Posted on Jun 27, 2019
'Look At These Beautiful Boys': In 1969, Life Magazine Published The Faces Of Americans Killed In...
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On June 27, 1969, Life magazine published an issue that resonated across the nation.
On the cover was the face of a young man from upstate New York. His name was William Gearing. The headline over his face read, "The Faces of the American Dead in Vietnam: One Week's Toll." Inside the magazine were the names and photos of more than 200 young men who had been killed in the war in just one week of combat.
On the cover was the face of a young man from upstate New York. His name was William Gearing. The headline over his face read, "The Faces of the American Dead in Vietnam: One Week's Toll." Inside the magazine were the names and photos of more than 200 young men who had been killed in the war in just one week of combat.
'Look At These Beautiful Boys': In 1969, Life Magazine Published The Faces Of Americans Killed In...
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel - I have mixed emotions about this kind of a story... On one hand it is a great way to show the heroism of those who sacrificed for our Freedom and on the other, a sad representation of only a few of those who died for their Country in an unfavorable war...
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SSgt Richard Kensinger
The most despised, detested, and protested conflict ever! I served as an ER medic from 1969 to 1973.
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Those who served in and during the Vietnam Conflict were betrayed by 5 C-inC's. We lost over 60,000 comrades. BTW, 66,000 women also served, and some were killed. What a waste of humanity when you also consider that more civilians were killed than combatants combined. And, indeed we killed women, children, and the aged. This is what really haunts the vets I provide clinical consultation to. Combat should be the last resort.
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