Why state honors all Vietname era Veterans

These comments and observations come from a member of the United States Armed Forces who served in Vietnam from 1969-1970. While I was not assigned to a unit fighting in the jungles and rice paddies of that nation trying to preserve its freedom and independence, I was in harm’s way from enemy rockets and guerilla attacks raining on my locations many times. I saw firsthand the efforts of American forces to subdue the enemy, whether it was the North Vietnamese Army or the Viet Cong, and how we did so just about every time we had contact with them. Like many others, I am of the opinion it was the politicians, the news media back in the States and the misguided youth of the ‘60s and ‘70s who caused the war to be lost.