Does this map look familiar? I read in the paper today that on this day in 1968 nine Minnesota men were killed in Vietnam, forty years ago today. Nine young men gave up their lives. Nine families were torn apart by grief and loss. These Minnesota men would have been in their 60's or 70's by now. How would our world be different if they had lived? It is possible that my own life would be different if one or more of those men had lived. I'll never know. They didn't have a chance. Nine of them. Nine can be such a large number. I am very sad.Monday, May 5, 2008
May 5, 1968
Does this map look familiar? I read in the paper today that on this day in 1968 nine Minnesota men were killed in Vietnam, forty years ago today. Nine young men gave up their lives. Nine families were torn apart by grief and loss. These Minnesota men would have been in their 60's or 70's by now. How would our world be different if they had lived? It is possible that my own life would be different if one or more of those men had lived. I'll never know. They didn't have a chance. Nine of them. Nine can be such a large number. I am very sad.
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