The precious sons of war makers
 

The precious sons of war makers
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234 sons of senators and congressmen came of military age during the Vietnam War.

28 of that 234 served in Vietnam [12%].

19 of that 28 saw combat [8%].



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Re: The precious sons of war makers
 

grub@internet.charitydays.co.uk wrote:
>The precious sons of war makers
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>234 sons of senators and congressmen came of military age during the Vietnam War.
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>28 of that 234 served in Vietnam [12%].
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>19 of that 28 saw combat [8%].

I'd say 19 of those 28 seeing combat is a pretty high percentage, Of
course that depends on your definition of combat.

Even with a fairly broad interpretation, I'd be surprised if there was
more than 10 who saw combat.

Doug

Re: The precious sons of war makers
 

Doug Reese wrote:
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> grub@internet.charitydays.co.uk wrote:
> >The precious sons of war makers
> >_________________________________________________ __________________________
> >
> >234 sons of senators and congressmen came of military age during the Vietnam War.
> >
> >28 of that 234 served in Vietnam [12%].
> >
> >19 of that 28 saw combat [8%].
>
> I'd say 19 of those 28 seeing combat is a pretty high percentage, Of
> course that depends on your definition of combat.
>
> Even with a fairly broad interpretation, I'd be surprised if there was
> more than 10 who saw combat.
>
> Doug

Grub's post has a deja vu quality to it. I recall these numbers
being seriously challenged maybe a year ago.

For starters, I'd like to see names.