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sheshe2

(97,256 posts) Sat Mar 14, 2026, 11:07 PM Saturday

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 Saturday OP

What a shocking visual and heartbreaking reality. democrank Yesterday #1

Wow. Just simply heartbreaking... FemDemERA 14 hrs ago #2

democrank

(12,538 posts)

1. What a shocking visual and heartbreaking reality.

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Sun Mar 15, 2026, 02:24 AM

Yesterday

All those lives lost.

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

FemDemERA

(801 posts)

2. Wow. Just simply heartbreaking...

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Sun Mar 15, 2026, 06:44 PM

14 hrs ago

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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