One of the good things about the way the Gulf War ended in 1991 is, you'd see the Vietnam veterans marching with the Gulf War veterans.
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Everybody respects the Vietnam Veterans of America.
I learned a lot from Vietnam veterans, especially as some of them turned against their own war.
Veterans' issues are quite close to my heart. I find it quite hard to talk about, actually.
Well, look at what people are doing for returned veterans now. The wounded warriors. They're working hard to make the wounded veterans feel that they are loved and welcomed home, unlike Vietnam. It was not a very kind, gentle world then. I think we are kinder and gentler.
Thank you for the sacrifices you and your families are making. Our Vietnam Veterans have taught us that no matter what are positions may be on policy, as Americans and patriots, we must support all of our soldiers with our thoughts and our prayers.
But despite their heroic acts, the Vietnam Veterans of America continued to struggle to establish a combat badge in honor of these brave pilots and medics.
John Kerry's service did not end in Vietnam. It began there.
I thought the Vietnam war was an utter, unmitigated disaster, so it was very hard for me to say anything good about it.
We have to make sure the Hell the veterans come home from is not the Hell they come back to.
America owed its military renaissance in the 1980s and 1990s to Vietnam. Veterans like Norman Schwartzkopf, Colin Powell, Alfred Grey, Charles Krulak, and Wesley Clark returned home angry and ashamed at their defeat and rebuilt all-volunteer, professional armed forces from the ground up.