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sheshe2

(98,439 posts) Sat Mar 14, 2026, 11:07 PM Mar 14

58,000 replica tags, one for each American soldier killed or missing in action during the Vietnam War.

The installation, titled Above and Beyond, hangs in the National Veterans Art Museum in Chicago. It includes over 58,000 replica tags, one for each American soldier killed or missing in action during the Vietnam War.
— Raider (@iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social) 2026-03-15T01:23:15.998Z

No words.

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58,000 replica tags, one for each American soldier killed or missing in action during the Vietnam War. (Original Post) sheshe2 Mar 14 OP

What a shocking visual and heartbreaking reality. democrank Mar 15 #1

Wow. Just simply heartbreaking... FemDemERA Mar 15 #2

democrank

(12,680 posts)

1. What a shocking visual and heartbreaking reality.

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Sun Mar 15, 2026, 02:24 AM

Mar 15

All those lives lost.

Makes me also think about Trump’s callous war talk and his five deferments.

FemDemERA

(905 posts)

2. Wow. Just simply heartbreaking...

Reply to sheshe2 (Original post)

Sun Mar 15, 2026, 06:44 PM

Mar 15

As you say, no words... just tears. I came across an old (1987) movie a little while ago, "Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam". Gave me that same feeling... aching, sinking, emptiness, and overwhelming sorrow for so much loss.

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