A Tribute to our troops
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The Vietnam War
was a military conflict that occurred in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia from 1959 to 30 April 1975
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I would like to personally apologize to each and every Vietnam Veteran for
Americas Behavior upon
your return home. I would also like to thank you for the sacrifices you have made.
It is my Honor to you all for this Tribute.
You are true Heroes of The United States of America.
March 30 “Welcome Home Vietnam Veterans Day”
"No event in American history is more misunderstood than the Vietnam War. It was misreported then, and it is misremembered now. Rarely have so many people been so wrong about so much. Never have the consequences of their misunderstanding been so tragic.
" The Vietnam war was not lost on the battlefield. No American force in ANY other conflict fought with more determination or sheer courage than the Vietnam Veteran. For the first time in our history America sent it's young men and women into a war run by inept politicians who had no grasp of military strategies and no moral will to win.
These young soldiers were led by "top brass" who were concerned mainly with furthering their own careers, "getting their tickets punched" just close enough to combat, to become a medal wearing hero. As the Late Col David Hackworth called them, "the perfumed Princes." Most of these officers neither understood the nature of the war nor had a clue about the impossible mission with which they had tasked their soldiers
Richard Nixon, New York Times, March 28, 1985
" The Vietnam war was not lost on the battlefield. No American force in ANY other conflict fought with more determination or sheer courage than the Vietnam Veteran. For the first time in our history America sent it's young men and women into a war run by inept politicians who had no grasp of military strategies and no moral will to win.
These young soldiers were led by "top brass" who were concerned mainly with furthering their own careers, "getting their tickets punched" just close enough to combat, to become a medal wearing hero. As the Late Col David Hackworth called them, "the perfumed Princes." Most of these officers neither understood the nature of the war nor had a clue about the impossible mission with which they had tasked their soldiers
The facts
91% of Vietnam Veterans say they are glad they served
74% said they would serve again even knowing the outcome.Vietnam Veterans are less likely to be in prison - only 1/2 of one percent of Vietnam Veterans have been jailed for crimes.
97% were discharged under honorable conditions; the same percentage of honorable discharges as ten years prior to Vietnam
85% of Vietnam Veterans made a successful transition to civilian life.
87% of the American people hold Vietnam Vets in high esteem.
2/3 of the men who served in Vietnam were volunteers
After that initial post-service period, Vietnam veterans were no more likely to die from suicide than non-Vietnam veterans. In fact, after the 5-year post-service period, the rate of suicides is less in the Vietnam veterans' group."
Myth: Most American soldiers were addicted to drugs, guilt-ridden about their role in the war, and deliberately used cruel and inhumane tactics.
Myth: Most Vietnam veterans were drafted.
Myth: The media have reported that suicides among Vietnam veterans range from 50,000 to 100,000 - 6 to 11 times the non-Vietnam veteran population.
Myth: The average age of an infantryman fighting in Vietnam was 19.The Vietnam Wall
Be not ashamed to say you loved them, though you may or may not have always. Take what they have taught you with their dying and keep it with your own.
And in that time when men decide and feel safe to call the war insane, take one moment to embrace those gentle heroes you left behind.
Major Michael Davis O'Donnell
1 January 1970
Dak To, Vietnam
Listed as KIA February 7, 1978
1 January 1970
Dak To, Vietnam
Listed as KIA February 7, 1978
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Statistics from the Combat Area Casualty File (CACF) as of November 1993. The CACF is the basis for the Vietnam Veterans Memorial (The Wall):
Average age of 58,148 killed in Vietnam was 23.11 years. (Although 58,169 names are in the Nov. 93 database, only 58,148 have both event date and birth date. Event date is used instead of declared dead date for some of those who were listed as missing in action.
One man killed in Vietnam was only 16 years old
The oldest man killed was 62 years old
11,465 KIAs were less than 20 years old.
Efforts continue to recover nearly 1,800 Americans who remain unaccounted-for from the conflict .
In 1992, the Joint Task Force-Full Accounting (JTF-FA) formed to expand U.S. field operations. Teams from this organization worked in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia alongside their foreign counterparts. Together, they interviewed thousands of witnesses regarding the fate of missing Americans. Their hard work resulted in the locat ion of crash and burial sites all over the region, so that the recovery elements made up primarily of Central Identification Laboratory, Hawaii (CILHI) , personnel could excavate them. This work continues today under the direction of the Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command (JPAC)Vietnam War Resources
VIETNAM WAR FACT SHEETS 2010
The Personnel Missing - Southeast Asia (PMSEA) Database was originally compiled by the Defense Intelligence Agency's (DIA) POW/MIA Office as an ongoing effort that spanned the course of the War in Indochina. Working closely with the military services and other members of the Intelligence Community, efforts were made to keep the list updated as the losses occurred.
Following the end of the war, DIA continued to maintain the database, keeping it updated as progress was made in the accounting effort. When DPMO was formed in 1993, it absorbed DIA's POW/MIA Office and responsibility for the PMSEA database. From this database, DPMO has generated reports in a number of different formats that are intended to assist you with your research.
» Vietnam-Era Unaccounted-For Statistical Reports « BATTLE OF CHU LAI - August 18, 1965
On August 18, 1965, the U.S. Marine Corps launched the first major military operation of the Vietnam War named "Operation Starlight." The objective was to surprise the 1st Viet Cong Regiment which had gathered for an attack on the Chu Lai Marine Air Base, fifty miles south of Danang. The 1st V.C. Regiment had established their base of operations on the Van Tuong Peninsula 8 miles southeast of the Chu Lai Marine Air Base, Skyhawks and Phantoms of VMA-342 and VMFA-513. The Marine Corps command decision was made to preempt the planned attack on the Air Base by attacking the enemy forces on their own ground. Operation Starlight included 5,500 Marines, the 7th Marine Regiment, with ground operations to include the 3rd Bn., 3rd Marines; 2nd Bn., 4th Marines; K Btry., 4th Bn., 12th Marines; 3rd BN., 7th Marines, including M-48 tanks. Air operations would include Marine Corps fighter aircraft from MAG-11 flying out of Danang, MAG-12 flying from the Chu Lai Marine Air Base. The Marine units on the ground would be further supported by U.S. Naval gunfire from offshore ships, and UH-34D helicopters from HMM Squadrons 261 and 361. Operation Starlight would include land and sea approaches, and take the Marines through several villages, including Au Cuong and Nam Yen. By the end of the battle, 45 Marines had been killed, with over 200 wounded. Enemy forces sustained major casualties with well over 600 confirmed killed. Two Medals of Honor were awarded, the first of the Vietnam War.
The operation was originally called Satellite, but a power blackout led to a clerical error and a clerk working by candlelight typed "Starlite" instead.
US report: 573 confirmed killed; 115 probably killed
9 captured
9 captured
Battle of Chu Lai
IA DRANG Nov. 1965
AND THE DEFENSE OF LANDING ZONE X-RAY
By James Burbeck
The Battle of Ia Drang was the first major battle between the United States Army and the People's Army of Vietnam
Representing the American forces were elements of the 1st Battalion, 7th Cavalry, the 2nd Battalion, and the 5th Cavalry of the United States Army.
Artillery support would be provided from firebase FB Falcon, about 8 km to the northeast.
X-Ray was approximately the size of a misshapen football field, some 100 meters in length (east to west). It was estimated that only eight Hueys could fit in the clearing at a given time. The 1st/7th was typical for U.S. Army units of the time, consisting of three rifle companies (Alpha through Charlie) and a heavy weapons company (Delta), with about 450 men in total, of the 765 of the battalion's authorized strength. They were to be shuttled by 16 Huey transport helicopters, which could generally carry 10 to 12 equipped troops, so the battalion would have to be delivered in several "lifts" carrying just less than one complete company each time. Each lift would take about 30 minutes. Moore arranged the lifts to deliver Bravo company first, along with his command team, followed by Alpha, Charlie, and finally Delta.
Moore's plan was to move Bravo and Alpha northwest past the creek bed, and Charlie south toward the mountain. Delta Company, which comprised special weapons forces including mortar, recon, and machine gun units, was to be used as the battlefield reserve. In the center of the LZ was a large termite hill that was to become Moore's command post.
In the late morning of November 14, 1965, several platoons of American troops landed by helicopter at a clearing located in the Ia Drang River Valley, Vietnam. Over the next few hours they were followed by more men from their battalion, the 1st of the 7th Cavalry, which was one of the best-trained and equipped air-mobile formations in the U.S. arsenal. They came to fight the North Vietnamese on their own ground and they opened that effort with a visit to this clearing that was code-named X-Ray. The clearing was figuratively "in the front yard" of a fully trained infantry division of the People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN). Weeks before, the North Vietnamese commanders heard of the Seventh's deployment to their region and they were keen to fight. They knew it would be necessary to fight bloody battles in order to formulate countermeasures to the new techniques of waging air-mobile war. Both sides received more than they expected though, for a battle developed which quickly spiraled to a crescendo of violence not yet seen in the war. When it ended almost 48 hours later, literally thousands of soldiers from both sides lay dead in the humid sun.
The first group compelled to take their pulverized formations away from the X-Ray perimeter was the PAVN command. Their troops had attacked in closed formations and been chewed to pieces by machine gun and artillery fire. They achieved a measure of revenge in the coming days when they caught a different American battalion as it rested along a nearby jungle trail. However, that was another battle. The living, wounded and dead of the first and second battalions of the US 7th Cavalry were flown back to their bases, given fresh food and clothes, and reformed for another day of fighting. The survivors of Landing Zone X-Ray have always had an aura of fame about them. They fought in the first violent "stand up" fight of the war, and they won... barely. Certainly both sides walked away from this fight with a reinforced respect for their opponents. Today, retired warriors from both sides cooperate with mutual visits and research trips to help understand those few days in late 1965.
The heroic acts that typified simple minute to minute existence at X-Ray continue to be relived in the lives of the veterans. For the very man who appears on the cover of the Ia Drang campaign book We Were Soldier's Once... and Young, died in the September 11, 2001 attack on the World Trade Center. Rick Rescola was vice-president for corporate security for Morgan Stanley Dean Witter, and he ordered his employees in the South Tower to evacuate despite official requests to remain in the building. He was last photographed holding a megaphone, ordering his people to "Keep Moving" as they evacuated.
Those interested in learning more about the battle at X-Ray are encouraged to visit the Books & Movies section of the WTJ Store. There you can find Lt.General Harold Moore's book about X-Ray. Having been the commanding officer on the scene, he offers a clear and unselfish view of the events of those days. The recent movie We Were Soldiers is about the same battle for landing zone X-Ray, although it contains a number of fictional Hollywood additions about which viewers should be cautious.
The first group compelled to take their pulverized formations away from the X-Ray perimeter was the PAVN command. Their troops had attacked in closed formations and been chewed to pieces by machine gun and artillery fire. They achieved a measure of revenge in the coming days when they caught a different American battalion as it rested along a nearby jungle trail. However, that was another battle. The living, wounded and dead of the first and second battalions of the US 7th Cavalry were flown back to their bases, given fresh food and clothes, and reformed for another day of fighting. The survivors of Landing Zone X-Ray have always had an aura of fame about them. They fought in the first violent "stand up" fight of the war, and they won... barely. Certainly both sides walked away from this fight with a reinforced respect for their opponents. Today, retired warriors from both sides cooperate with mutual visits and research trips to help understand those few days in late 1965.
The heroic acts that typified simple minute to minute existence at X-Ray continue to be relived in the lives of the veterans. For the very man who appears on the cover of the Ia Drang campaign book We Were Soldier's Once... and Young, died in the September 11, 2001 attack on the World Trade Center. Rick Rescola was vice-president for corporate security for Morgan Stanley Dean Witter, and he ordered his employees in the South Tower to evacuate despite official requests to remain in the building. He was last photographed holding a megaphone, ordering his people to "Keep Moving" as they evacuated.
Those interested in learning more about the battle at X-Ray are encouraged to visit the Books & Movies section of the WTJ Store. There you can find Lt.General Harold Moore's book about X-Ray. Having been the commanding officer on the scene, he offers a clear and unselfish view of the events of those days. The recent movie We Were Soldiers is about the same battle for landing zone X-Ray, although it contains a number of fictional Hollywood additions about which viewers should be cautious.
The Battle of Ia Drang Valley
From Wikipedia,
This category contains historical battles fought as part of the Vietnam War (1955–1975).
Battles and operations of the Vietnam War
This category contains historical battles fought as part of the Vietnam War (1955–1975).
Battles and operations of the Vietnam War
From Battlefield Vietnam, Public Broadcasting Service (PBS)
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Battlefield Vietnam Timeline
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Battlefield Vietnam Timeline
United States in Thailand
The United States Air Force in Thailand from 1961 to 1975 during the Vietnam War.
During the Vietnam War, about 80% of all USAF air strikes over North Vietnam originated from air bases in Thailand. At its peak in 1969 a greater number of Airmen were serving in Thailand than were serving in South Vietnam.
Under Thailand's "gentleman's agreement" with the U.S., the bases were considered Royal Thai Air Force bases and were commanded by Thai officers. Thai air police controlled access to the bases; U.S. air police who helped them did carry guns. Command of the American units, however, remained with U.S. wing commanders and their Seventh Air Force/Thirteenth Air Force headquarters.
Out of the Thai bases flew the most extraordinary air-combat team that had ever been assembled. From Udorn, just 40 minutes by air from Hanoi, flew supersonic, unarmed RF-101 and RF-4C reconnaissance jets streaked over target areas immediately before and after a raid to photograph the damage so assessments of the attack could be made. From Korat, Takhli and Ubon came the F-105 Thunderchiefs and F-4C and F-4D Phantoms that actually deliver the bombs. From U-Tapao airfield on the Gulf of Siam, the largest airfield in Southeast Asia, four-engine KC-135 refueling tankers took to the air and refueled the aircraft just before and after they hit North Vietnam. From Takhli flew EB-66 electronic-warfare jets with special equipment that can detect the "fingerprints" of enemy radar in the sky and then send out a signal that fouls up the screen below. Flying out of Takhli, F-105s armed with radar-guided Shrike missiles had the job of knocking out SAM sites.
Finally, from Nakhon Phanom came every pilot's best friend: the air-rescue-and-recovery team. Flying ungainly looking, green and brown CH-3 helicopters, or "Jolly Green Giants," R. &. R. pilots had even gone into Hanoi's outskirts to rescue downed fliers.
Under Thailand's "gentleman's agreement" with the U.S., the bases were considered Royal Thai Air Force bases and were commanded by Thai officers. Thai air police controlled access to the bases; U.S. air police who helped them did carry guns. Command of the American units, however, remained with U.S. wing commanders and their Seventh Air Force/Thirteenth Air Force headquarters.
Out of the Thai bases flew the most extraordinary air-combat team that had ever been assembled. From Udorn, just 40 minutes by air from Hanoi, flew supersonic, unarmed RF-101 and RF-4C reconnaissance jets streaked over target areas immediately before and after a raid to photograph the damage so assessments of the attack could be made. From Korat, Takhli and Ubon came the F-105 Thunderchiefs and F-4C and F-4D Phantoms that actually deliver the bombs. From U-Tapao airfield on the Gulf of Siam, the largest airfield in Southeast Asia, four-engine KC-135 refueling tankers took to the air and refueled the aircraft just before and after they hit North Vietnam. From Takhli flew EB-66 electronic-warfare jets with special equipment that can detect the "fingerprints" of enemy radar in the sky and then send out a signal that fouls up the screen below. Flying out of Takhli, F-105s armed with radar-guided Shrike missiles had the job of knocking out SAM sites.
Finally, from Nakhon Phanom came every pilot's best friend: the air-rescue-and-recovery team. Flying ungainly looking, green and brown CH-3 helicopters, or "Jolly Green Giants," R. &. R. pilots had even gone into Hanoi's outskirts to rescue downed fliers.
These are the major bases the USAF operated from in Thailand:
- Don Muang Royal Thai Air Force Base, 1961–1970 / Major USAF Unit: 631st Combat Support Group, 1962-1970
- Korat Royal Thai Air Force Base, 1962–1975 / Major USAF Unit: 388th Tactical Fighter Wing, 1965-1975
- Nakhon Phanom Royal Thai Navy Base, 1962–1976 / Major USAF Unit: 56th Special Operations Wing, 1967-1975
- Takhli Royal Thai Air Force Base, 1961–1971; 1972–1974 / Major USAF Unit: 355th Tactical Fighter Wing, 1965-1971; Rotational units, 1972-1974
- U-Tapao Royal Thai Navy Airfield, 1965–1976 / Major USAF Units: 4258th Strategic Wing, 1966-1970; 307th Strategic Wing, 1970-1975
- Ubon Royal Thai Air Force Base, 1965–1974 / Major USAF Unit: 8th Tactical Fighter Wing, 1965-1974
- Udorn Royal Thai Air Force Base, 1964–1976 / Major USAF Unit: 432d Tactical Reconnaissance Wing, 1966-1975
"OF THE 2.900,000 WHO SERVED IN VIETNAM, FEWER THAN 800,000 SURVIVE TODAY
7 WILL DIE WHILE YOU WATCH THIS SHORT VIDEO”
Before they fade into the fabric of history... We will give them the tribute they deserve. Visit www.beforetheygo.us
Vietnam War Tet Offensive: ARVN vs. Viet Cong/NLF Color Combat Footage, Saigon - Part 1 (1968)
Part 2
Search and Destroy Missions of the 1st Infantry Division - (1968)
THE UNITED STATES DID NOT LOSE THE WAR IN VIETNAM, THE SOUTH VIETNAMESE DID after the U.S. Congress cut off funding. The South Vietnamese ran out of fuel, ammunition and other supplies because of a lack of support from Congress while the North Vietnamese were very well supplied by China and the Soviet Union.
This is a video I put together for you my brothers and sisters.
Welcome Home
A story by Marine Michael Rierson to celebrate the one abiding image we all brought home from Vietnam...it came in low and hot, close to the trees.
Born Again American Playing for Change
When the man comes around - Johnny Cash
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Richard, Thank you for remembering and honoring the Vietnam Vets. They truly deserve it and were shortchanged by the way they were treated when they returned from war and today even, still. You are right about this war being misunderstood and remembered. The slide show is great and the song is absolutely beautiful and moving. Susan
To Whom It Would Be of Interest,
I wrote this song to pay tribute to All Veterans and
would be honored if you choose to post it on your Patriotic
Web Site. I thank you and God Bless!
A Tribute To Veterans
In Vietnam, Korea and World Wars Past
Our Men Fought Bravely so Freedom Would Last
Conditions Where Not Always Best They Could Be
Fighting a Foe You Could Not Always See:
From Mountain Highs to Valley Lows
From Jungle Drops to Desert Patrols
Our Sinewy Sons Were Sent Over Seas
Far From Their Families And Far From Their Dreams
They Never Wrote Letters Of Hardships Despair
Only Of Love, Yearning That One Day Soon:
They Would Come Home, They Would Resume
And Carry On With The Rest of Their Lives
The P.O.W.’S Stood Steadfast
Against the Indignities And Cruelties Of War
They Could Not Have Lasted as Long as They Did
If They Had Relinquished Their Hope That Some Day:
They Would Come Home, They Would Resume
And Carry On the Rest Of Their Lives
Medics, Nurses, and Chaplains Alike
Did What They Needed To Bring Back Life
They Served Our Forces From Day Into Night
Not Questioning If They Would Survive:
They Mended Bones And Bodies Too,
They Soothed the Spirits of Dying Souls
And for Those M.I.A’S, Who Were Left Behind
We Echo This Message Across the Seas
We Will search For as Long As It Takes
You’re Not Forgotten And Will Always Be:
In Our Hearts, In Our Prayers,
In Our Minds For All Time
A Moment of Silence, a Moment of Summons
Is Their Deliverance of Body And Soul
To a Sacred Place That We All Know
Deep In the Shrines of Our Soul:
In Our Hearts, In Our Prayers
In Our Minds For All Time
INTERLUDE:
GOLD STAR MOTHERS GRIEVE: ENDLESSLY,
ENDLESSLY, ENDLESSLY.......
These Immortalized Soldiers Whose Bravery Abounds
They’re Our Husbands, Fathers, and Sons
They Enlisted For the Duty at Hand
To Serve the Cause of Country and Land:
They Had Honor, They Had Valor,
They Found Glory That Change Them Forever
Men Standing Tall and Proud They be
A Country Behind Them in a Solemn Sea
So Let the Flags of Freedom Fly
Unfurled in Their Majesty High:
In the Sun, In the Rain
In the Winds Across This Land
Years of Tears Has Brought Us Here
Gathering Around to Hear This Sound
So Let the Flags of Freedom Fly
Unfurled in Their Majesty High:
In the Sun, In the Rain,
In the Winds Across This Land
REPEAT:
In the Sun, In the Rain,
In the Winds For All Time
Jerry Calow (copyright 2003 )
You are all heroes. God bless you and thank you for all you have done for us to make us free. I pray for each and everyone of you nightly for God to hold you and keep you protected as you have done for us!
It won't speak to most, but for those who it does, I hope it helps you define it, and re-evaluate it, for being broken, even slightly, isn't easy.
Should I see you in your travels - I will talk, and listen, and see what's right with you,
because I know it is there.
Count The Stars Forever
They say a broken Sailor will count the stars forever.
And I see broken Soldiers do this too.
I believe this is so,
for I do.
Simply put, something's wrong.
It can't be scanned, patched, or replaced.
And no one understands you,
but I do.
Solid and self-assured,
the armor didn't break,
it was you. But no one else broke.
That is a lie.
I was broken too.
I wasn't broken there,
I was broken here.
By a moron in the street.
"How come you were stupid enough to go?"
They don't want us to ever get over it.
That moron lit up with delight
on seeing saw how well it hit.
Really stuck it to this Soldier.
My sole now fallen in silence.
I was crashed beyond repair.
Lost, unrecoverable, downed.
...but not without hope.
--
There was a sign
You never saw the sign.
Long ago a Vet posted a cardboard sign.
"IT'S O.K. TO HONOR THE DEAD,
BUT WE STILL GOT TO FIGHT LIKE HELL FOR THE LIVING".
You fought for it once and believed in it.
Fight again Buddy.
There is a lot at stake here.
This time the Peace is yours.
What is broken is unique.
So can we ever fix a broken Soldier or Sailor?
no.
...but we can have a place for you.
A place where it only rains rain.
A place to realize you are not alone.
A place where you know it is safe.
A place to look for that which has been terribly lost.
A place to find a piece of yourself that has been missing.
A place to learn there's more that's right than wrong with you.
A place to rise above it.
A place to wear your medals.
A place to find yourself again.
I cannot guarantee it will be moron free, but I'd like to.
Hang on, we'll find this place for you.
While all this happens,
I will still keep you. (Remember?)
That's what buddies do.
The best way for us to fight, for you who's living;
is to wait as long as it takes,
....for you.
Bring all the stars with you when you come.
No one understands you,
but I do.
You have a hard time getting through tomorrow,
well, so do I.
-
From now on when the sun sets,
realize you will really never be alone.
Go ahead and count the stars forever.
Millions of us do.
-
DAN OSTLER
MAY EIGHTEEN TWO THOUSAND NINE
rg that Dan.
Standing by
Out of the many thousands of people I have met and interacted with in the last 43 years, very very few of the ones that knew I had served in Vietnam ever said Thank You. Most of the ones that did that did were fellow veterans.
Thanks for posting this and thanks to all my fellow Vietnam veterans for your service to our country.
To Anonymous post March 20, 2010. I am not a veteran. I was and continue to be ashamed of our country and the individuals who treated you all so horribly. So, I would like to as a non-vet, say, "THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU" knowing how inadequate that is for what you all have done for us! Susan Larson-Buckley from Mpls., MN
I am not a veteran, however my husband is a Vietnam veteran and I support all veteran's. I never really understood (as I was young when Vietnam occured) until we went the to Wall fir the first time. It was a struggle for my husband to go tot he panel of his best friend and see his name there. Then I knew. We ride in Run For The Wall in May from Ca to DC to honor all veterans, especially the Vietnam vets. We ride for those who can not. We also ride in the Texas Welcome Home Run (Hwy 83 Vietnam Veterans Highway). I have visited the Vet home in McAllen, Texas and Thanked a veteran for his service and Welcomed him home. Tears ran down his face saying I have never had anyone tell me that before. That is not acceptable! A man in his 60's living in a vet home and no one ever say Welcome Home and thank you before. What a shame it is that YOU the Vietnam Veterans and the Forgotten Korean war Veterans have gone through and have to wait so long for the words of WELCOME HOME and Thank You For Your Service!
I do thank each and everyone of you and I say from the bottom of my heart WELCOME HOME!
Raven-Texas
Hooah
America, thank these soldiers who went to fight for OUR country, be proud of their efforts and sacrifices.LOVE them, embrace them, talk to them.
We The Unremembered
Have Done The Unnecessary
For The Ungrateful
Thank you all Vietnam Veterans and I'm so proud of you all! You were all young and believed in what you were doing for your country, as our soldiers do today. My husband is a Vietnam Vet n damn proud. It took alot of years for that to happen. When he came home from nam, he was in uniform n stopped to tie his shoe on the side walk. He was approched by police who accused him of being a vagrant w/ no address at the time. Spent time in jail for that. He was a proud soldier at the time n did his time. After that incident, he closed up about his service there n never talked about it to no one, and suffered in silence for many years, becuz people thought he was crazy for even to bring up the time he spent there. It took many years for him to come out n admit, yes, I am a Vietnam Vet! And Damn proud of it!!
When I was about 24, I walked up to a soldier on the Rutgers campus. I asked him if he had been to Vietnam. He looked away for a second and then back to me and said yes. I said to him, I'm glad your alright. I think that was my version of what the say now, Thank you for your service. What I meant to say was, You served your country. You should be proud. I was too shy. I tried to enlist in the Marines a year or son latter and couldn't, eyesight to bad. Always regretted I hadn't said more.
I am a mother of a Soldier now, God bless us and help us.
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