A sad part of the history of our "civilized" world somehow involves violence and battles with other humans. Such was the case in 1969, as it was at the height of a War between the bad guys and the good guys of America. If you were a Utah parent back then and got a telegram from the War Department indicating your son was MIA, that was sad news. That didn't mean the young 18 son had ran off in the jungles of Viet Nam with a cutie from Saigon. It meant he was Missing In Action, which normally meant he was blown away up to heaven by friendly fire(Agent Orange) or wiped out by enemy forces. On the other hand, if the LDS Church folks sent you notice that your 18 year daughter was being honored for being a First or Second Year MIA, that was cause to celebrate with ice cream. Here is a list of those gals that made it through the teenage "War Zone" of Nephi, Utah in the late 60's. May our future be more gleeful than some of our past.
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