Thank You Vietnam Veterans

[jackie53]

Thanks to All Veterans especially Vietnam Vets.THANK YOU FOR THE FREEDOMS WE ENJOY TODAY!!

THANK YOU!!!!!WE WILL NEVER FORGET!!!!

[Ttexastom]

Yes, we owe a lot to the veterans present and past. We would not have the freedoms that we experience today, without the sacrifices of servicemen's lives, and the ones that made it back, that are physically and emotionally scarred

[SuperDave336]

THANKS TO ALL WHO SERVED! Today marks the 1 yr anniversary of my dad passing. He had cancer from agent orange in Vietnam they claimed.

[Redge]

Thanks for your service!


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[Blackhawk19]

THANKS TO ALL WHO SERVED! Today marks the 1 yr anniversary of my dad passing. He had cancer from agent orange in Vietnam they claimed.

I have severe PTSD from my year there and also Diabetes from Agent Orange but so far I've dodged the cancer. Sorry you lost your Dad to it!

[wicklundrh]

I say this every year around veterans day but it is worth repeating here.

Our current vets returning home from Iraq, Afganistan, and other areas owe a great debt of gratitude to the veterans of Vietnam. You see, many of those gentlement returned home with PTSD. The silent disease. The veterens from Korea, WWII, and in some regards WWI down at the VFW, Amvets, and American Legion didn't understand. The wars they fought were totally different. The country called and those people raised their hands to defend the freedoms. Vietnam was different for a ton of reason. Political, and otherwise. Many men didn't want to go, didn't think we should go, didn't think we should even be there. Some felt that we were not supporting our freedoms. There was nothing wrong with any of those feelings. Unfortunately, when they returned home, although greated by other vets (to some degree) they were shunned by their communities. Even the ones that didn't want to go but were drafted and basically forced into going.

The previous veterans didn't understand PTSD. They didn't understand the problem or the issues. It took years for the government to finally admit to agent orange causing mass issues. Eventually, although accepted, PTSD was still mostly not talked about. Our Vietnam vets suffered in silence.

After 2003, when our current veterans started returning home, there was people cheering, hospitals better equiped to handle issues, AND, MOST IMPORTANTLY, there were vietnam vets who knew, understood, and lived through PTSD. Because of the struggles they have had to face on their own, our service men and women from today are better equiped to handle issues such as PTSD simply because of the experience of the Vietnam Veterans. Myself and many of my friends owe a great deal of gratitude to the men from Vietnam who suffered in silence. You are the ones that have paved the way. You are the ones who know how to offer the support. You are the ones that understand what they are going through. You are the ones that are offering to help! Someone who has not "been there and done that" can only spout theory of what someone "Should" do, you can speak the truth, offer support, and provice reasurance. Thank you for your services. You never got the homecoming you deserve but, rest assured, when I got mine, I gladly shared it with all of you!!

[SuperDave336]

Sorry you lost your Dad to it!

Thanks. And thank you for your service!

[sinkermaker]

Like most returning Vietnam veterans I have a healthy case of PTSD and diabetes and also survived colon cancer. Not sure what caused it but they did not blame it on agent orange. They said agent orange would cause prostrate cancer but not colon cancer. Go figure. If I had to do it over again I would do it in a heart beat. God bless all my fellow veterans.

[skeetbum]

I never find the words to express the respect and reverence that I feel for all of our vets. Vietnam Vets hold a special place as many were my age. I came eligible just after Vietnam and was told I wasn’t needed. You guys are all the best. Welcome Home!!

[SpeckledSlab]

Thank you Viet Nam veterans.