Thank you so much for sending this website to the 'list'. It means a lot to me - my late husband served in Vietnam and I'm a Vietnam era veteran in my own right. That was such a bad time in our history and if families can get some kind of closure from this website it's time well spent. I know all the people on this list and others will look at this website and maybe just maybe help a grieving family find a loved one. Thanks again. --- James and Kim Smith <mikis1314@earthlink.net> wrote: > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "jean mccoy" <mccoy@gvtc.com> > To: <SMITH-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Wednesday, August 01, 2001 5:31 PM > Subject: [SMITH] check this out > > > > This site may be of help to someone. > > > > Dog Tags Found In Viet Nam > > > > On a recent "Today Show" there was a story about two > men who went > > to Hanoi on a business trip. The men encountered a guy > selling old GI > > dog tags from US servicemen who were killed during the > Viet Nam War. > > They were disgusted by the thought of this man > profiting from the sale > > of > > these tags. Upon returning to the U.S., they decided to > go back to > > Viet Nam and purchase ALL the dog tags. They did so, > paying 19 cents > > per tag! They brought home several hundred tags. The > plan is to return > > the tags to surviving family members, when they can > find them. The > > process has already begun with one set being turned > over to a grieving > > Mom on July 4th, (coincidentally, it was on her > birthday)! > > > > These two men have set up a website, > "http://www.founddogtags.com" > > listing the names of all those whose tags they > purchased. > > > > If you lost friends, family, or know of someone who > lost a loved one > > in Viet Nam, I suggest you check out this website. If > you recognize a > > name, there's an e-mail address to contact these two > men and to help > > in their efforts to return the dogtag to it's rightful > survivor. I'm > > sure a > > family member would be eternally grateful to have such > an important > > item returned. Please help by checking this website. > And please send > > the website address to everyone you know. The more > people who > > see the lists, the greater the chance of returning ALL > the tags to those > > > > who lost loved ones in Viet Nam! > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ==== SMITH Mailing List ==== > > Checkout the other lists being watched over by your > List Mom; > > http://mailing_lists.homestead.com/lists.html > > To learn more about my world visit > http://dwp.bigplanet.com/kburnett > > > > > > > ==== MISSISSIPPI Mailing List ==== > Visit the Mississippi-L Website at > http://www.rootsweb.com/~mississi > where you can both SUBSCRIBE and UNSUBSCRIBE with a click > of the mouse. > > ============================== > Search over 1 Billion names at Ancestry.com! > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/rwlist1.asp > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Make international calls for as low as $.04/minute with Yahoo! Messenger http://phonecard.yahoo.com/