When the Vets who fought in Vietnam came home, they did not come home victorious. There was no welcoming committee, no flags waving on the streets. Army Vet Lanny Soudelier shared: “They were calling us baby killers, saying ‘y’all can’ even win the war,’ ‘y’all lost the war,’ saying we weren’t any good… I don’t [...]

A military surplus H-34 helicopter has been acquired by a group of veterans in Northern Idaho, according to a feature on the Navy Times. The helicopter is intended to be used as a Vietnam War memorial in Sandpoint, Idaho. Former military pilot Bill Collier shared that it would “be really cool to drag this thing [...]

A Marine who served in the Vietnam War was recently awarded the Navy Cross for his actions during the war, according to a feature on the Navy Times. Former Lance Cpl. Ned Seath received the Navy Cross, the service’s second-highest award for valor, from Navy Secretary Ray Mabus during a ceremony at the National Museum [...]

We have shared several stories of how the remains of service members, who made the ultimate sacrifice for their country while fighting on foreign soil, are brought home and laid to rest, decades after their heroism. Texas Cable News shared one such story. On January 15, two airmen who lost their lives during the Vietnam [...]

For some of them, it was a heroes’ welcome that, even though not wished for, is a welcome relief from being “despised,” a treatment described by Purple Heart recipient Wayne Scott, a Navy veteran of the Vietnam War. At the 32nd annual luncheon that honored former prisoners of war, MIA families and Purple Heart recipients [...]

When World War II came to an end, most returning soldiers were hailed as heroes and were thus subjected to warm heroes’ welcomes, complete with parades. Based on the recollection of 66-year-old Andrew Thundercloud, who served as a medic during the Vietnam War and who is now suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder, this same appreciation [...]