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Spectemur Agendo
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I had not heard about this until today, but on March 28, 2017, President Donald J. Trump signed the Vietnam War Veterans Recognition Act of 2017. This act officially recognizes March 29 to be National Vietnam War Veterans Day.

Did you all know about this?




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First heard about it yesterday.



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Thanks to all of our veterans for their service.

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Thank you. I will let a fellow Viet Vet know as well.




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I didn't know about it until this afternoon. I was at Little Rock AFB and the Exchange was giving out cake and coffee and a pin for lapel or hat. Tee shirts don't have lapels so i didn't take a pin.





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I just learned about it today on the local evening news.




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I never heard of it until now. Too late to take the day off I guess Smile


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Excellent. Very good to see. My town has an exact 1/2 sized marble replica of the Vietnam Wall. They had a large ceremony this afternoon for all the Vietnam vets.
 
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Coincidentaly, we will have a Vietnam Vet, a Navy Captain, speak to our Cubs at Pack Meeting next week.




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Went to the Dayton,OH V.A. Didn't know about it until they started handing out Vietnam Vet pins.



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the quietest learning experience that I have encountered was when I visited the V.N. memorial wall , I thought it would be interesting.

it turned out to be much more.
the names, the people and the overwhelming sense
of loss and emptiness.

they all deserve much, much more





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Originally posted by bendable:
the quietest learning experience that I have encountered was when I visited the V.N. memorial wall , I thought it would be interesting.

it turned out to be much more.
the names, the people and the overwhelming sense
of loss and emptiness.

they all deserve much, much more


I was in the Army Reserves during Vietnam (never activated), visited the Wall once, looked up a few names of those I knew. Very humbling.




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I've been to The Wall, which pretty much everyone knows about, but there is a fantastic memorial in Angel Fire NM that is worth a visit if you get a chance, especially on Memorial Day.

https://www.vietnamveteransmemorial.org/




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Thank you. And Semper Fi to Richard Allen Fitts.
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There was an event on the Rock Island Arsenal:

http://wqad.com/2018/03/29/loc...for-their-sacrifice/

I did not attend, I'm a Viet Nam era vet but did not serve IN Viet Nam.
 
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