March 29th, 2019
Vietnam War Veterans Day
By a fellow Anon
As a US Army Veteran who served post-Vietnam (1976-79) and as a Journalist MOS 71Q in the Public Affairs Office at Fort Sam Houston, TX, (BAMC) Brooke Army Medical Center under the direct command of General Andre J. Ognibene, I came to know and interview many of the brave men and women who served during one of the most controversial WARS our country then called a 'Conflict'.
Our country was divided, protests were daily. These men and women were bitterly opposed, spit on, and terribly degraded on a daily basis. They have long deserved the respect of the American People for the bravery they showed and the mental and physical scars they hold. They served proudly and with honor only to return to a country filled with public ridicule.
I am a woman who received one of the last Women's Army Corp (WAC) Athena Insignia as the changing of the guard came about, integrating women into taking men's basic training, I have witnessed, first hand, the faces and heard many of the stories of these brave men and women as they lay on hospital beds in unbearable pain. They gave selflessly, for God and Country, and bore the scars of an ungrateful country. I don't know which is worse, the mental or the physical. Perhaps I never will. I know I will never forget.
Thank you to our Commander in Chief, President Donald J. Trump for enacting the National Vietnam War Veterans Day official holiday set aside on March 29th, 2017 to honor our fallen soldiers, those that came home with broken spirits, those that continue to this day to honor their oath of service to the Country that we love and would fight and die for. The oath does not end when we leave military service. It is a lifetime commitment.
Today we remember the Prisoners of War (POWs), the Missing In Action (MIA’s) and those who gave the ultimate sacrifice for their Country and fellow Americans. And let us not forget the families and loved ones who stood behind our beloved servicemen and women so that we might be free. God Bless America and thank you to all those who have, are, and will stand their post to insure the freedoms, we so often take for granted, will be there for future generations. This Anon is grateful.
FLY YOUR FLAG PATRIOTS! FLY THEM HIGH AND PROUD! For too long I have wanted to say these things…. GOD BLESS THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
The Vietnam Wall Memorial Page:
http://thewall-usa.com/
Schedule for The Moving Vietnam Wall: http://www.themovingwall.org/current_schedule.html