Thu Jul 24, 2014, 10:50 PM

ismnotwasm (40,911 posts)

Tombstone picture found on Facebook

So fucked up I have no words

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17 replies	Author	Time	Post
Tombstone picture found on Facebook (Original post)	ismnotwasm	Jul 2014	OP
1943 or 1945?? Not Vietnam. WWII	oldandhappy	Jul 2014	#1
date of birth?	A-Schwarzenegger	Jul 2014	#2
oops!	oldandhappy	Jul 2014	#3
I suspect it's a date of birth, which would put them smack in the Vietnam era	ismnotwasm	Jul 2014	#5
yes, found another version of it.	oldandhappy	Jul 2014	#9
Leonard Matlovich	Newsjock	Jul 2014	#4
Oh my God	ismnotwasm	Jul 2014	#6
I am glad someone else knows our history!	Behind the Aegis	Jul 2014	#12
I cry for him, ism.	sheshe2	Jul 2014	#7
...	ismnotwasm	Jul 2014	#8
...	sheshe2	Jul 2014	#10
thank you for the link...	awoke_in_2003	Jul 2014	#15
~wow~	NYC_SKP	Jul 2014	#11
Off to the Greatest Page with a slice of Gay history!	Behind the Aegis	Jul 2014	#13
K&R	TDale313	Jul 2014	#14
omg.	BlancheSplanchnik	Jul 2014	#16
Wow.	theHandpuppet	Jul 2014	#17

Response to ismnotwasm (Original post)

Thu Jul 24, 2014, 10:58 PM

oldandhappy (6,719 posts)

1. 1943 or 1945?? Not Vietnam. WWII

Is this real? I have developed a healthy doubt about some of these 'found' posts. Very sympathetic to the message.

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Thu Jul 24, 2014, 11:06 PM

A-Schwarzenegger (15,584 posts)

2. date of birth?

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Response to A-Schwarzenegger (Reply #2)

Thu Jul 24, 2014, 11:07 PM

oldandhappy (6,719 posts)

3. oops!

yep

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Response to oldandhappy (Reply #1)

Thu Jul 24, 2014, 11:09 PM

ismnotwasm (40,911 posts)

5. I suspect it's a date of birth, which would put them smack in the Vietnam era

I agree with healthy skepticism too.

What overwhelms me, is the truth of it for who knows how many soldiers.

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Response to ismnotwasm (Reply #5)

Thu Jul 24, 2014, 11:17 PM

oldandhappy (6,719 posts)

9. yes, found another version of it.

Story has been around a lot -- resurfaces now and then. He died in 1988.

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Response to ismnotwasm (Original post)

Thu Jul 24, 2014, 11:09 PM

Newsjock (11,733 posts)

4. Leonard Matlovich

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonard_Matlovich

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Response to Newsjock (Reply #4)

Thu Jul 24, 2014, 11:10 PM

ismnotwasm (40,911 posts)

6. Oh my God

...And I want you to look at the flag, our rainbow flag, and I want you to look at it with pride in your heart, because we too have a dream. And what is our dream? Ours is more than an American dream. It's a universal dream. Because in South Africa, we're black and white, and in Northern Ireland, we're Protestant and Catholic, and in Israel we're Jew and Muslim. And our mission is to reach out and teach people to love, and not to hate. And you know the reality of the situation is that before we as an individual meet, the only thing we have in common is our sexuality. And in the AIDS crisis - and I have AIDS - and in the AIDS crisis, if there is any one word that describes our community's reaction to AIDS, that word is love, love, love.

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Response to Newsjock (Reply #4)

Thu Jul 24, 2014, 11:49 PM

Behind the Aegis (51,518 posts)