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From a Must Visit Site
Vipers Vietnam Veterans Page, A Vietnam Veteran & Proud Web Site
About Vietnam

The Vietnam war was the longest in our nation's history. Two American advisors were killed on July 8, 1959, and the last casualties in connection with the war occurred on May 15, 1975, during the Mayaquez incident. Approximately 2.7 million Americans served in the war zone; 300,000 were wounded and approximately 75,000 permanently disabled. Officially there are still 1,991 Americans unaccounted for from SE Asia.

Vietnam was a savage, in your face war where death could and did strike from anywhere with absolutely no warning. The brave young men and women who fought that war paid an awful price of blood, pain and suffering. As it is said: "ALL GAVE SOME ... SOME GAVE ALL"
The Vietnam war was not lost on the battlefield. No American force in ANY other conflict fought with more determination or sheer courage than the Vietnam Veteran.  For the first time in our history America sent it's young men and women into a war run by inept politicians who had no grasp of military strategies and no moral will to win. They were led by "top brass" who were concerned mainly with furthering their own careers, most neither understood the nature of the war nor had a clue about the impossible mission with which they'd tasked their soldiers.  And the war was reported by a self serving Media who penned stories filled with inaccuracies, deliberate omissions, biased presentations and blatant distorted interpretations because they were more interested in a story than the truth! It can be debated that we should never have fought that war. It can also be argued that the young Americans who fought so courageously, never losing a single major battle, helped in a huge way to WIN THE COLD WAR.

- U.S. MILITARY CASUALTIES IN SOUTHEAST ASIA - - DEATHS BY STATUS - - AS OF MARCH 31, 1997 -
STATUS	USA	USN	USAF	USMC	USCG	TOTAL
Regular	17,321	2,178	1,759	13,200	6	34,464
Reserve	3,774	376	653	954	1	5,758
National Guard	88	-	9	-	-	97
Selective Service	16,989	-	-	683	-	17,672
Unknown	24	1	162	-	-	187
TOTAL DEATHS	38,196	2,555	2,583	14,837	7	58,178

[Snow Bunny]

Welcome Home

[JohnHuang2]

Thanks for all you do, too, my friend. And, above all, thanks for your service to our country during Vietnam.

[d4now]

Heartfelt Bump.

[Victoria Delsoul]

Good morning, everyone!

What a beautiful tribute, Bunny. Good job!

[JustAmy]

As I stand on the street corner every Friday night, I think of the Viet Nam Veterans and wish I had not been so young and uninvolved. I watched the War protesters on TV but did nothing except say how horrible they were treating our servicemen but I was not strong enough to stand on the corner and wave the flag. I feel guilty about how our VietNam Vets were treated and wish there were something we could do now. I stood in from of the wall in DC and cried. If only we could have been as smart and strong in our twenties as we are now.
God Bless our Viet Nam Vets!!! God Bless our military!! Thank you for protecting our freedoms!
God Bless America!!

[Bigg Red]

Thank you so much for your bravery and your nobility. Civilization could not survive without the courage of brave men like you. We honor you, warriors, and many of us are not worthy of the sacrifices you have made in our name. May God bless and protect you.

[DaughterOfAnIwoJimaVet]

Thank you, and God bless both of you.

[Alamo-Girl]

bump!

[RangerVetNam]

Thanks for bringing this to my attention. It is always nice to attend a "parade" like this for our homecoming.

[The Mayor]

God Bless
You, Billie, Snow Bunny etal do a Fantastic job

Thanks for the Ping
Rus