Today is National Vietnam Veterans Day, which was established by President Obama on March 29, 2012. The president’s call was to “… reaffirm one of our most fundamental obligations: to show all who have worn the uniform of the United States the respect and dignity they deserve, and to honor their sacrifice by serving them as well as they served us.” At least 4,200,000 young men answered the call to duty in the 1960s and signed a blank check to our nation for a value up to and including their lives. Before the war was over, we had cashed some 56,000 of those checks. While the president recognized that we, as a nation, “… shunned or neglected …” our returning soldiers, the true horrifying facts of how they and their families have been treated are not only shameful, but a travesty of justice/Richard Penneger, Coeur d'Alene Press op-ed. More here.

Question: Do you have a Vietnam veteran in your family?