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Dear Vietnam veterans, friends & associates, Saturday, November 10, 2007, marks the 25th Anniversary of The Wall, the Vietnam Veterans Memorial on the Mall in Washington, DC. To commemorate this event, perhaps the only event of its kind with widespread significance to an entire generation of veterans and their families, Vietnam Veterans of America (“VVA”) is hosting a parade befitting the generation of veterans who served. This parade will be the “welcome home” that many of the 9 million plus men and women who served on active duty during this era, never had. We expect a minimum of 50,000 plus...

......But the most striking thing about this modest, delayed homecoming was the presence of the Vietnam veterans. I have now lived long enough, thank God, to see men of my own generation, slightly older brothers, turn out to do what I remember seeing veterans of World War I and World War II and the Korean War do on such occasions -- serve in color guards and stand at attention through long speeches and ceremony. Another generation passeth, and it's the Vietnam veterans who are there now to support the young men politicians ship around the world for dubious battle. "You...

CUMBERLAND, Md. (AP) - When Army reservists from the 372nd Military Police Company are welcomed home Friday at a belated public ceremony, the loudest cheers will likely come from the local chapter of Vietnam Veterans of America, who say they're heeding their vow to never again let one generation of veterans be shunned by another. Seven members of the 372nd were accused of abuse at the Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq, and the Vietnam vets say they want the community to embrace the company's other soldiers, who they believe have been unfairly treated. "It was only a small percentage that...

1) Funeral for Lance Corporal Lamont Noel Wilson will take place this Thursday at 11 am in Lawton (St. John's Missionary Baptist Church on 1504 SW Roosevelt). He had graduated from Eisenhower Senior High school on May 21st, 2003, Before being KIA outside of Fallujah (Iraq) on Sept. 6th, he had also previously been wounded/awarded a Purple Heart. 2) Fort Sill National Cemetery all with the Cemetery Foundation will be hosting a Memorial Walkway Dedication on 22 September 2004 at 2:30pm. The Ceremony will be held by the flag pole which is next to the site of the Walkway. The...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - The last time the Vietnam War loomed so large in a presidential election, it was 1972 and American soldiers were still fighting an elusive enemy in Southeast Asia. But the war has taken center stage again as both parties seek the support of Vietnam veterans - turning to them as the emerging elder statesmen among American war veterans. At a conference this past week, on the 40th anniversary of the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution, the Vietnam Veterans of America urged its members to make their voices heard. ``This election is probably more important than any election...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. - The last time the Vietnam War loomed so large in a presidential election, it was 1972 and American soldiers were still fighting an elusive enemy in Southeast Asia. But the war has taken center stage again as both parties seek the support of Vietnam veterans — turning to them as the emerging elder statesmen among American war veterans. At a conference this past week, on the 40th anniversary of the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution, the Vietnam Veterans of America urged its members to make their voices heard. "This election is probably more important than any election for...

Approval Given for Dedication of the Vietnam War in Memory Plaque at the Wall 3/30/2004 1:40:00 PM -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- To: Assignment Desk, Daybooks Contact: Mokie Porter of Vietnam Veterans of America, 301-585-4000, ext. 146 News Advisory: Vietnam Veterans of America will host the official dedication on November 10, 2004, of the In Memory Memorial Plaque at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington. The plaque will recognize the sacrifices of those who returned home from the Vietnam War only to die later as a direct result of their service in that conflict. The dedication candlelight ceremony, which will be open to...

<p>Bobby Muller, the paraplegic Vietnam veteran and former Marine lieutenant who founded Vietnam Veterans of America and later won a Nobel Prize for the campaign to eliminate land mines, once told me that he had asked thousands of Vietnam vets about their views about the war.</p>

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