National Vietnam Veterans Day, March 29th

[Straight Arrow]

• To all the Vietnam Veterans: Thank You For Your Service. Below is a bit more information about this day of special recognition for those who served during those years.
  And a special thank you to families whose loved ones were sent to Vietnam but who remained home while they were gone and endured long periods of uncertainty.
  They suffered in a different way as all they had was the news and their imaginations as to where their loved one was and what he or she was doing, and hoping for their safety.
  
  National Vietnam War Veterans Day is observed annually on March 29th in the United States, commemorating the day the last U.S. combat troops departed Vietnam and the Military Assistance Command, Vietnam (MACV) was disbanded.
  • Date:
    March 29th
  • Significance:
    • On March 29, 1973, the United States Military Assistance Command, Vietnam (MACV) was disestablished.
      
      
    • It was also the day the last U.S. combat troops departed Vietnam.
      
      
    • On and around this same day, Hanoi released the last of its acknowledged prisoners of war.
  • Recognition:
    • The Vietnam War Veterans Recognition Act, signed into law in 2017, officially designates March 29 as National Vietnam War Veterans Day.
      
      
    • This day is set aside to pay special tribute to the 9 million Americans who served during the Vietnam War era, to the 58,000 names memorialized on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C., and to those who never received the recognition they deserved.
  • Commemoration:
    • The United States launched a 13-year commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the Vietnam War in 2012, which aims to ensure that veterans, families, caregivers, and survivors feel gratitude for their sacrifice.
      
      
    • The commemoration aims to show that service matters and makes a difference, and to pledge to never forget the sacrifice of loved ones.

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[pabearhunter]

It maybe over but never forgotten.

 

[hank4elk]

Still kicking!

 

[TheGrayRider]

God Bless our Vietnam Veterans. Thank you for your service and sacrifice!

They all deserved better from this country.

Godspeed, TheGrayRider a/k/a Tom.

 

[Hammsolo]

My Uncle Bill flew Hueys and Uncle Murphy flew Jolly Green Giants. One of my dreams was to follow in their footsteps, but then I grew to 6’6” and was diagnosed with a terrible astigmatism.

Both have passed now, and I’m still thankful for their service and to all others that served.

 

[texwest44]

My dad, a proud Vietnam veteran, has been angry about this for 8 years now. "The Vietnam war wasn't over until Saigon fell on April 30th, 1975! The marines taking enemy fire at the embassy and the ships making room for evacuees to land sure felt like they were in an active war that day!"

I got to hear about it some more this morning, and will continue to hear about it every year on March 29.

 

[Straight Arrow]

My dad, a proud Vietnam veteran, has been angry about this for 8 years now. "The Vietnam war wasn't over until Saigon fell on April 30th, 1975! The marines taking enemy fire at the embassy and the ships making room for evacuees to land sure felt like they were in an active war that day!"

I got to hear about it some more this morning, and will continue to hear about it every year on March 29.

Tell your Dad that, contrary to erroneous conclusions, we WON that war. Vietnam is much more a capitalistic free nation than a country following and resembling Communist China.

The tourism, international trade, golf courses built, and the fact that my HOKA hiking boots were made in Vietnam all attest to that assertion.

 

[texwest44]

Tell your Dad that, contrary to erroneous conclusions, we WON that war. Vietnam is much more a capitalistic free nation than a country following and resembling Communist China.

The tourism, international trade, golf courses built, and the fact that my HOKA hiking boots were made in Vietnam all attest to that assertion.

Honestly he doesn't really care about any of the actual politics or economics of Vietnam, or any war for that matter, just the combat history. He can talk all day about the battles and participants, but anything aside from that has never really been on his radar, especially after the war ended. This is the kind of guy who watches WWII movies then researches his catalogues to see if the ships in the movies are accurately portrayed, and then calls you to tell you about how that ship wasn't in that class, or wasn't in that location or battle.

 

[hank4elk]

USN CGM II 72-74 PBR-Riverines
22 mo. in country.

 

[EKYHunter]

Honestly he doesn't really care about any of the actual politics or economics of Vietnam, or any war for that matter, just the combat history. He can talk all day about the battles and participants, but anything aside from that has never really been on his radar, especially after the war ended. This is the kind of guy who watches WWII movies then researches his catalogues to see if the ships in the movies are accurately portrayed, and then calls you to tell you about how that ship wasn't in that class, or wasn't in that location or battle.

I’d like to meet him! Thank you to all who served and are serving. God speed to you all.

 

[texwest44]

I’d like to meet him! Thank you to all who served and are serving. God speed to you all.

If you're ever in NW MT, stop by and he'll give you a cigar, some bourbon, and tell you stories til you pop.

 

[Sytes]

John Howard Priesthoff II : Corporal from California, Vietnam War Casualty

Thank you, uncle John. Thank you to those who gave all and to ALL the families and military bound brothers who've carried the weight of loss.

PROUD of all!

 

[Jbotto]

Thank you to all who served. I have a few uncles, neighbors, and friends of the family who served in Vietnam. Thankful
for all of them.