who gave of themselves both men and women. I was surprised by our school system because most did not know women served at war time even back to WW I. Well thanks for letting me ramble but mostly thanks for remembering and what a great blog. I have pasted it along to some school history teachers I know and I hope they will do the same and I hope you keep this up for a while. Steve "Eliot" Neff What a waste of a generation's potential. I can't say I have many "good" memories of the war. And it is with trepidation I say I have any pride in having fought there. I loved being a Marine and doing what I thought was my duty. But in retrospect -- what a waste. But to those who fought and bled in that craphole -- especially the Marines and Corpsmen of H&S Co. 3/4 during Hastings, 5th Comm Bn., and 1st ANGLICO may God Bless and keep you. We did our time in Hell and hopefully we'll have something better when this life is over and we await the Master's call. Vietnam is a lesson in strategic vs tactical goals. The US won all the battles yet lost in the end. And the biggest loser of all was the South Vietnamese. After we reneged on our agreement to support them, it is estimated that after 1975 almost 2 million South Viets lost their lives. 600,000 drowned at sea trying to escape in