It would not be 40 % of all veterans. That's absurd. Perhaps 40 % of all Vietnam veterans.....that might make some sense, or be somewhat close to the real numbers for that tragedy. That one I could tend to believe. Scott Turbovans, Vietnam era veteran, and air force brat growing up, and darn proud I live in a barn/shop/art studio/ vanagon engine conversation facility. 'fringe dweller' is the fun term for it ! -----Original Message----- From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of Sam Conant Sent: Monday, November 12, 2007 10:51 AM To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM Subject: Re: One more veterans day NVC I read the 1 in 4 yesterday in our state-wide (VT) Gannett paper, and heard in on one of the media "news" programs last evening. SamC ----- Original Message ----- From: "mike" <mwmiller@cwnet.com> Sent: Monday, November 12, 2007 12:34 PM Subject: Re: One more veterans day NVC Figure my girlfriend quotes is 40% of the homeless are veterans. All these numbers don't quite jibe. Mike On 11/11/07 8:25 PM, "Sam Conant" <samcvt@COMCAST.NET> wrote: I heard the figure 1 in 4 vets today ... Whether that is 1 in 4 vets are homeless or 1 in 4 homeless are vets ...I didn't catch that SamC This email was cleaned by emailStripper, available for free from http://www.papercut.biz/emailStripper.htm |
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