SPC Jan Allbright, M.Sc., R.S. 760813 <div class="images-v2-count-1"><div class="content-picture image-v2-number-1" id="image-48204"> <div class="social_icons social-buttons-on-image"> <a href='https://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.rallypoint.com%2Fanswers%2Ffort-gordon-honors-vietnam-vets-with-welcome-home-ceremony-is-your-post-doing-this%3Futm_source%3DFacebook%26utm_medium%3Dorganic%26utm_campaign%3DShare%20to%20facebook' target="_blank" class='social-share-button facebook-share-button'><i class="fa fa-facebook-f"></i></a> <a href="https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?text=Fort+Gordon+honors+Vietnam+vets+with+welcome+home+ceremony.+Is+your+post+doing+this%3F&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.rallypoint.com%2Fanswers%2Ffort-gordon-honors-vietnam-vets-with-welcome-home-ceremony-is-your-post-doing-this&amp;via=RallyPoint" target="_blank" class="social-share-button twitter-custom-share-button"><i class="fa fa-twitter"></i></a> <a href="mailto:?subject=Check this out on RallyPoint!&body=Hi, I thought you would find this interesting:%0D%0AFort Gordon honors Vietnam vets with welcome home ceremony. Is your post doing this?%0D%0A %0D%0AHere is the link: https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/fort-gordon-honors-vietnam-vets-with-welcome-home-ceremony-is-your-post-doing-this" target="_blank" class="social-share-button email-share-button"><i class="fa fa-envelope"></i></a> </div> <a class="fancybox" rel="69897015a1be4eba454b255d39bc37ca" href="https://d1ndsj6b8hkqu9.cloudfront.net/pictures/images/000/048/204/for_gallery_v2/6e428369.jpg"><img src="https://d1ndsj6b8hkqu9.cloudfront.net/pictures/images/000/048/204/large_v3/6e428369.jpg" alt="6e428369" /></a></div></div>The ceremony included performances from the U.S. Army Old Guard Fife and Drum Corps and 3rd Infantry Regiment Silent Drill Team. The celebration calmed to a somber mood for cannon fire and playing of Taps to remember lives lost during the war.<br /><br />Several soldiers who formed an honorary guard around the ceremony with American flags nearly fainted in the heat as others came to relieve their duties. Bottles and cups of water were distributed to the crowd, many who sat in metal bleachers as the temperature approached 90 degrees.<br /><br />Vietnam veterans, despite the lack of respect they were shown, have been central to welcoming home troops from Iraq and Afghanistan, Baker said.<br /><br /><a target="_blank" href="http://www.stripes.com/news/veterans/fort-gordon-honors-vietnam-vets-with-welcome-home-ceremony-1.353497">http://www.stripes.com/news/veterans/fort-gordon-honors-vietnam-vets-with-welcome-home-ceremony-1.353497</a> <div class="pta-link-card answers-template-image type-default"> <div class="pta-link-card-picture"> <img src="https://d26horl2n8pviu.cloudfront.net/link_data_pictures/images/000/016/367/qrc/image.jpg?1443045728"> </div> <div class="pta-link-card-content"> <p class="pta-link-card-title"> <a target="blank" href="http://www.stripes.com/news/veterans/fort-gordon-honors-vietnam-vets-with-welcome-home-ceremony-1.353497">Fort Gordon honors Vietnam vets with welcome home ceremony</a> </p> <p class="pta-link-card-description">The tenacity and unwavering patriotism of several hundred Vietnam War veterans outlasted the beads of sweat that soaked into their clothes and dripped off their brows Friday at Fort Gordon.</p> </div> <div class="clearfix"></div> </div> 2015-06-21T08:36:54-04:00 SPC Jan Allbright, M.Sc., R.S. 760813

<div class="images-v2-count-1"><div class="content-picture image-v2-number-1" id="image-48204"> <div class="social_icons social-buttons-on-image"> <a href='https://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.rallypoint.com%2Fanswers%2Ffort-gordon-honors-vietnam-vets-with-welcome-home-ceremony-is-your-post-doing-this%3Futm_source%3DFacebook%26utm_medium%3Dorganic%26utm_campaign%3DShare%20to%20facebook' target="_blank" class='social-share-button facebook-share-button'><i class="fa fa-facebook-f"></i></a> <a href="https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?text=Fort+Gordon+honors+Vietnam+vets+with+welcome+home+ceremony.+Is+your+post+doing+this%3F&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.rallypoint.com%2Fanswers%2Ffort-gordon-honors-vietnam-vets-with-welcome-home-ceremony-is-your-post-doing-this&amp;via=RallyPoint" target="_blank" class="social-share-button twitter-custom-share-button"><i class="fa fa-twitter"></i></a> <a href="mailto:?subject=Check this out on RallyPoint!&body=Hi, I thought you would find this interesting:%0D%0AFort Gordon honors Vietnam vets with welcome home ceremony. Is your post doing this?%0D%0A %0D%0AHere is the link: https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/fort-gordon-honors-vietnam-vets-with-welcome-home-ceremony-is-your-post-doing-this" target="_blank" class="social-share-button email-share-button"><i class="fa fa-envelope"></i></a> </div> <a class="fancybox" rel="1bfac58ccaa5de032202b8cdad31c20e" href="https://d1ndsj6b8hkqu9.cloudfront.net/pictures/images/000/048/204/for_gallery_v2/6e428369.jpg"><img src="https://d1ndsj6b8hkqu9.cloudfront.net/pictures/images/000/048/204/large_v3/6e428369.jpg" alt="6e428369" /></a></div></div>The ceremony included performances from the U.S. Army Old Guard Fife and Drum Corps and 3rd Infantry Regiment Silent Drill Team. The celebration calmed to a somber mood for cannon fire and playing of Taps to remember lives lost during the war.<br /><br />Several soldiers who formed an honorary guard around the ceremony with American flags nearly fainted in the heat as others came to relieve their duties. Bottles and cups of water were distributed to the crowd, many who sat in metal bleachers as the temperature approached 90 degrees.<br /><br />Vietnam veterans, despite the lack of respect they were shown, have been central to welcoming home troops from Iraq and Afghanistan, Baker said.<br /><br /><a target="_blank" href="http://www.stripes.com/news/veterans/fort-gordon-honors-vietnam-vets-with-welcome-home-ceremony-1.353497">http://www.stripes.com/news/veterans/fort-gordon-honors-vietnam-vets-with-welcome-home-ceremony-1.353497</a> <div class="pta-link-card answers-template-image type-default"> <div class="pta-link-card-picture"> <img src="https://d26horl2n8pviu.cloudfront.net/link_data_pictures/images/000/016/367/qrc/image.jpg?1443045728"> </div> <div class="pta-link-card-content"> <p class="pta-link-card-title"> <a target="blank" href="http://www.stripes.com/news/veterans/fort-gordon-honors-vietnam-vets-with-welcome-home-ceremony-1.353497">Fort Gordon honors Vietnam vets with welcome home ceremony</a> </p> <p class="pta-link-card-description">The tenacity and unwavering patriotism of several hundred Vietnam War veterans outlasted the beads of sweat that soaked into their clothes and dripped off their brows Friday at Fort Gordon.</p> </div> <div class="clearfix"></div> </div>

2015-06-21T08:36:54-04:00 2015-06-21T08:36:54-04:00 PO1 John Miller 760825

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>This is awesome. Thanks for sharing yet another great story <a class="dark-link bold-link" role="profile-hover" data-qtip-container="body" data-id="429207" data-source-page-controller="question_response_contents" href="/profiles/429207-spc-jan-allbright-m-sc-r-s">SPC Jan Allbright, M.Sc., R.S.</a>.

2015-06-21T08:53:56-04:00 2015-06-21T08:53:56-04:00 1SG Private RallyPoint Member 761068

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>It's good to see this effort spread out from more than one base.

2015-06-21T12:40:54-04:00 2015-06-21T12:40:54-04:00 SSgt Harvey "Skip" Porter 3110984

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Did any of you read the article in stars and stripes in regards to a VA study shows parasites from Vietnam may be killing Veterans that served there. <br /><br />I suggest anyone that served in country there read this.<br /><br /><a target="_blank" href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/parasite-from-vietnam-may-be-killing-vets/">https://www.cbsnews.com/news/parasite-from-vietnam-may-be-killing-vets/</a><br /><br /> Peace! <div class="pta-link-card answers-template-image type-default"> <div class="pta-link-card-picture"> <img src="https://d26horl2n8pviu.cloudfront.net/link_data_pictures/images/000/234/450/qrc/ap-17325741505472.jpg?1511317900"> </div> <div class="pta-link-card-content"> <p class="pta-link-card-title"> <a target="blank" href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/parasite-from-vietnam-may-be-killing-vets/">Slow-killing parasite from Vietnam may be killing veterans, VA study says</a> </p> <p class="pta-link-card-description">Test results show some men may have been infected while fighting in the jungles of Southeast Asia</p> </div> <div class="clearfix"></div> </div>

2017-11-21T21:40:22-05:00 2017-11-21T21:40:22-05:00 SPC Michael Duricko, Ph.D 6364533

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Thank you Fort Gordon, one of my military bases.

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