Vietnam War Veterans official Memorial Day

[jimmijim8]

finally a day set aside for honoring these great folks Thank You jimmijim

[GrumpyOne]

Thanks for remembering...

[63larkr1]

Thanks, it's a good thing.

[BobPalma]

Thanks indeed. Is the Official Day March 29 or ??? BP

[63larkr1]

Not my words.

National Vietnam War Veterans Day
National Vietnam War Veterans Day is a commemorative holiday in the United States which recognizes the sacrifices that veterans and their families made during the Vietnam War. It is also a day to give proper recognition to the men and women who returned home from that war and didn’t receive a proper welcome home. It’s a holiday that’s been celebrated since 1973 on either March 29th or March 30th of each year through a patchwork of state resolutions. However, in 2017, the date of the holiday was set as March 29th by U.S President Donald Trump. This day is now officially known as National National Vietnam War Veterans Day.
After all, that is when the last prisoners of war (P.O.Ws) were returned to the U.S and when all combat troops were withdrawn from the war.

[BobPalma]

National Vietnam War Veterans Day is a commemorative holiday in the United States which recognizes the sacrifices that veterans and their families made during the Vietnam War. However, in 2017, the date of the holiday was set as March 29th by U.S President Donald Trump. This day is now officially known as National National Vietnam War Veterans Day.
After all, that is when the last prisoners of war (P.O.Ws) were returned to the U.S and when all combat troops were withdrawn from the war.

Don't we wish!

I suppose those left behind and/or are otherwise unaccounted for are officially Missing in Action?

Let me know when I can take the POW/MIA: You Are Not Forgotten front license plate off my daily driver. BP

[Lou Van Anne]

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Yup!...I was there........and didn't see a single Studebaker!

[rockne10]

Don't we wish!

Right you are, Bob. There are still far too many of those black flags warranted.

[GrumpyOne]

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Yup!...I was there....[ATTACH=CONFIG]79773[/ATTACH]....and didn't see a single Studebaker!

While I never saw a Studebaker, (I wasn't a Stude fan yet), I did spot this dealer in Saigon...



Look on the building in the background... Pic taken in 1965

[Avantidon]

The year years of 1966 and 1967 are ones that are always etched in my mind but ones I seldom talk about as I was ensconced in the Central Highlands not of Scotland but of Vietnam. It was not a fun time and like some others I never saw black pjs clads but only little guys in steel pots and brown uniforms who were always intent on destroying us and mutilating bodies that they could get their hands on. Thank you all for the Thanks for what, those of us who were there, did. My welcome home was a spit job by a hippie in the San Francisco Airport and then had the pleasure of watching an Airport Cop beat the crap out of him and haul him off to jail. Thank you for remembering

[BobPalma]

The year years of 1966 and 1967 are ones that are always etched in my mind but ones I seldom talk about as I was ensconced in the Central Highlands not of Scotland but of Vietnam. It was not a fun time and like some others I never saw black pjs clads but only little guys in steel pots and brown uniforms who were always intent on destroying us and mutilating bodies that they could get their hands on. Thank you all for the Thanks for what, those of us who were there, did. My welcome home was a spit job by a hippie in the San Francisco Airport and then had the pleasure of watching an Airport Cop beat the crap out of him and haul him off to jail. Thank you for remembering

You just "made my day," Don; thanks. BP

[rockne10]

And if Truman could have been induced to intercede with the French, the whole thing could have been avoided as early as 1946.
Politicians playing footsie with the allies du jour got in the way of elevating democracy regardless of nationality.



As the Bard noted, "All are punishéd."

[53k]

And if Truman could have been induced to intercede with the French, the whole thing could have been avoided as early as 1946.
Politicians playing footsie with the allies du jour got in the way of elevating democracy regardless of nationality.



As the Bard noted, "All are punishéd."

So true. Many years were wasted and millions of lives, including many thousands of American troops, could have been saved. It was so unfortunate that Ho Chi Minh had to turn to communist countries for help.
50 years from the year (1968) that I was in Vietnam my wife and I visited the country. The Vietnamese people are prosperous, happy and friendly to Americans and I couldn't recognize any of the places I had been.