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Unwind Your Mind

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22. Hell, I'm getting pretty old and am still too young to remember

Reply to Festivito (Reply #9)

Mon May 25, 2026, 10:42 AM

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I did have a friend when I was young whose father didn’t return from Vietnam

My Dad and his brother were 4F. Uncles on my Mom’s side were younger and stayed in school long enough to avoid it. Their father was a WWII veteran and didn’t want his sons to go

Class of ‘88

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My high school class in 1964 had 57 people. [View all] Biophilic Sunday OP

Great post for Memorial Day senseandsensibility Sunday #1

My class had about 650 kids PJMcK Sunday #2

And I also grieve for the ones who came home wounded in body or mind, niyad Sunday #12

You and I graduated the same year. COL Mustard Monday #16

1967 here. About the same number of grads. Joinfortmill Sunday #3

... anciano Sunday #4

A lot of us lost friends in Vietnam BeneteauBum Sunday #5

A classmate from fifth grade for me IbogaProject Sunday #6

64 also. tavernier Sunday #7

... littlemissmartypants Sunday #8

My SO's brother recounted the story of his friend. Festivito Sunday #9

Hell, I'm getting pretty old and am still too young to remember Unwind Your Mind Monday #22

We are the ones left to talk about it. Festivito Tuesday #29

Many of those who survived suffer from severe PTSD. surfered Sunday #10

106 in my 1963 class. MineralMan Sunday #11

1968 reporting in. ShazzieB Sunday #13

I'm so sorry you lost your friend MustLoveBeagles Monday #14

Appreciate you sharing this special remembrance. We are of the same generation. My graduating class of 105 in 1967 lost KitFox Monday #15

Six from my class didn't make it back. dedl67 Monday #17

My uncle was the only male in his highschool class to survive WWII sab390 Monday #18

I graduated in '65... GiqueCee Monday #19

I protested the war and still wonder if I did enough Jarqui Monday #20

Same school OH school (Dad) 1969 had 116, (Me) 1993 had 394, (Boy) 2014 had 255 krawhitham Monday #21

war was a taboo topic in my family and school Tetrachloride Monday #23

I was the organist at Arlington Cemetery for 5 years. oberle Monday #24

A lot of good people died for no good reason. Aussie105 Monday #25

My late husband lost both legs at Chu Lai duhneece Monday #26

I remember the draft lottery on TV. Irish_Dem Monday #27

I graduated in 1961 in a class of 482 Jilly_in_VA Monday #28