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ROBERT JAMES MANIAS
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ROBERT J MANIAS
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POSTED ON 6.23.2023
POSTED BY: John Fabris
honoring you...
Thank you for your service to our country so long ago sir. As long as you are remembered you will always be with us….
POSTED ON 11.13.2022
POSTED BY: [email protected]
Ground Casualty
On May 16, 1971, a New York Times article described heroin use by American troops in Vietnam had reached epidemic proportions. The piece reported that 10 to 15 percent of lower-ranking enlisted men were heroin users, and military officials working in drug‐suppression estimated that as much as a quarter of all enlisted personnel, more than 60,000 men, were hooked. They added that some field surveys reported units with more than 50 percent of the men on heroin. In Vietnam, the drug was plentiful, cheap, and 95 percent pure. Its effects could casually be achieved through smoking or snorting, as compared to the U.S., where the drug was impure, only about five percent heroin, and had to be main-lined or injected into the bloodstream to achieve a comparable high. The habit, which cost 100 dollars a day to maintain in the U.S., cost only five dollars a day to maintain in Vietnam. SP4 Robert J. Manias joined the U.S. Army from New Jersey and trained as an infantryman. He arrived in Vietnam for a first tour of duty in October 1969. In the summer of 1971, Manias was on a second tour with the 1st Cavalry Division when on July 6th he was admitted to the 24th Evacuation Hospital at Long Binh in Bien Hoa Province, RVN, for a heroin addiction and blood infection due to unsterile needles. His condition failed to improve, and he expired four days later from pneumonia and septicemia. Manias was twenty-three years old. [Taken from coffeltdatabase.org and “G.I. Heroin Addiction Epidemic in Vietnam.” New York Times (New York, NY), May 16, 1971]
POSTED ON 12.23.2021
POSTED BY: Donna Moore
Happy Heavenly Birthday
You will forever remain in our hearts and prayers
POSTED ON 6.8.2020
POSTED BY: Lucy Micik
Thank You
Dear Sp4 Robert Manias, Thank you for your service as an Infantryman with the 1st Cavalry. Saying thank you isn't enough, but it is from the heart. Time passes quickly, but it is an unusual time. Please watch over America, it stills needs your strength, courage, guidance and faithfulness. Rest in peace with the angels.
POSTED ON 6.6.2020
POSTED BY: [email protected]
SP4 Robert J. Manias’ death announcement
