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Tillman was the first American professional athlete to die in service since Buffalo Bills linebacker Bob Kalsu died in Vietnam in 1970. In World War II, 638 NFL players served, resulting in 19 deaths in action...
...Fallujah Erupts Your report on the sadistic and brutal killing of four American civilian security guards in Fallujah, Iraq, was a reminder of how horrific war can be [April 12]. Perhaps in the future we should think more carefully before waging it. The Vietnam conflict taught Americans not go to war without sufficient reasons. It is a lesson that we remembered for many years. And when we forget it, we fight wars we don't have to, and Americans die needlessly. Wayne Michaud Bristol...
...high, though, and getting higher. The most obvious way for Kerry to clear it is by exploiting his record as a Vietnam War hero--something that Kerry often talks about on the stump but that Democratic polling suggests is still largely unknown to voters. Curiously, though, Kerry isn't leading with that punch in his ads. Many Democratic allies were dismayed when they got a look at the two 30-sec. spots that marked the $4.5 million launch last week of Kerry's national advertising campaign. Instead of a reprise of the well-received biographical ads that helped bring Kerry...
...same, for reasons anybody can understand, veterans have for years been looking for a large-scale acknowledgment on the Mall in Washington, the national memory bank where the Korean and Vietnam memorials stand. Later this month they will finally get one. On May 29 they will collect there with their families, former Senator Bob Dole, who co-chaired the memorial effort, and actor Tom Hanks, who spearheaded the fund raising, to dedicate the National World War II Memorial, a project that took 17 years. If only it had been worth the wait. That war remains the great hinge on which...
Your report on the sadistic and brutal killing of four American civilian security guards in Fallujah, Iraq, was a reminder of how horrific war can be [April 12]. Perhaps in the future we should think more carefully before waging it. The Vietnam conflict taught Americans not to go to war without sufficient reasons. It is a lesson that we remembered for many years. And when we forget it, Americans die needlessly. WAYNE MICHAUD Bristol...