Subj : Today Is... Armistice Day
To   : DARYL STOUT
From : Rob Mccart
Date : Sun Nov 16 2025 08:21:12

RM> "If this is the war to end all wars, why are they giving it a
RM> number?"

DS>  In a word, really.

Back in the 70's I was at a party in Canada and there was a
Canadian soldier who had just come back from Vietnam and he said
that he'd been posted where the Americans killed were shipped
back to the USA.. There was a little talk about the war in general
and he said, "They say that 50,000 Americans were killed in the war..
and I could name more than 100,000 of them..", suggesting that the
numbers the public were given were greatly toned down.

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