<p>“As a result it was mainly the families of Navy and USAF pilots who suffered the great agony of the POW and MIA experience that came out of the V’nam War.”</p>
<p>Probably becuase I don’t think the NVA/VC took many prisoners in the ground war (Army and Marines).</p>
<p>I think the topic was brought up because of the discussion about whether the Army policy to allow cadets to play professional sports provided a benefit to the Army and the Academy as a whole from a recruiting and public relations standpoint. Looking at it that way the discussion of relative casualties between the services in a time of war while it might seem “unseemly” would still be germain to the discussion if is part of a young man or woman’s decision as to what service academy to attend.
(I don’t think Campbell was ever being allowed to resign his commission as you stated, because had he been allowed to resign his commission, the Army wouldn’t be able to call him out of the NFL)</p>