[Rick.Donaldson]

By the way I’m 50, and I ‘missed’ the Vietnam war... I went in the service in 1976. The last of the troops were pretty much out of there by ‘74 if I recall correctly. So, someone a year younger than myself couldn’t have been in Nam.

[SmithL]

I make it a habit to never contradict Mrs. SmithL in public (life seems smoother that way). I made an exception to that rule when she introduced me to someone as a Vietnam Veteran. I quickly corrected her, saying that I was a Vietnam-era Veteran.

I'm very proud of my service, and I'll tell you submarine stories all day long. However, I knew people that went to Vietnam, and I knew some that never came back. They all have my deepest respect and appreciation, and I can't imagine degrading their honor by trying to steal it.

[Jack Black]

By the way I’m 50, and I ‘missed’ the Vietnam war... I went in the service in 1976. The last of the troops were pretty much out of there by ‘74 if I recall correctly. So, someone a year younger than myself couldn’t have been in Nam.

Fall of Saigon, April 30, 1975.

It was certainly all over after this.