BY STEVE NUBIE I had a low draft number and Vietnam looked like an inevitable destination in my life. Many of us remember the times, the fears and the frustrations of those days. For many of us in our 50's and older, Memorial Day is a multigenerational time of remembrance. We grew up with both the memories and the stories shared by our grandparents and parents related to World-War I, World War II and Korea. We've seen our kids connecting to recent conflicts from Iraq to Afghanistan either through their friends or from their own personal experience in the service. But for most of us boomers, the war that connects us to Memorial Day is Vietnam. Some of us served in Vietnam. All of us knew somebody who was a part of that conflict, and just as many of us remember the confusing and dark times that surrounded world events from the late 60's into the early 70's.
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