Stop Antiwar Radicals From Smearing Vietnam Vets Again! (What are your thoughts?)

SGT Private RallyPoint Member — Fri, 15 May 2015 21:04:13 -0400

Major General James T. Jackson, U.S. Army (Retired), the Director of The United States of America Vietnam War Commemoration : Stop Antiwar Radicals From Smearing Vietnam Vets Again!

VietnamVeterans for Factual History
Petition By:
VietnamVeterans for Factual History
Missouri City, Texas

To Major General James T. Jackson, U.S. Army (Retired), the Director of The United States of America Vietnam War Commemoration:

A Petition To Block Anti-War Radicals From Involvement In The Planning and Activities Of The United States of America Vietnam War Commemoration

Composed primarily of historians, scholars and Vietnam veterans, Vietnam Veterans for Factual History (VVFH) is a [501c(3)] group founded by Vietnam Veterans and their supporters whose mission is to study and disseminate factual, well researched information about the Vietnam War and correct the myths that have permeated academia and our society since the war's beginning. Our organization challenges long held orthodox views of academia and shows how falsehoods and distortions have perpetuated the myth that the Vietnam War was unwinnable and without purpose.

Please visit our website, where you can find more information about our mission and a list of some of our prominent members.

The United States Department of Defense (DOD) has launched The United States of America Vietnam War Commemoration, which directs the Secretary of Defense …”to conduct a program to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Vietnam War and in conducting the commemorative program, the Secretary shall coordinate, support, and facilitate other programs and activities of the Federal Government, State and local governments, and other persons and organizations in commemoration of the Vietnam War."

In a most shameful but not surprising slight to Vietnam Veterans and their families, prominent 1960’s anti-war activists and radical scholars, whose anti-war activities cost the Republic of Vietnam its existence and millions of lives in Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia, are attempting to hijack the commemorative events and have called on the DOD to alter its website timeline, facts and are even demanding input on how the history of the war will be addressed through the commemoration. These activists who visited Hanoi during the war, burned their draft cards, and colluded with known agents of the North Vietnamese government, now want to control what the DOD plans to tell the American public.

The likes of Tom Hayden and militant anti-war scholars cannot be allowed to win again. They have already delivered a petition to the DOD demanding a voice in the commemoration and we need your help to ensure our voices are heard loud and clear.

Recently the following was published by the Washington Times:

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2015/may/11/editorial-vietnam-war-myth-survives-in-pentagon-co/

We stand by these sentiments.

WE MUST STAND UP AND FIGHT.

Do not allow the anti-war radicals to once again smear the good name of our veterans and propagate the myth that the war was unjust and its honorable veterans criminals. Solid academic research, including the archives of the North Vietnamese, show that the Hanoi Lobby was never right and the real story needs to be told.

Help us ensure that the factual story will be the only one heard by Americans.

Please sign our petition so that we can deliver it to Major General James T. Jackson, U.S. Army (Retired), the Director of The United States of America Vietnam War Commemoration.

Let our leaders know that these commemorative events are designed to honor the warriors, their families, and those who stood up for what was right—not those who lied in congressional testimony, the fraudulent veterans who have lied about their service, and the many more who sympathized with communist leaders when patriots were dying in Vietnam.
http://www.vvfh.org/index.html

Response by MSG Private RallyPoint Member made May 15 at 2015 9:21 PM

MSG Private RallyPoint Member — Fri, 15 May 2015 21:21:04 -0400

This is a good read for all Military, past & present.

Response by Sgt David G Duchesneau made May 15 at 2015 9:28 PM

Sgt David G Duchesneau — Fri, 15 May 2015 21:28:35 -0400

Thanks Keith!

Response by SSgt Private RallyPoint Member made May 15 at 2015 11:47 PM

SSgt Private RallyPoint Member — Fri, 15 May 2015 23:47:00 -0400

I am proud of you too SGT Private RallyPoint Member

Response by SSgt Charles Edwards made May 16 at 2015 12:02 AM

SSgt Charles Edwards — Sat, 16 May 2015 00:02:38 -0400

I just want to tell the Vietnam vets that I'm proud of their service. Thank you for all you did and the sacrifices you made. You all deserved a lot better than what you received.

Response by SPC Charles Brown made May 16 at 2015 6:10 PM

SPC Charles Brown — Sat, 16 May 2015 18:10:46 -0400

To all of my Vietnam Vets I say thank you. What you went through despite the ungrateful nation you returned to is worth all the riches those unappreciative well you can put your own words in here have ever earned. God bless you all.

Response by CPT Wayne Price made Mar 9 at 2020 10:01 PM

CPT Wayne Price — Mon, 09 Mar 2020 22:01:49 -0400

I am still angry at the emotional and verbal abuse that I experienced from civilians as I traveled a lot and was required to wear a class A uniform. I was proud of enlisting and serving and the anger has not yet disappeared. They were hippies and anti America. Actually I think they were cowards and aggressive verbally in crowds and hippie havens. We should not ever tolerate that again. CPT Wayne Price

Response by SP5 Derick Johnsohne made Apr 6 at 2020 9:16 AM

SP5 Derick Johnsohne — Mon, 06 Apr 2020 09:16:08 -0400

antiwar is one thing . anti-vets is another . to smear vietnam vets is misdirected and should be considered as a civil offense, just like libel, insults and other .

Response by PFC James Sander made Apr 13 at 2020 3:35 PM

PFC James Sander — Mon, 13 Apr 2020 15:35:05 -0400

for all of my brothers that served with me between 1966 and 1972 be whether you went to VIETNAM or not i thank you because you put up with the same shit i did when i came home and probaly still doing the same today I THANK YOU ALL