Some had voluntarily extended their tours of combat duty some were desperate to come home. From the letters of some, it is possible to tell they felt strongly that they should be in Vietnam, that they had great sympathy for the Vietnamese people and were appalled at their enormous suffering. We cannot tell with any precision what they thought of the political currents which drew them across the world. It is not the intention of this article to speak for the dead. The numbers of the dead are average for any seven-day period during this stage of the war. The faces shown on the next pages are the faces of American men killed, in the words of the official announcement of their deaths, РІР‚Сљin connection with the conflict in Vietnam.РІР‚Сњ The names, 242 of them, were released on May 28 through June 3, a span of no special significance except that it includes Memorial Day. Below is the text, in full, that not only accompanied portraits of those killed, but also explained why LIFE chose to publish РІР‚СљOne WeekРІР‚в„ўs DeadРІР‚Сњ when it did and in the manner that it did. Here, republishes every picture and every name that originally appeared in that extraordinary 1969 feature. Some readers expressed amazement, in light of the thousands of American deaths suffered in a war with no end in sight, that it took so long for LIFE to produce something as dramatic and pointed as РІР‚СљOne WeekРІР‚в„ўs Toll.РІР‚Сњ Others were outraged that the magazine was, as one reader saw it, РІР‚Сљsupporting the antiwar demonstrators who are traitors to this country.РІР‚Сњ Still others perhaps the vast majority were quietly and disconsolately devastated. To no oneРІР‚в„ўs surprise, the publicРІР‚в„ўs response was immediate, and visceral.

On the cover was the image of a young man and 11 stark words: РІР‚СљThe Faces of the American Dead in Vietnam: One WeekРІР‚в„ўs Toll.РІР‚Сњ Inside, across 10 funereal pages, LIFE published picture after picture and name after name of 242 young men killed in seven days halfway around the world РІР‚Сљin connection with the conflict in Vietnam.РІР‚Сњ Ranch facility in Burbank (RV not included).In June 1969, LIFE magazine published a feature that remains as moving and, in some quarters, as controversial as it was when it intensified a nationРІР‚в„ўs soul-searching 45 years ago. The set of the Griswold family's traditional clapboard house is located on the backlot of the Warner Bros. While set in a snowy suburb of Chicago, Christmas Vacation was lensed primarily in sunny Los Angeles (along with a few exteriors shot in Colorado). Where is the house from Christmas vacation? Nicolette Scorsese as Mary (lingerie salesgirl) in 1989. Clark was talking and trying to turn the pages of the magazine, but his fingers were sticking to the pages.Р”В«eside above, who is the saleswoman in Christmas Vacation? Clark and Ellen already knew Clark's parents were coming. Ellen told Clark her parents had decided to come for Christmas too. Shirley a Christmas gift.Р”Р„dditionally, what magazine is Clark reading in Christmas Vacation? Clark was reading 'People' magazine and talking to Ellen. In Christmas Vacation, Clark is bringing his boss, Mr. Also to know is, what is the gift everyone gives the boss on Christmas vacation?

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