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lapfog_1

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2. if the options listed were meant as some sort of joke

Reply to Ptah (Original post)

Wed Jun 18, 2025, 12:52 AM

Jun 18

There are a number of us that watched the non-descript car with the two men in dress uniform come rolling up the driveway looking for the parents.

now, nearly 60 years later, it still hurts.

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When you see KIA, what comes to mind? Edited to add a third choice [View all] Ptah Jun 18 OP

Killed in Action. sinkingfeeling Jun 18 #1

Me too! Immediately came to my mind. Too many during the Vietnam war. Fla Dem Jun 18 #4

Looking back, I see that it was an ill formed poll. Ptah Jun 19 #7

if the options listed were meant as some sort of joke lapfog_1 Jun 18 #2

Not meant as a joke. Ptah Jun 18 #3

Killed in Action. n/t malthaussen Jun 18 #5

I thnk of the car. debm55 Jun 18 #6

It's also a Maori word True Dough Jun 20 #8