Vietnam Veterans

The Big Memorial Day Joke

Pat LaMarche | Posted 05.30.2012

Pat LaMarche

A Vietnam veteran sits down next to an Iraq veteran and asks him, "How long have you been living in this homeless shelter?" The Iraq veteran responds, "Ever since Memorial Day." And they laugh. Really, why shouldn't they? The joke is, after all, on them.

One Who Represents Many

D. Robert Worley | Posted 05.28.2012

D. Robert Worley

Memorial Day takes me back and helps put my personal and professional priorities where they properly belong. The name Michael Eugene Hoppers invariably appears front and center in my thoughts, but he represents many.

MIA Vietnam Soldier Laid To Rest 36 Years After Disappearance

Jessica Pearce Rotondi | Posted 05.28.2012

Jessica Pearce Rotondi

Every Memorial Day, I take out a scrapbook my grandmother made over 40 years ago. Each page is filled with photographs of young men I've never met. Under every face is the exhortation: WHERE IS HE? My uncle's face is on page three.

A Memorial Day Remembrance of Peace Activist Soldiers

Doug Bradley | Posted 05.23.2012

Doug Bradley

On Memorial Day, I remember some of the most ardent and intense peace enthusiasts I've ever known: U.S. soldiers during the Vietnam War.

Finding the Face of My Muse: A Vietnam Veteran I Never Met

Susan Dormady Eisenberg | Posted 05.08.2012

Susan Dormady Eisenberg

So in a few weeks when Memorial Day again rolls around, I'll raise a glass to my pen pal and say the words, "Semper Fi." And I'll be silently thanking the VVMF for its ongoing campaign to find and post photos of all who died in that conflict.

Thousands of Vietnam POWs Fight for Health Insurance

Scout, Ph.D. | Posted 05.02.2012

Scout, Ph.D.

For the last two years, Mr. Khao has contacted every legislator he can, asking for official recognition and veteran's benefits for these thousands of U.S. citizens who were soldiers for the CIA's secret war in Laos. So far nothing has come to pass.

Soldiers' Stories

Daniel N. Nelson | Posted 04.24.2012

Daniel N. Nelson

What will today's veterans say about their multiple tours in Iraq or Afghanistan? How will they explain to their children and grandchildren, if they are able, why they or their friends sustained their grievous physical or mental injuries?

Closure: A Changed Point of View

John A. Anderson | Posted 04.19.2012

John A. Anderson

For those who continue to wrestle with war injuries, post-traumatic stress syndrome and the lingering effects of an experience that they really didn't ask for, recognition is long overdue.

Brothers Under the Bridge: Springsteen and Vietnam

Craig Werner | Posted 05.29.2012

Craig Werner

"Support the troops" has, unforgivably, become a cliché, empty words echoing in a historical vacuum. Bruce Springsteen gives us an idea of what it means to make it real.

'Donut Dollies' Deserve Our Thanks

Doug Bradley | Posted 05.28.2012

Doug Bradley

The training manual for 'Donut Dollies' instructed young women to present themselves as reminders of girlfriends, wives and sisters waiting back home for soldiers in Vietnam.

Port Washington, WI: 42 Years Later, Vietnam Veterans Reunite On Facebook

portwashington-wi.patch.com | Posted 03.19.2012

"You only know a guy for five months, but you think about him every day of your life."...

Vietnam Veteran Devotes His Time To Preserving Other Vets' Stories

The Wichita Eagle | Posted 01.10.2012

By the end of today, 28 World War II veterans from Kansas will have died, according to Col. Herb Duncan. He wants to make sure their stories don’t d...

Gay Veteran Speaks Out About Tense Exchange With GOP Candidate

The Huffington Post | Luke Johnson | Posted 12.13.2011

Bob Garon, a 63-year-old gay military veteran, spoke on MSNBC Tuesday about his tense exchange Monday in Manchester, N.H. with Republican presidential...

Veterans Art Museum Fights To Stay Alive

www.reuters.com | Posted 09.29.2011

Joe Fornelli knows the art of survival. In 1965, when he was 22, the Chicago native was drafted and sent to Vietnam, where he served in an army helic...

Watch: What Does Memorial Day Mean to You?

Brecksville, OH Patch | Dave Wilson|Email the Author|May 28, 2011 | Posted 07.29.2011

At American Legion post, it goes back to original meaning: remembrance. ...

'U.S. Marine For Christ' Prompts Suit At Air Force Academy

Posted 05.26.2011

By Adelle M. Banks Religion News Service WASHINGTON (RNS) Professors at the U.S. Air Force Academy have filed suit in a bid to stop a school prayer l...

Remembering Generosity and Commitment this Veterans Day

William Astore | Posted 05.25.2011

William Astore

When I was a young captain at the Air Force Academy, I had the honor of escorting two general officers, Lieutenant General Devol "Rock" Brett and Brig...

Tales Of Pan Am: Welcome To Vietnam

Helen Davey | Posted 11.17.2011

Helen Davey

I had to give myself a reality check: were American men really being killed right below me? I don't think anything could have prepared me for the sight of the soldiers that boarded our airplane.

The Wall and the Mosque: Divide and Unite

Michael Winship | Posted 05.25.2011

Michael Winship

The current fight over the building of an Islamic study center near Ground Zero here in Manhattan is reminiscent of another battle nearly thirty years ago over a Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, DC.

35 Years After the Vietnam War Is Not Too Late

Don Jones | Posted 05.25.2011

Don Jones

As a veteran who came home from Vietnam in 1969, I say thank you everyday to those who fought with me. This Friday, I will say thank you to those who did not come back.

Remembrance of Things Past: The Original Downtown Los Angeles Arts District and the Yellow Trees

Lisa Adams | Posted 05.25.2011

Lisa Adams

Every Spring I enjoy the yellow trees that bloom in the Arts District. They're the only ones in downtown Los Angeles that I have been able to find. They make me really happy.

Ryan Grim

Vets Group Apologizes To Dems For Saying They 'Betrayed' Troops

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 05.25.2011

Democrats extracted a rare apology from the Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) on Thursday, after the vets organization accused the party of "betraying" v...

Vietnam Vet's Photos Show Santa Monica Pier During One Last Mellow Summer

Anthea Raymond | Posted 05.25.2011

Anthea Raymond

In 1982, Vietnam veteran Jeffrey Giglioli hadn't been feeling well. His therapists encouraged him to return to his first love, still photography. So he spent the summer at the Santa Monica Pier.

Veteran Returns To Vietnam To Build Houses, 40 Years Later

Posted 05.25.2011

CNN: He is a former Marine who has lived with battleground nightmares for 40 years and now plans a return to the land that haunts him....

Vietnam, Agent Orange and Secretary Shinseki's Timely Decisions

Trish Kinney | Posted 05.25.2011

Trish Kinney

Three new medical conditions may gain presumptive status as to their relationship to Agent Orange exposure. I am heartbroken that we haven't been there for vets when they needed us most.