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<p>Yes, Viet Nam vets are most certainly grandparents. And probably great grandparents in some cases. </p>

<p>My oldest D turned 17 in November. My father turned 67 the same week. He’s a Swift Boat vet - Cam Ranh Bay.</p>

<p>I’m 43. Let’s hope my father doesn’t become a GGF any time soon.</p>

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<p>Yes, I knew that the numbers support the fact that many VietNam era vets are grandparents (or more), I guess that 5th grade is etched in my memory because we wrote letters to GIs and I got (and saved) a response from “my” GI. The boys we wrote to are now grandparents (or more) if they came back alive. In junior high, the guys over there were my friends’ older brothers… Now they are more removed in history than WWII was from our childhood. Strange to think about.</p>

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<p>Yes, it is. I still remember the 20th anniversary of Pearl Harbor, in 1961, when I was six. 20 years? It seemed like an eternity then, but now, it’s 1989!</p>

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<p>^^^^ Do you remember Oh Donna? ;-)</p>