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Subject: Dog Tags - Story Found on Another Message Board
Date: 12 Apr 2004 06:43:10 -0600

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Re Eldon & Paul Anderson

On a recent "Today Show" there was a story about two men who
> went
> to Hanoi on a business trip. The men encountered a guy
> selling old GI
> dog tags from US servicemen who were killed during the Viet
> Nam War.
> They were disgusted by the thought of this man profiting
> from the sale
> of
> these tags. Upon returning to the U.S., they decided to go
> back to
> Viet Nam and purchase ALL the dog tags. They did so, paying
> 19 cents
> per tag! They brought home several hundred tags. The plan is
> to return
> the tags to surviving family members, when they can find
> them. The
> process has already begun with one set being turned over to
> a grieving
> Mom on July 4th, (coincidentally, it was on her birthday)!
>
> These two men have set up a website,
> "http://www.founddogtags.com";
> listing the names of all those whose tags they purchased.
>
> If you lost friends, family, or know of someone who lost a
> loved one
> in Viet Nam, I suggest you check out this website. If you
> recognize a
> name, there's an e-mail address to contact these two men and
> to help
> in their efforts to return the dogtag to it's rightful
> survivor. I'm
> sure a
> family member would be eternally grateful to have such an
> important
> item returned. Please help by checking this website. And
> please send
> the website address to everyone you know. The more people
> who
> see the lists, the greater the chance of returning ALL the
> tags to those
>
> who lost loved ones in Viet Nam!

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