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In reply to the discussion: I Had To View 30 Bodies In Vietnam To ID Our Own. Country Needs To See The Reality Of What Happened [View all]TheMastersNemesis
(10,602 posts)I was the company clerk at the time on LZ Stud near Khe Sahn.I was ordered to go do the ID's. The 1st Cav had air assaulted a number of battalions into the besieged Khe Sahn area to attack the NVA. Our battalion commander was shot down only his XO survived and was captured. My company B Company had 3 KIA and our captain was hit. Later died in the states at Walter Reed. He was a West Pointer certain to be a 4 star general someday. We were also shelled by the NVA that days taking several rounds in our area. So it was a very bad day.
B Company had 27 KIA that year. 1st Cavalry had 5440 KIA during its time in Vietnam. The carnage of the war is what brought the country to its senses. Now we sanitize it all. The massacres and the wars. So there is NO WAY to deal with these issues.
So we cannot have honest debate about the gun issue or issues of war. If we could then many things would change. The GOP, the right wing, the NRA et al could NOT hide from the reality. The SANITATION allows them to hide behind their lies.