On Fri, 30 Dec 2005 13:23:17 +0100, "trg"
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[email protected]> wrote:
>My cousin was also a musician in the sixties. Everyone he played for is also
>dead. ALL of them. He was a sergeant in the US Army . His job was to play
>taps for the dead soldiers. What's the life expectancy of a Vietnam vet?
Now? Reasonably good. Even back them, the vast majority of soldiers in
Viet Nam weren't combat - they were more likely to be hit by a taxi
that anything resembling a shell or bullet. This is assuming you
weren't referring to your cousin, as those active duty Army musicians
playing taps at funerals would, of course, have been state side, not
in Viet Nam.
I know about body bags, but I fail to see the connection of justifying
taking drugs in the safe, good ol' U.S. of A. on the basis of other
people altogether dying in Viet Nam. Now the soldiers doing drugs for
a variety of reasons in South East Asia, maybe you could make an
argument. Mostly though, it was less dead soldiers and more boredom
and cheap drugs. Same excuse as those drinking formaldehyde-laced
beer...
Curtis L. Russell
Odenton, MD (USA)
Just someone on two wheels...