"Vietnam era veteran" would have been accurate and entirely acceptable.
And what would you do with me? I enlisted in December '75, went to Basic in February '76, posted to Germany same year, and got out in '84. I didn't see combat, because we were pulling out of Nam. But the first thing I was told when I got off the plane in Germany was, if the Russians come over the border, you have 5 minutes to live. During my time there were some tense times, some that stood out were when the Russians came up on the border; the hostages were taken in the embassy in Iran (thanks to Carter), etc. I'm as proud of my service as anyone else. So "era" this! Morin served!You should back him rather than buy Max's holier-than-thou statements!