> -----Original Message-----
> From: Nick Arnett [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Tuesday, September 18, 2001 7:06 AM
> I am quite sure that many, many of us have relatives and
> friends with military experience, who fought in WWII, Vietnam and
> elsewhere.
To amplify, since I did the research to reply to an off-list challenge...
About one of every 200 Americans is serving in active duty in the military.
About one out of five Americans is a veteran.
It is a rare person, indeed, who is unfamiliar with those who serve in the
U.S. military.
Nearly every baby boomer has a father who served in World War II, as did
mine. We are a generation raised by people who went to war.
Nick
