History of the Vietnam War 101

Re^3: Proud Survivors

Ed Moise [130.127.111.80]

On Thu Sep 17, Chuck Gutzman wrote
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>The stuff that references the Census -- I have no Idea where Colonel Maters got them, nor do I particularly care. It is the type of stuff that whips around the internet all the time and should be taken tongue in cheek unless you dig into the census data and confirm it somehow. Academicians thrive on this kind of thing and, who knows? Can it be researched and verified/debunked? Certainly. However, during the last census, I did answer a question as to whether I was a veteran and of which war/conflict.

Did you really answer a question about whether you were a veteran of a particular war/conflict? Or just of which era? According to the Census Bureau, the question that was asked last time around was whether people had served during the "Vietnam era" defined as 1964 to 1975. See www.census.gov/prod/2003pubs/c2kbr-22.pdf Most people who served during that era did not serve in or near Vietnam.

Ed Moise

Thu Sep 17

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