; the same percentage of honorable discharges as ten years prior to Vietnam.
85% of Vietnam Veterans made a successful transition to civilian life.
Vietnam veterans' personal income exceeds that of our non-veteran age group by more than 18 percent.
Vietnam veterans have a lower unemployment rate than our non-vet age group.
87% of the American people hold Vietnam Vets in high esteem.
Myth: Most Vietnam veterans were drafted.
2/3 of the men who served in Vietnam were volunteers. 2/3 of the men who served in World War II were drafted. [Westmoreland] Approximately 70% of those killed were volunteers.
Myth: The media have reported that suicides among Vietnam veterans range from 50,000 to 100,000 - 6 to 11 times the non-Vietnam veteran population.
Mortality studies show that 9,000 is a better estimate. "The CDC Vietnam Experience Study Mortality Assessment showed that during the first 5 years after discharge, deaths from suicide were 1.7 times more likely among Vietnam veterans than non-Vietnam veterans. After that initial post-service period, Vietnam veterans were no more likely to die from suicide than non-Vietnam veterans. In fact, after the 5-year post-service period, the rate of suicides is less in the Vietnam veterans' group."
Myth: A disproportionate number of blacks were killed in the Vietnam War.
86% of the men who died in Vietnam were Caucasians, 12.5% were black, 1.2% were other races.
Sociologists Charles C. Moskos and John Sibley Butler, in their recently published book "All That We Can Be," said they analyzed the claim that blacks were used like cannon fodder during Vietnam "and can report definitely that this charge is untrue. Black fatalities amounted to 12 percent of all Americans killed in Southeast Asia - a figure proportional to the number of blacks in the U.S. population at the time and slightly lower than the proportion of blacks in the Army at the close of the war."
Myth: The war was fought largely by the poor and uneducated.
Servicemen who went to Vietnam from well-to-do areas had a slightly elevated risk of dying because they were more likely to be pilots or infantry officers.
Vietnam Veterans were the best educated forces our nation had ever sent into combat. 79% had a high school education or better.
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