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Date Posted: Thu, April 16 2009, 13:10:00
Author: Don Poss
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Subject: Re: Memorial Day Story - Catch The Wind....
In reply to: Harry Larsen 's message, "Re: Memorial Day Story - Catch The Wind...." on Thu, April 16 2009, 12:31:42

Thanks Harry:

I hope you understand how much the USAF Security Police respected and appreciated the marines at Da Nang and the other Vietnam Air Bases. Spent many a night BS'n with marines (mostly trying to keep them from trying to pet my K-9, Blackie).

I gave some thought to what year to set the story in, and here was my logic:

On March 29, 1973, the last U.S. combat troops left Vietnam. If one of those troops was then age twenty, his birth year would have been 1953.

According to Wikipedia (the free encyclopedia, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Buckles) the last living WWI veteran, Frank Buckles, was born in 1901, and is currently 108 years of age (2009). �Frank Buckles served with the US Army from 1917-1920 (born February 1, 1901) is, at age 108, the last identified living American veteran of World War I.�

Incidentally, Frank Buckles was turned down by the USMC because of his weight. �When asked about the secret of his long life, Buckles replied, Hope. He chuckled, "When you start to die...don't."

So, considering Frank Burns at this writing is 108 and still kicking, I figured if the WWI mustard gas (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Use_of_poison_gas_in_World_War_I) hasn�t finished him yet, then it is not unreasonable to expect the last Vietnam War Veteran to survive Agent Orange (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agent_Orange) and surpass Frank by at least one year, and make it to 2062.

Don Poss

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Follow up thought... -- Don Poss, Thu, April 16 2009, 13:49:16 (cpe-75-82-158-38.socal.res.rr.com/75.82.158.38)

Re: Follow up thought... -- Harry Larsen, Thu, April 16 2009, 19:24:23 (75-172-74-8.tukw.qwest.net/75.172.74.8)