History of the Vietnam War 101

Re^2: Proud Survivors

Chuck Gutzman [75.167.178.54]

On Thu Sep 17, Ed Moise wrote
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>Chuck, I would like to join Dave in asking where these figures came from, and join Pat in expressing doubt. In particular:

>On Thu Sep 17, Chuck Gutzman wrote
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>>· 1,713,823 of those who served in Vietnam were still alive as of August, 1995 (census figures).

>I would be very suspicious of this regardless of what the number was. I don't think the U.S. Census made any effort to count the number of Vietnam veterans who were alive as of August 1995.

>>· During that same Census count, the number of Americans falsely claiming to have served in-country was: 9,492,958.

>Even more suspicious, again regardless of the number. I flatly do not believe the U.S. Census has ever made any effort to count the number of people who falsely claim to have served in Vietnam.

>Ed Moise

Hi Dr. "M" I don't know where they came from. I simply liked the top element of the stuff he sent me and copied it to this forum.

Chuck

Fri Sep 18

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