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"Waist Deep In The Big Muddy"
A Guy Has to Consider All His Options...
College ROTC stipend is now $300 for Freshmen, increasing to $500 for Seniors (tax-free).
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In Memoriam
Kentuckians lost in Vietnam War: 1055
Average age: 23 yrs, 7 months : Youngest: 18 yrs, 1 month
Lexingtonians: Army: 31, Marines: 12, Air Force: 3, Navy: 1, Total = 47**
Lexington teens: 1 eighteen (
Edwin Zeke Floyd
), 8 nineteen
Kentuckians killed on their birthday: 3
Source:
National Archives State-Level Fatal Casualty Lists for the Vietnam War
** The war memorial in Lexington lists three additional names:
One from Donerail, KY and two whose official 'Home of Record' was not Kentucky (VA & WV).
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