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Unwind Your Mind

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22. Hell, I'm getting pretty old and am still too young to remember

Reply to Festivito (Reply #9)

Mon May 25, 2026, 10:42 AM

3 hrs ago

I did have a friend when I was young whose father didn’t return from Vietnam

My Dad and his brother were 4F. Uncles on my Mom’s side were younger and stayed in school long enough to avoid it. Their father was a WWII veteran and didn’t want his sons to go

Class of ‘88

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My high school class in 1964 had 57 people. [View all] Biophilic 17 hrs ago OP

Great post for Memorial Day senseandsensibility 17 hrs ago #1

My class had about 650 kids PJMcK 17 hrs ago #2

And I also grieve for the ones who came home wounded in body or mind, niyad 14 hrs ago #12

You and I graduated the same year. COL Mustard 4 hrs ago #16

1967 here. About the same number of grads. Joinfortmill 17 hrs ago #3

... anciano 16 hrs ago #4

A lot of us lost friends in Vietnam BeneteauBum 16 hrs ago #5

A classmate from fifth grade for me IbogaProject 16 hrs ago #6

64 also. tavernier 16 hrs ago #7

... littlemissmartypants 15 hrs ago #8

My SO's brother recounted the story of his friend. Festivito 15 hrs ago #9

Hell, I'm getting pretty old and am still too young to remember Unwind Your Mind 3 hrs ago #22

Many of those who survived suffer from severe PTSD. surfered 15 hrs ago #10

106 in my 1963 class. MineralMan 15 hrs ago #11

1968 reporting in. ShazzieB 14 hrs ago #13

I'm so sorry you lost your friend MustLoveBeagles 13 hrs ago #14

Appreciate you sharing this special remembrance. We are of the same generation. My graduating class of 105 in 1967 lost KitFox 12 hrs ago #15

Six from my class didn't make it back. dedl67 4 hrs ago #17

My uncle was the only male in his highschool class to survive WWII sab390 4 hrs ago #18

I graduated in '65... GiqueCee 4 hrs ago #19

I protested the war and still wonder if I did enough Jarqui 3 hrs ago #20

Same school OH school (Dad) 1969 had 116, (Me) 1993 had 394, (Boy) 2014 had 255 krawhitham 3 hrs ago #21