Vietnam veterans gaining back pride – and medals

Union Tribune ^ | 04Aug05 | Eric Tucker

[USMC Veteran]

Many returning Vietnam veterans, faced with a hostile public, threw out their medals. Some, like former Democratic presidential nominee John Kerry, even did it in public as an act of protest.

Kerry wrote his own recommendations for his medals. He did not earn them.

How a man person who betrayed the military and his country can be elected to the Senate amazes me.

To all:

When you see a vet, thank him.

[andyandval]

When you see a vet, thank him.

I always do.

And thank you too!

[Cobra64]

I do. My brother was an evac chopper pilot in '72.

[Cobra64]

I do. My brother was an evac chopper pilot in '72.

I forgot to add, he HATED LBJ.

[The Shrew]

PING!

[USMC Veteran]

PING and thanks.

[ncountylee]

Kerry wrote his own recommendations for his medals. He did not earn them.

Had he gotten a paper cut, would that qualify him for yet another Purple Heart?

[ExcursionGuy84]

...the heckler punched the veteran in the face.

The Police should have ARRESTED that Pr*ck for Assaulting-with-Intent-to-cause-harm!

He should have Known that You Don't Ever, EVER throw a fist into a War Veteran's Face whne the Soldier has been fighting against men who hate Americans, Liberty & Capitalism!!!

[Vn_survivor_67-68]

"Vietnam veterans gaining back pride...."

This writer lost me before I got through his title. His imagination is remarkable.

JMO

[American Quilter]

When you see a vet, thank him.

A few months ago at the commissary, a gentleman of late middle age was bagging my groceries. As we walked out to my car, I noticed he was wearing a hat with pins that indicated service in Vietnam. I thanked him for his service to our country, and he stopped, apparently taken aback. "You're only the third person who's thanked me since I got back in 1969," he said. I'll never forget it.

[Nathan Zachary]

"Some, like former Democratic presidential nominee John Kerry, even did it in public as an act of protest."

Kerry didn't toss his medals, he tossed fake ribbons and medals. then as now, he was a fake, a fraud. I'm just as amazed as to how that person can be in senate. He belongs in prison. But, those are the type of people which make up the left in this country.

[tet68]

We had the pride, what we didn't have was the nations respect, now we do.(at least 51% anyway)

[EagleUSA]

When you see a vet, thank him.
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The reality is that VN vets have NOTHING to NOT be proud of. They served their country well. Where the real problem lies is with the POLITICIANS IN WASHINGTON, the libs who created VN, and then did NOT LET THE MILITARY FIGHT THE WAR. Those are the criminals, the bad boys, the people who SHOULD BE ASHAMED of what they did to VN vets...not the troops who did their dirty work, dying to allow them to play politcal chess with Viet Nam.

I know, I served then...

[RedMonqey]

"We made peace with the former enemy," said Bob Kerrey, a former Nebraska senator who earned the Medal of Honor in Vietnam. "And we made peace with a former enemy that had defeated us, which is extremely hard to do."


Yeah Bob, right. You became a Democrat and kissed Jane Fonda's A$$. Talk about sleeping with the enemy...

[LoudRepublicangirl]

It's a shame that this many years later these men are finally feeling some sort of peace. Then we have the bitch Hanoi Jane planning to stir it all up again and contribute to making another generation of heroes feel unwelcome. I hope something happens to make her planned tour in March not materialize.

[gate2wire]

Thank You for your service!!!

[USMC Veteran]

I am a Beruit veteran. The first thank-you I received was after the first Gulf War. America's attitude towards the military changed during that war.

[mountainlyons]

To put Viet Nam behind you, you have to be able to forget and forgive. I saw the movie Barbarella in which Jane Fonda takes her clothes off and many ridiculous things. I really had little trouble forgetting her when I think she is just prostituting her ethics and body. John Kerry is more difficult to get over. He damaged veterans lives while Jane fonda damaged our country. John Kerry is a traitor in my mind so with that I can move on with that.

[vpintheak]

These men should be very proud of what they did for this Country. They were called to serve and did what so many people can never imagine. I get so angry when I read stories like this. The leftist scum has left such a sad legacy.