Former POWs Launch Vietnam Veterans Legacy Foundation

Vietnam Veterans Legacy Foundation ^ | April 29, 2004 | Interesting Times

[Interesting Times]

A group of highly decorated former POWs who played an active role in the Swift Vets and POWs for Truth have formed a new organization, the Vietnam Veterans Legacy Foundation. The new organization is led by Medal of Honor recipient Bud Day, and includes former POWs Ken Cordier, Paul Galanti, and James Warner. The VVLF intends to develop a national repository of Vietnam-related materials, information and records, and to counter and expose false information about the Vietnam War that appears in the media.

Here's what Col. Day had to say in the press release:

"The false history of Vietnam has been used to demoralize our troops in combat, undermine the public's confidence in U.S. foreign policy and weaken our national security. Radical leftists such as Jane Fonda lied about the war 35 years ago, and are still lying about it today. The goal of the VVLF is to continue the work of countering more than three decades of misinformation and propaganda, and to set the record straight."

[Interesting Times]

The Swift Vets stood down, but the POWs are pressing on...

[Interesting Times]

Vietnam legacy ping...

[Nick Danger]

but the POWs are pressing on...

And a good thing, too, because so is Jane Fonda.

BTW, I see from the Swifties' site that

The time now is Fri Apr 29, 2005 3:35 pm GMT
It has been 89 days since John Kerry promised on national television to sign SF-180 and release his military records.

[river rat]

"The Swift Vets stood down..."

They came on the scene with a mission.
Mission accomplished..
If John F'ing Kerry raises his head above the sand bags again, they will return --- with Kerry's unsigned SF-180.

Semper Fi

[E.G.C.]

BTTT!!!!!

[Eric in the Ozarks]

Wonder how the book is selling ?
I noticed even Maureen Dowd doing a review in the NYT Book Review. After reading a particularly turgid passage from "My Life So Far," Maureen could only say, "Duh."

[MarineBrat]

Semper Fideils to you Vets! You'll never stand alone!

[Alamo-Girl]

Thanks for the ping!

[R. Scott]

I hope they get the message out – to include text books.

[secretagent]

Hope they can solve the NIS mystery.

[Molly Pitcher]

Wow! Thanks for the ping. May God bless these fine men...

[zot]

Vietnam legacy ping...

Thanks for the ping. The left-wing media and their comrades are still attacking Vietnam veterans and the current U.S. military.

[kabar]

http://www.buttondepress.com/BostonManifesto/index.htm

[Interesting Times]

Some terrific research and writing there, mostly done by Dr. Bob Turner of the University of Virginia law school. Thanks for posting the link.

[kabar]

Your welcome. So many myths and revisionist history have arisen about the war in Vietnam. Fonda and Kerry did more to hurt the image of the Vietnam veteran than any other two I can think of.

[tuckrdout]

Thank you for keeping me up to date!

[JakeINJoisey]

I would like very much a link to or the text of history books addressing the Vietnam era that are currently being used in our public schools. If there are any educators out there, could you advise me which publisher is at the top of the list for primary and secondary schools?

I'd like to see what's currently being taught.