Friday, March 29, 2024

National Vietnam Veterans Day 2024

 



Today we remember those courageous Americans who 
fought in one of the most controversial conflicts of all time.



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Many who fought in the Vietnam War were not treated with the 
 same respect and honor given to returning veterans who had fought
 in previous wars.  This was a national tragedy. 
 Facing the open hostility 
 and mockery
 of their fellow Americans was perhaps worse than any of 
the hardships these soldiers and sailors had endured in battle.

I was a very little girl during the worst fighting in Vietnam so I do not remember
much of the war.  However, I do know that many of the young men who served in 
Southeast Asia from my area enlisted in the Armed Forces, eager to serve 
 their nation.  Some of these same young men never came home again.

In 2017, the Vietnam Veterans Recognition Act, sponsored by 
Senator Pat Toomey (R-Pennsylvania) was passed in Congress and
signed into law by President Donald Trump. The act commemorated 
 the 50th Anniversary of the Vietnam War.

"I cherish this opportunity to recall, with humility, the sacrifices our veterans 
made for our freedom and our Nation's strength," proclaimed President Trump.

Today I echo his sentiment with this post in honoring all the American men
   and women veterans of the war.  I remember the 58,000 names inscribed
  on the black granite walls of the Vietnam War Memorial in Washington DC,
many who suffered terrible cruelty as prisoners of war, and those 
 who are still unaccounted for and listed as Missing In Action.  

Your valiant service to this  nation will never be forgotten. 

 God bless you all and thank you for my freedom.




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