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Vernon, if you want a list of the state of casualities you can call (202)393-0090 and they will give you the information you need.

Bracelet CDR Eugene McDaniel 5/19/67
. . Contributed By Mary Palmer On Monday, January 05, 2004
I got a bracelet during the war and I would like to return it to CDR Eugene McDaniel or his family. If you know where I can get in contact with him please let me know.

Looking for someone to talk to
. . Contributed By Tara Garber On Monday, January 05, 2004
I am looking for Veterans from Vietnam that would like to share their stories with me. I'm very interested in hearing what anyone is willing to share. One thing I am wondering about is how veterans dealt with their emotions about the things they saw while they were overseas. If anyone feels like talking, I will always feel like listening.

Thinking
. . Contributed By James Berry On Tuesday, January 06, 2004
What's wrong with me? I cannot stop thinking about V.N. things that happened. Things that I live with. But life goes on. To my brothers, thank you

Looking for people that were killed in my company
. . Contributed By Richard L. Lofton On Wednesday, January 07, 2004
Feb 14, 1968 to Feb 69. Am service related and trying to get comp. for injuries PSTD. Was in 62 engr, Long Binh, 554 Engrs, Chu Chi

Fort Sam Houston, Fall 1968-spring 1969
. . Contributed By Janice Smith (Smitty) On Wednesday, January 07, 2004
Where are you, now? Tommy, Donna, Pit, Eccles, Breen, Defer, Magruder, Miguel, Hamilton, and Maynard? It was the best of times; it was the worst. Would like to know you're all well.

Recently decesed vietnam vet
. . Contributed By Chris Wright On Wednesday, January 07, 2004
Enquiring for a friend: Are the recently deceased who have passed away due to complications from the Vietnam War eligible to have thier names added to the wall?

George Dayton Adams
. . Contributed By Jan Myrick Adams On Wednesday, January 07, 2004
He was stationed at Fort Carson Colorado before going to vietnam in 1965. He was killed in April 1966. I am his widow and would love to hear from any of the men he served with at Fort Carson or in Viet Nam. If you knew us please e-mail me.

"When the Lord was creating Vietnam veterans"
. . Contributed By Rich Palmeri, VN Vet 70-74 On Thursday, January 08, 2004
When the Lord was creating Vietnam veterans, He was into His 6th day of overtime when an angel appeared. "You're certainly doing a lot of fiddling around on this one." And God said, "Have you seen the specs on this order? A Nam vet has to be able to run 5 miles through the bush with a full pack on, endure with barely any sleep for days, enter tunnels his higher ups wouldn't consider doing, and keep his weapons clean and operable. He has to be able to sit in his hole all night during an attack, hold his buddies as they die, walk point in unfamiliar territory known to be VC infested, and somehow keep his senses alert for danger. He has to be in top physical condition existing on c-rats and very little rest. And he has to have 6 pairs of hands." The angel shook his head slowly and said, "6 pair of hands.no way." The Lord say's "It's not the hands that are causing me problems. It's the 3 pair of eyes a Nam vet has to have." "That's on the standard model?" asked the angel. The Lord nodded. "One pair that sees through elephant grass, another pair here in the side of his head for his buddies, another pair here in front that can look reassuringly at his bleeding, fellow soldier and say, "You'll make it".when he knows he won't. "Lord, rest, and work on this tomorrow." "I can't," said the Lord. "I already have a model that can carry a wounded soldier 1,000 yards during a firefight, calm the fears of the latest FNG, and feed a family of 4 on a grunt's paycheck." The angel walked around the model and said, "Can it think?" "You bet," said the Lord. "It can quote much of the UCMJ, recite all his general orders, and engage in a search and destroy mission in less time than it takes for his fellow Americans back home to discuss the morality of the War, and still keep his sense of humor." "This Nam vet also has phenomenal personal control. He can deal with ambushes from hell, comfort a fallen soldier's family, and then read in his hometown paper how Nam vets are baby killers, psychos, addicts, killers of innocent civilians." The Lord gazed into the future and said, "He will also endure being vilified and spit on when he returns home, rejected and crucified by the very ones he fought for." Finally, the angel slowly ran his finger across the vet's cheek, and said, "There's a leak.I told you that you were trying to put too much into this model." "That's not a leak", said the Lord. "That's a tear." "What's the tear for?" asked the angel. "It's for bottled up emotions, for holding fallen soldiers as they die, for commitment to that funny piece of cloth called the American flag, for the terror of living with PTSD for decades after the war, alone with it's demons with no one to care or help." "You're a genius," said the angel, casting a gaze at the tear. The lord looked very somber, as if seeing down eternity's distant shores. "I didn't put it there," he said. (pause for reflection).God bless Nam vets (Author Unknown)

American Veteran Search
. . Contributed By Rich Palmeri On Thursday, January 08, 2004
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