Subject: Fw: FW: Interesting Vietnam & other military statistical
information

>
>
> In case you haven't been paying attention these past few decades after
> you
> returned from Vietnam , the clock has been ticking. The following are
> some statistics that are at once depressing yet in a larger sense
should
> give you a huge sense of pride.
>
> "Of the 2,709,918 Americans who served in Vietnam , Less than 850,000
> are
> estimated to be alive today, with the youngest American Vietnam
> veteran's
> age approximated to be 54 years old." How does it feel to be among
the
> last third of all the Vietnam Veterans who served in Vietnam to be
> alive?
> I don't know about you guys, but it kind of gives me the chills.
>
>
> Considering the kind of information available about the death rate of
> WWII
> and Korean War Veterans, publicized information indicates that in the
> last
> 14 years Vietnam veterans are dying at the rate of 390 deaths each
day.
> At
> this rate there will be only a few of us alive in 2015.
>
>
> These statistics were taken from a variety of sources to include: The
> VFW
> Magazine, the Public Information Office, and the HQ CP Forward
Observer
> -
> Received this from the Assassin today.