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No Tribute to Vietnam Veterans can be made without telling you how my heart aches for the POW’s and MIA’s.

Ronald Reagan on Vietnam Those Americans who went to Vietnam fought for freedom, a truly noble cause. You and your comrades-in-arms who faced danger and death in Vietnam fought as well as any Americans in our nation's history.

Vietnam was not so much a war as it was one long battle in an ongoing war -the war in defense of freedom, which is still under assault. This battle was lost not by those brave American and South Vietnamese troops who were waging it but by political misjudgments and strategic failure at the highest levels of government.

The tragedy- indeed, the immorality-of those years was that for the first time in our history our country and its government failed to match the heroic sacrifice of our men in the field.

This must never happen again.

~Ronald Reagan~

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Snow Bunny, I agree with you so heartily that I STILL can't stand to look at pictures of the Viet Nam memorial without crying. When the replica came through our county, we went to see it, and as I approached that black monument, I felt my heart begin to break. Before I could even see the names engraved on the half-size replica, the sobs welled up. My 18-year-old brother-in-law's name was there, and I remembered the grief my baby sister suffered when she received his flag, flanked by her two little daughters. I will never forget what these MEN and WOMEN gave to keep us free, and never questioned; they all did their DUTY.

This wasn't enough, of course. I remember the foul treatment many of these shattered men and women received when they returned to America, met by noisy, smelly, deluded demonstrators who spat upon these heroes and called them "baby-killers." God be with ALL of you wonderful Vets. Take courage from the fact that there are still more of us who LOVE and HONOR you than there are those fools who deride you.
From the heart,
Redhead

Snow Bunny, I agree with you so heartily that I STILL can't stand to look at pictures of the Viet Nam memorial without crying. When the replica came through our county, we went to see it, and as I approached that black monument, I felt my heart begin to break. Before I could even see the names engraved on the half-size replica, the sobs welled up. My 18-year-old brother-in-law's name was there, and I remembered the grief my baby sister suffered when she received his flag, flanked by her two little daughters. I will never forget what these MEN and WOMEN gave to keep us free, and never questioned; they all did their DUTY.

This wasn't enough, of course. I remember the foul treatment many of these shattered men and women received when they returned to America, met by noisy, smelly, deluded demonstrators who spat upon these heroes and called them "baby-killers." God be with ALL of you wonderful Vets. Take courage from the fact that there are still more of us who LOVE and HONOR you than there are those fools who deride you. From the heart,
Redhead (If this appears twice, please forgive the mistake)

As always, Snow Bunny -- just wonderful. Thanks.