Welcome Home Vietnam Veterans event

The Spokane Vet Center will host its annual Welcome Home Vietnam Veterans event on Tuesday.

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Tue., March 28, 2023

Combat Vet Riders attend the Spokane Vet Center annual Welcome Home Vietnam Veterans event.

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Larry Lucas, a U.S. Air Force veteran from Medical Lake, sits and listens from aboard an M151 MUTT, the Vietnam-era successor to the Jeep, during the Spokane Vet Center annual Welcome Home Vietnam Veterans event Tuesday in Spokane Valley. Lucas served six years in the Air Force and six more in the Navy Reserve.

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Lou Sherry, U.S. Air Force veteran, right, stands at attention as the Fairchild Air Force Base Honor Guard presents the colors during the event. Sherry did not serve in Vietnam.

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Volunteer dog tag maker, Shauna Johnson takes info from retired U.S. Navy vet Ray Rimbey during the Spokane Vet Center annual Welcome Home Vietnam Veterans event, Tuesday, March 28, 2023, in Spokane Valley. Johnson was printing tags with a machine so they could be hung on the Vietnam War Memorial outside the building. The original tags were stolen this past winter.

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New dog tags hang from the Vietnam War Memorial during the Spokane Vet Center annual Welcome Home Vietnam Veterans event Tuesday in Spokane Valley. The tags are replacing one that were stolen over the winter.

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Mac Gillivary, U.S. Army veteran, left, and Navy veteran Dave Strand, right, hang the dog tags on the Vietnam War Memorial honoring the grandfather and father of Army veteran Tex Swendig, center, during the Spokane Vet Center’s Welcome Home Vietnam Veterans event.

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Vietnam vets honor the flag presented by the Fairchild Air Force Base Honor Guard during the Spokane Vet Center annual Welcome Home Vietnam Veterans event, Tuesday, March 28, 2023, in Spokane Valley..

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