Issues that have seemed to have disappeared....The Vietnam War MIA issue

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Other than the occasional POW/MIA flag I guess time has done a number on the issue.

It's getting like that with 9/11.

We are only reminded of the Iranian hostage crisis by recent events.

What are some other "big issues" that have fell by the wayside?
 
How many MIA's are left?

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[Still Missing from World War II

As of the latest official count, about 71,719 U.S. service members remain unaccounted for from World War II DPAA+1. This figure is part of a total of roughly 80,780 missing from WWII, the Korean War, the Vietnam War, the Cold War, and the Gulf Wars/other conflicts DPAA.


Re Viet Nam, I'm actually surprised there aren't a lot more given the jungle and mountain terrain there. Our medivac and recovery teams did an outstanding job as far as I'm concerned.
 
Johnny McCain had a lot to do with abandoning Vietnam MIAs.
 
Treating the fallen with respect and dignity (worldwide) is a fairly recent thing historically.

Prior to WW-1 most fallen (friend and foe alike) were stripped of anything useful and simply tossed into mass graves by whoever controlled the field after a battle.

Often it was just left to civilian authorities in the area to dispose of remains.
 
Treating the fallen with respect and dignity (worldwide) is a fairly recent thing historically.

Prior to WW-1 most fallen (friend and foe alike) were stripped of anything useful and simply tossed into mass graves by whoever controlled the field after a battle.

Often it was just left to civilian authorities in the area to dispose of remains.
For the most part, they were left to the scavengers.
 
Earth Day, EPA, gas rationing, streaking, government corruption, inflation, ah yes, the times never change, we just wear different clothes, sorta.
Human nature doesn't change (generally speaking).
 
Other than the occasional POW/MIA flag I guess time has done a number on the issue.

It's getting like that with 9/11.

We are only reminded of the Iranian hostage crisis by recent events.

What are some other "big issues" that have fell by the wayside?
DoD still has active teams that go out to investigate and recover remains. When I was in Japan, they recovered the remains of a WW2 bomber crew.
Active military and DoD personnel can volunteer to assist in the mission.
 
Treating the fallen with respect and dignity (worldwide) is a fairly recent thing historically.

Prior to WW-1 most fallen (friend and foe alike) were stripped of anything useful and simply tossed into mass graves by whoever controlled the field after a battle.

Often it was just left to civilian authorities in the area to dispose of remains.
The Revolutionary War, Battle of Ramsour's Mill, was fought a few miles from where I sit. Probably about a hundred dead on each side, and it was the women and children that ended up burying them on a hill in a mass grave. Can't lie, still bothers me, Friday nights in the Fall, flipping football players playing on top of that mass grave.
 
During Grant's fast-moving Overland Campaign countless thousands were left where they fell.

The "missing" on the causality rolls reported in Yankee newspapers were huge at the time.

Efforts were made after the war to recover the bodies but petered-out when the Yankees started stealing the funds set aside for body recovery.

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Farmers would either plow the bodies under or pile the bones and the clutter of war against fence lines.

One of my wife's ancestors dealt in body recovery after the war and where they interned Yankee bodies is now the Culpeper National Cemetery.


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The Revolutionary War, Battle of Ramsour's Mill, was fought a few miles from where I sit. Probably about a hundred dead on each side, and it was the women and children that ended up burying them on a hill in a mass grave. Can't lie, still bothers me, Friday nights in the Fall, flipping football players playing on top of that mass grave.
Why would you bury a Redcoat? Burn them SOB's.
 
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Why would you bury a Redcoat? Burn them SOB's.
There was not a redcoat on the battlefield, in fact, no uniforms at all. The smaller Patriot forces placed a green pine twig on their hat. The Whigs wore a white patch, I shit you not. Many found shot through that patch by Patriot marksmen. It was an ugly battle, muskets turned to clubs, brothers killing brothers, literal brothers.
 
Make April 19th a Federal Holiday! Shot heard around the World Day

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Who shorted airline stocks pre 9/11

How does a natural comet have 3 separate exhausts venting 120 degrees apart? 3/I Atlas
 

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