Posted on 07/29/2017 11:03:56 AM PDT by Uncle Sam 911
BARTOW COUNTY, Ga. - A group of Cartersville youth made an 83-year-old veteran’s day.
Hayward Chandler (A Vietnam Marine) was eating at Steak 'n Shake with his family when he saw a group of young men looking for seats.
Chandler’s daughter-in-law, Lisa Ely, tells Channel 2's Kimberly Richardson the group was rather large, and they soon realized there wasn’t enough room for all of them inside. They headed back outside and put some tables and chairs together so they would have enough room.
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Nice. Makes me proud to be an American.
These young men are our future. Media won't tell their story nationally.
I wonder if the young men are members of the Etowah Valley Young Marine program?
On March 29, 1973, in Saigon, the last American combat soldier left Vietnam. That was 44 years, and 4 months before today.
This means if someone was 18 years old when they left, the youngest they could be today is 62 years old.
Tears to the eyes. . . .
May God bless and protect them as well as the veteran.
Close, but the Mayaguez incident (May 12 - 15 1975) is considered the last official battle of the Vietnam War.
The Korean War ended July 27, 1953. Soldiers who were 18 then would be 83 now.
Though the Mayaguez incident is often referred to as the last battle of the Vietnam War, U.S. military personnel who participated in it are not eligible for the Vietnam Service Medal by virtue of participating in that battle alone.
The Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal is authorized instead for military members who participated in that battle.
A congressional bill was introduced in 2016 to award veterans of the Mayaguez battle the medal, but the bill was referred to committee.
I noticed that, too. VietNam veterans are not in my age group; their parents are. This dear man is probably a Korean War veteran and the “journalist”, “reporter”, whatever, probably a young know-nothing. Too bad, as there are not many Korean War vets left now, either. One, a friend of mine, died last year at 84.
“VietNam veterans are not in my age group; their parents are.”
Maybe, maybe not -
I was in my late 40’s when I first went to Iraq in 2005 as a First Sergeant. The vets aren’t always 18 when they go
Thank you for your service; I mean it. My grandson, a Marine, was in Afghanistan shortly after you were in Iraq. And you’re right - “not always 18” - but I think we both know that during Viet Nam and the draft, most of them were. I knew several - my sons’ friends - who were killed or permanently damaged, and it ended about one year before my oldest son would have been drafted and joined them.
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