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From: "Brian" <>
Subject: Re: [TNLAWREN] Vietnam Veterans Website
Date: Fri, 3 Aug 2001 10:38:39 -0400
References: <004c01c11bbb$8a4b27a0$e7bfa6d8@EllieMoss>


Please remove me from your list.

Thanks,

----- Original Message -----
From: Craig & Ellie <>
To: <>
Sent: Thursday, August 02, 2001 9:27 PM
Subject: [TNLAWREN] Vietnam Veterans Website


> I hope this isn't out of line to my genealogy subscriptions. I felt this
goes along with our research and really is important...
> and to friends and family
> Hello out there... yes I am still alive, just haven't had time to do much
online. I do think this site is very important to get out to the public.
It does appear to be legit, I saw them on TV myself. If this gets to anyone
who lost a loved one in Nam I hope they can at least get their dog tags home
where they belong. Ellie
>
>
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> I am forwarding this, just in case someone knows of a family who could use
> it.
>
> Debbie
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "joan benner" <>
> To: <>
> Sent: Thursday, August 02, 2001 11:20 AM
> Subject: [WIGEN-L] Vietnam Veterans Website
>
>
> > Can you please help to spread the word about this worthy project?
> >
> > Many thanks to Betty Smith who sent the following message and URL to me
> for
> > the Adams and Marquette Co WI mailing lists...these fellows are to be
> > commended for their efforts to re-unite these military dog tags with the
> > next of kin of deceased soldiers.
> >
> >
> > Dog Tags Found In Viet Nam
> >
> > 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!
> >
> >
> > Joan
> >
> > Adams County Wisconsin rootsweb site coordinator at
> > http://www.rootsweb.com/~wiadams/adams.htm
> >
> > Marquette County Wisconsin rootsweb site coordinator at
> > http://www.rootsweb.com/~wimarque/wimarque.htm
> >
> >
> >
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> >
> >
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