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For many years I held my Nam Vet status pretty close to the bone and it ate away at me. One fine day I went to a reunion of one of my old units and somebody handed me a Viet Vet cap which for some reason I put on and wore if a bit timidly.

A group of us were walking thru a downtown area and an elderly gentleman walked up to me and said simply "welcome home and sincere thanks for your service."

I cannot begin to express the flood of emotions that his simple act released. Still have a moderate case of PTSD but I'm no longer keeping quiet about my service. I wear that cap proudly these days and woebetide the moron who calls me a baby burner or even looks like he's gonna spit on me.