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ismnotwasm

(41,995 posts) Thu Jul 24, 2014, 11:50 PM Jul 2014

Tombstone picture found on Facebook

So fucked up I have no words

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Tombstone picture found on Facebook (Original Post) ismnotwasm Jul 2014 OP

1943 or 1945?? Not Vietnam. WWII oldandhappy Jul 2014 #1

date of birth? A-Schwarzenegger Jul 2014 #2

oops! oldandhappy Jul 2014 #3

I suspect it's a date of birth, which would put them smack in the Vietnam era ismnotwasm Jul 2014 #5

yes, found another version of it. oldandhappy Jul 2014 #9

Leonard Matlovich Newsjock Jul 2014 #4

Oh my God ismnotwasm Jul 2014 #6

I am glad someone else knows our history! Behind the Aegis Jul 2014 #12

I cry for him, ism. sheshe2 Jul 2014 #7

... ismnotwasm Jul 2014 #8

... sheshe2 Jul 2014 #10

thank you for the link... awoke_in_2003 Jul 2014 #15

~wow~ NYC_SKP Jul 2014 #11

Off to the Greatest Page with a slice of Gay history! Behind the Aegis Jul 2014 #13

K&R TDale313 Jul 2014 #14

omg. BlancheSplanchnik Jul 2014 #16

Wow. theHandpuppet Jul 2014 #17

oldandhappy

(6,719 posts)

1. 1943 or 1945?? Not Vietnam. WWII

Reply to ismnotwasm (Original post)

Thu Jul 24, 2014, 11:58 PM

Jul 2014

Is this real? I have developed a healthy doubt about some of these 'found' posts. Very sympathetic to the message.

A-Schwarzenegger

(15,596 posts)

2. date of birth?

Reply to oldandhappy (Reply #1)

Fri Jul 25, 2014, 12:06 AM

Jul 2014

oldandhappy

(6,719 posts)

3. oops!

Reply to A-Schwarzenegger (Reply #2)

Fri Jul 25, 2014, 12:07 AM

Jul 2014

yep

ismnotwasm

(41,995 posts)

5. I suspect it's a date of birth, which would put them smack in the Vietnam era

Reply to oldandhappy (Reply #1)

Fri Jul 25, 2014, 12:09 AM

Jul 2014

I agree with healthy skepticism too.

What overwhelms me, is the truth of it for who knows how many soldiers.

oldandhappy

(6,719 posts)

9. yes, found another version of it.

Reply to ismnotwasm (Reply #5)

Fri Jul 25, 2014, 12:17 AM

Jul 2014

Story has been around a lot -- resurfaces now and then. He died in 1988.

Newsjock

(11,733 posts)

4. Leonard Matlovich

Reply to ismnotwasm (Original post)

Fri Jul 25, 2014, 12:09 AM

Jul 2014

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonard_Matlovich

ismnotwasm

(41,995 posts)

6. Oh my God

Reply to Newsjock (Reply #4)

Fri Jul 25, 2014, 12:10 AM

Jul 2014

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