Reply #540: My original number stands.

[cliffordu]

13% of all the soldiers in Vietnam fired their weapons in combat, your hubby being one of them.

Perhaps all the men in his platoon did, but only 13% of ALL the soldiers there were the ones doing the fighting.

I'm interested in how you got so hateful and damaged as to say all soldiers are murderers.

And the story about the ears is bullshit. No one was ordered to do that, guys did it for sport, although the rumor was they were ordered.

My outfit was one of the helicopter battalions that ferried people to the Cambodian Border.

I was no desk jockey. But you're more interested in spewing the lie that soldiers are murderers than actually having a conversation.

If what you say is true, your husband has my utmost respect and gratitude. And you have my sympathy for obviously suffering for so long that you believe all soldiers are murderers.

If it is not, you should be ashamed of yourself.

I've met the wives and family members of dozens - if not hundreds - of combat veterans - regular army strait leg grunts, SEALS, Rangers, Marine Recon members....deck apes from battleships and a couple of tunnel rats...and I have NEVER met ANY family member that says all soldiers are murderers. Never.

So you'll understand my skepticism. Okay??