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I still the anti-war protests that I saw daily in Chicago when I returned home.
My 1st job after I got out was in downtown Chicago
and I worked directly across the street from the "Chicago Seven" trial, i.e. Abby Hoffman, Tom Hayden, etc.
And just a few blocks away were the daily "anti-war" protests at Dailey Plaza.
BUT THIS TIME AROUND THE MAJORITY OF THE USA IS ON THE CORRECT SIDE!
Our service people WILL NOT suffer the scorn and ridicule that we as Viet Nam Vets did.
So it is I who am so thankful for all that stand up and proudly wave the American Flag
in front of this new generation of traitors.

So it is I who am so thankful for all that stand up and proudly wave the American Flag in front of this new generation of traitors.

And so it is I that thanks you for your service. I was just a lad during Viet Nam but I remember the nightly news on the war very well. I remember too the protestors.....didnt like em then.....dont like em now.

I remember 1969 in Chicago. If you'll recall, until then, nobody - except for some hippies and Peter Fonda wannabes - wore American flags on their clothes or hats. That was a no-no. Anyway, at the height of the protests in front of the Federal Courthouse where the trial of the "Chicago 7" was underway, the construction workers downtown - the "hardhats" - had a belly-full of seeing NVA flags carried around and hearing the favorite chant of the protesters, "Ho-Ho-Ho Chi Minh, NLF is gonna win!" One day, the "hardhats" put American flag stickers on their hardhats and at noon, thousand upon thousands of union and non-union iron workers, sheet metal workers, carpenters, cement finishers, plumbers, electricians, painters, laborers, etc. all walked off their jobs and confronted the unwashed rabble of anti-American protesters and pounded lumps on them! They routed the scum out of downtown and made sure they didn't come back. Ever since then, wearing the American flag on a hardhat has been de riguer, as the whole country took a shine to wearing the flag. The "hardhats" gained a reputation and during that time were feared by hippie and Yippie scum. The hardhats brought the peace to Chicago.
I remember. My dad was one of them.