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Another 36er found   Corinne Collins 36th Evac 1968 takes care of Tibetans

 

BRENDA LOOPER JANSONS FEATURED IN REVIEW

1LT Brenda Looper Jansons, US Army Retired, graduate of Greenville Senior High School 1960 and member of the Beta Alpha Omega Sorority, recently has been featured in a review by Jenny Gheith of the prestigious School of Art of Chicago for her photography now on display at The National Vietnam Veterans Art Museum in Chicago in a continuing exhibit of "Women on War."
To view a copy of the review go to The Chicago School of Art website then to "Print Edition" in the left column; from the dropdown select "Reviews"; on the reviews page click on "We Went To War and Some Of Us Came Back".
The photo at the top of the article of a lily with black background is one of Lt Jansons earlier works. This photo represents her always present ability to find beauty in the darkness.

 

"Little" Annie Hoeffken Demolski her daughter Ceely and granddaughter Chloe

Reunion in SF in 1999 1st Row Gert Baker, Mary O'Neill Fiorelli (24th Evac) Anne Philiben Next Row Hannah Moynahan Wynne John Thompson and Perle Thompson

 

 

 

Our 3rd CO Carl Boyer and his wife on their wedding anniversary.  Mike and Minh Hall at their home in Bradenton Fl.                         

Dave McKenzie one of our Aussie patients and new grandson Digby Alexander Bloom.

  

Sandy Black McKenzie and family on the day she received her Degree.

Do you remember our Sgt. of the Guard, now Command Sergeant Major (Ret) Jim McDonald.

Gert Baker Tom Trueblood and Maureen Villioti all trying to look serious.

Joe Villegas wishing you a Merry Christmas  2005

Candy and Harley Kelley MD  Harley still looks young but broke his hip WHILE STANDING at Vail.  He wasn't even skiing.  Hopefully he'll be off his crutches soon.

 

 

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Vietnam Warriors: A Statistical Profile

In Uniform and In Country

- Vietnam Vets: 9.7% of their generation.

- 9,087,000 military personnel served on active duty during the Vietnam era (Aug. 5, 1964-May 7, 1975).

- 8,744,000 GIs were on active duty during the war (Aug. 5, 1964-March 28, 1973).

- 3,403,100 (including 514,300 offshore) personnel served in the Southeast Asia Theater (Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, flight crews based in Thailand, and

sailors in adjacent South  China Sea waters).

- 2,594,000 personnel served within the borders of South Vietnam (Jan. 1, 1965- March 28, 1973).

- Another 50,000 men served in Vietnam between 1960 and 1964.

- Of the 2.6 million, between 1

- 1.6 million (40-60%) either fought in combat, provided close support or were at least fairly regularly exposed to enemy attack.

- 7,484 women (6,250 or 83.5% were nurses) served in Vietnam.

- Peak troop strength in Vietnam: 543,482 (April 30, 1969).

Casualties

- Hostile deaths: 47,378

- Non - hostile deaths: 10,800

- Total: 58,202 (includes men formerly classified as MIA and Mayaguez casualties). Men who have subsequently died of wounds account for the

changing total.

- 8 nurses died -- 1 was KIA.

- Married men killed: 17,539

- 61% of the men killed were 21 or younger.

- Highest state death rate: West Virginia- 84.1 (national average 58.9 for

every 100,000 males in 1970).

- Wounded: 303,704 -- 153,329 hospitalized + 150,375 injured requiring no hospital care.

- Severely disabled: 75,000 -- 23,214 100% disabled; 5,283 lost limbs;

1,081 sustained multiple amputations.

- Amputation or crippling wounds to the lower extremities were 300% higher

than in WWII and 70% higher than in Korea. Multiple amputations occurred at

the rate of 18.4% compared to 5.7% in WWII.

- Missing in Action: 2,338.

- POWs: 766 (114 died in captivity).

Winning & Losing

- 82% of veterans who saw heavy combat strongly believe the war was lost because of lack of political will.

- Nearly 75% of the public agrees it was a failure of political will, not of arms.

Honorable Service

- 97% of Vietnam-era veterans were honorably discharged.

- 91% of actual Vietnam War veterans and 90% of those who saw heavy combat are proud to have served their country.

- 66% of Vietnam vets say they would serve again if called upon.

- 87% of the public now holds Vietnam veterans in high esteem.

VFW Magazine