war bracelets return, a la Vietnam era

[protect freedom impeach bush now]

sound familar ?

remember the Vietnam War POW bracelets ?
remember the Vietnam War MIA bracelets ?

young people wore these in the early 1970s during the
AMERICAN WAR (otherwise know as the "Vietnam War" in USA)

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http://www.estripes.com/

Minnesota girl's secret to backing the troops is all in the wrists

Jenessa Alexis Largent has 36,987 reasons to feel good about herself. And 20,000 more to feel tired. What started as a whim for the 12-year-old to remind herself of her uncle serving in Iraq has grown and grown. In April, Jenessa, of White Bear Lake, Minn., made herself a bracelet in honor of Sgt. 1st Class Mike Chamorro, serving in Kirkuk. Her friends liked the idea and also had relatives deployed — an uncle here, a cousin there. So she made more bracelets. The project “erupted like a volcano,” Jenessa said, and she’s sent out 36,987 bracelets. Her e-mail is jammed with orders for 20,000 more, many from troops serving in Iraq.

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[ElsewheresDaughter]

1. big difference..isaw this girl and they are pro war bracelets..

where as the MIA and POW ones i wore and still have were a symbol of anti-war in the 60s and 70s...support our troops...elect a new commander in chief and BRING THE TROOPS HOME NOW!...

god, I cannot believe we have learned NOTHING from Vietnam ....war is NOT the answer!!!...oh, i do so miss Marvin "what's going on"

[short bus president]

2. Marvin - I hear ya'

But check it out - Vietnam era had Marvin, Country Joe, and damn near everybody else who made music. Iraqnam era gets jello.

[protect freedom impeach bush now]

3. pro-war? she must be a rt-wing nutso offspring

oh shit.....never thought some young girl would be
selling PRO-war bracelets.

only just read the lead paragragh on cover

eeeeh god ! what has happened to the world !

:(

[kentuck]

4. The "Viet Nam" bracelets that I made for my buddies....

were made out of strands of rawhide with a loop at one end and a rawhide knot at the other to slip through the loop and could be baptized in a special Vietnamese spicy linament (from a small green bottle) that would keep the bugs off you. Im sure I wasn't the only GI to make those? I still have one. :)

[Valerie5555]

5. Also distinctly remember reading there were even "Iran Hostage" ones

since a book by one of those former captives made reference to them.



BTW To those who made light of the "psychological torture" they went through, I for one am sure "Russian Roulette" is nothing to be taken lightly.