42 Years Later, Vietnam Veterans Reunite on Facebook

42 Years Later, Vietnam Veterans Reunite on Facebook

Veterans become "friends" again after a Las Vegas man contacted Ron Colby of Saukville using the social media site. Now, the two continue to rekindle their relationship, sharing photos of family and stories from their lives since the war.
By Rory Linnane

1,800 Miles Apart and a Click Away

Forty-two years after serving in the Vietnam War, Michael Sanzaro was flipping through old photos with his daughter Melissa in his Las Vegas home, lamenting how he had lost touch with the men he fought beside in Marines Corps Battalion 2/5.

“Have you tried Facebook?” Melissa asked. "Give me a name."

Sanzaro remembered Ron Colby, a Saukville resident who left his tour by helicopter when his lung was punctured by shrapnel from a booby trap. Having no knowledge of what became of Colby, they plugged in his name and Melissa composed a brief message.
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