Comments on: Senate Sets March 30 as Welcome Home Vietnam Vets Day http://www.historynet.com/senate-sets-march-30-as-welcome-home-vietnam-vets-day.htm From the World's Largest History Magazine Publisher Sun, 19 May 2013 22:40:21 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Mike H. http://www.historynet.com/senate-sets-march-30-as-welcome-home-vietnam-vets-day.htm#comment-1104146 Mike H. Sun, 12 May 2013 07:10:21 +0000 http://www.historynet.com/?p=13683471#comment-1104146 Happened to you, too, eh, John? April 15 1973, it happened to me, as I was going home on leave after Operation End Sweep, the de-mining of Haiphong...We were the last troops (other than embassy Marines) to leave Vietnam on April 6, 1973, after sitting for over 2 months in a minefield. And the only thing I got stuck on my chest for my efforts was that blonde B***h's spit on my tropical white uniform. Happened to you, too, eh, John? April 15 1973, it happened to me, as I was going home on leave after Operation End Sweep, the de-mining of Haiphong…We were the last troops (other than embassy Marines) to leave Vietnam on April 6, 1973, after sitting for over 2 months in a minefield. And the only thing I got stuck on my chest for my efforts was that blonde B***h's spit on my tropical white uniform.

]]> By: Canh Lam http://www.historynet.com/senate-sets-march-30-as-welcome-home-vietnam-vets-day.htm#comment-1005731 Canh Lam Sat, 06 Apr 2013 11:18:46 +0000 http://www.historynet.com/?p=13683471#comment-1005731 I want to say that "The consequence of Welcome Home of The Allied forces from Vietnam on 30/03/1973 is now Vietnam Country has became a huge prison." That's very bad for Welcome Home....../. I want to say that "The consequence of Welcome Home of The Allied forces from Vietnam on 30/03/1973 is now Vietnam Country has became a huge prison." That's very bad for Welcome Home……/.

]]> By: Stephanie Schuessler Connors http://www.historynet.com/senate-sets-march-30-as-welcome-home-vietnam-vets-day.htm#comment-992090 Stephanie Schuessler Connors Sat, 30 Mar 2013 11:39:05 +0000 http://www.historynet.com/?p=13683471#comment-992090 Welcome Home and MANY, MANY thanks for what You all did...What happened when You returned was just wrong in so many ways. recognition is long overdue. God Bless You. Welcome Home and MANY, MANY thanks for what You all did…What happened when You returned was just wrong in so many ways.

recognition is long overdue.

God Bless You.

]]> By: 1Voice http://www.historynet.com/senate-sets-march-30-as-welcome-home-vietnam-vets-day.htm#comment-986586 1Voice Wed, 27 Mar 2013 22:56:52 +0000 http://www.historynet.com/?p=13683471#comment-986586 PS: A \REAL\ Welcome Home is not in word alone and on one day alone ie: Welcome Home now go away and die etc,,, It is in DEED. Our government (the VA etc) has never done one tenth of the job it should be doing for our Vets and that is not by accident either. We have skyrocketing suicides because that IS their agenda back with VN Vets and today with our new War Vets. Our government has the power, tools and money to TRULY Welcome Home our War Vets (past and present) not only in word alone but in deed also but I would bet the farm that our government will ONLY give our War Vets more of the same... Lip service, promises and nonsense but NO REAL help/solutions or real money to fix the problems. Google CATO Institute and on their site search: 70 years of government health care Read that entire article several times as I have. It will give you a very clear picture (then and now and thus our future)... USMC VN Vet. (1967-70) PS: A \REAL\ Welcome Home is not in word alone and on one day alone ie: Welcome Home now go away and die etc,,, It is in DEED.

Our government (the VA etc) has never done one tenth of the job it should be doing for our Vets and that is not by accident either. We have skyrocketing suicides because that IS their agenda back with VN Vets and today with our new War Vets.

Our government has the power, tools and money to TRULY Welcome Home our War Vets (past and present) not only in word alone but in deed also but I would bet the farm that our government will ONLY give our War Vets more of the same… Lip service, promises and nonsense but NO REAL help/solutions or real money to fix the problems.

Google CATO Institute and on their site search: 70 years of government health care Read that entire article several times as I have. It will give you a very clear picture (then and now and thus our future)…

USMC VN Vet. (1967-70)

]]> By: 1Voice http://www.historynet.com/senate-sets-march-30-as-welcome-home-vietnam-vets-day.htm#comment-986565 1Voice Wed, 27 Mar 2013 22:39:14 +0000 http://www.historynet.com/?p=13683471#comment-986565 Reply to # 25 Dave Simmons. Do you not think that the government has Vietnam Vets and uses them for their agenda also? I was not only there but I lived through the entire thing. We started the original VVA and the government even took over our VVA letters to scoop up what god will we had created around the world. They did that after they YES tried to shut us down in EVERY way possible from a zoning violation (2 or more VN Vets in our home / VVA HQ ,,, even having coffee and talking,,, not sleeping there etc) was against zoning laws. I told them to bring it on as that would only bring us more positive national media. This was in Montecito CA. Then they decided to have the Santa Barbara SWAT TEAM hit our house on a rainy night with tear gas breaking our picture window in the living room. EVERYONE knew they wanted me, the VVA founder and pres and that they would kill/murder me but oddly, I was not there. They took my VP who was there to jail for 9 days. He was one of the most honored people in SB and after release from jail he had the grand jury investigate the incident. They found that the SWAT TEAM was in the wrong... BTW, the head of the SWAT TEAM (who I think was demoted) was one of three VN Vet \GOVERNMENT\ buddies that had worked ,,, you got it, intelligence in Vietnam. These three guys (THAT WORKED FOR THE GOVERNMENT) were the BAD GUYS and trying to stop any positive media for VN Vets. WHY? Because before we got national positive media for VN Vets (that mutated into the welcome home etc) the Government PC agenda (and thus the media agenda) was to not let that happen under ANY circumstances. They spent 15 yrs building anti-VN Vet media and did not want to see anything or anyone change that PC (hate VN Vet) agenda. Well, this is a very long and a bit complex piece of history about how we ended the negative VN Vet media etc. Too long and complex to put all of it here. Perhaps I should someday try to write a book or make a tape or??? for history at least. Oh, have you ever wondered WHY our government might want to make our war Vets well, a negative thing in America? And trust me, the government and gov controlled media was behind this entire thing... That too is a bit complex but in short, they wanted to undermine every power group in America from Vets to Christians etc and to pit groups against each other as much as possible etc... Quite simple really and is just history repeating itself once again. Now in 2013 you can clearly see why (if you look in any direction)... To destroy a nation FROM WITHIN, you must first destroy every power group, the middle class, men, vets, Christians, etc and pit everyone against each other. Just look around... 300 million Sheeple allowing our once great nation to be totally destroyed by 535 DC politicians (who get very rich in office)... Oh well. Perhaps I'll make a tape someday just for the sake of recording a piece of history first hand. Reply to # 25 Dave Simmons. Do you not think that the government has Vietnam Vets and uses them for their agenda also? I was not only there but I lived through the entire thing. We started the original VVA and the government even took over our VVA letters to scoop up what god will we had created around the world. They did that after they YES tried to shut us down in EVERY way possible from a zoning violation (2 or more VN Vets in our home / VVA HQ ,,, even having coffee and talking,,, not sleeping there etc) was against zoning laws. I told them to bring it on as that would only bring us more positive national media. This was in Montecito CA.

Then they decided to have the Santa Barbara SWAT TEAM hit our house on a rainy night with tear gas breaking our picture window in the living room. EVERYONE knew they wanted me, the VVA founder and pres and that they would kill/murder me but oddly, I was not there. They took my VP who was there to jail for 9 days. He was one of the most honored people in SB and after release from jail he had the grand jury investigate the incident. They found that the SWAT TEAM was in the wrong… BTW, the head of the SWAT TEAM (who I think was demoted) was one of three VN Vet \GOVERNMENT\ buddies that had worked ,,, you got it, intelligence in Vietnam.

These three guys (THAT WORKED FOR THE GOVERNMENT) were the BAD GUYS and trying to stop any positive media for VN Vets. WHY? Because before we got national positive media for VN Vets (that mutated into the welcome home etc) the Government PC agenda (and thus the media agenda) was to not let that happen under ANY circumstances. They spent 15 yrs building anti-VN Vet media and did not want to see anything or anyone change that PC (hate VN Vet) agenda.

Well, this is a very long and a bit complex piece of history about how we ended the negative VN Vet media etc. Too long and complex to put all of it here. Perhaps I should someday try to write a book or make a tape or??? for history at least. Oh, have you ever wondered WHY our government might want to make our war Vets well, a negative thing in America? And trust me, the government and gov controlled media was behind this entire thing… That too is a bit complex but in short, they wanted to undermine every power group in America from Vets to Christians etc and to pit groups against each other as much as possible etc… Quite simple really and is just history repeating itself once again. Now in 2013 you can clearly see why (if you look in any direction)… To destroy a nation FROM WITHIN, you must first destroy every power group, the middle class, men, vets, Christians, etc and pit everyone against each other. Just look around… 300 million Sheeple allowing our once great nation to be totally destroyed by 535 DC politicians (who get very rich in office)…

Oh well. Perhaps I'll make a tape someday just for the sake of recording a piece of history first hand.

]]> By: Diane Roper http://www.historynet.com/senate-sets-march-30-as-welcome-home-vietnam-vets-day.htm#comment-984364 Diane Roper Tue, 26 Mar 2013 21:25:51 +0000 http://www.historynet.com/?p=13683471#comment-984364 Thank you so very much for your service & sacrifice for our freedoms.Every Veteran is my HERO.THANK YOU ! Thank you so very much for your service & sacrifice for our freedoms.Every Veteran is my HERO.THANK YOU !

]]> By: Pete Hodges http://www.historynet.com/senate-sets-march-30-as-welcome-home-vietnam-vets-day.htm#comment-831680 Pete Hodges Mon, 14 Jan 2013 16:03:55 +0000 http://www.historynet.com/?p=13683471#comment-831680 So sad that they can't even put the right date on this resolution. The day that all combat and combat service support troops left Vietnam was a day after that stipulated by the Paris Peace Talks. The "Welcome Home Vietnam Veterans Day" should have been listed in the congressional record as 29 March 72 -- that is the day when the last planes left Saigon (and by the way, the last POWs left Hanoi). I know because I was on one of the last two planes on the tarmac at Tan Son Nhut. We don't celebrate Independence Day on 5 July -- we shouldn't be doing a similar thing to our deserving Vietnam vets. So sad that they can't even put the right date on this resolution. The day that all combat and combat service support troops left Vietnam was a day after that stipulated by the Paris Peace Talks. The "Welcome Home Vietnam Veterans Day" should have been listed in the congressional record as 29 March 72 — that is the day when the last planes left Saigon (and by the way, the last POWs left Hanoi). I know because I was on one of the last two planes on the tarmac at Tan Son Nhut. We don't celebrate Independence Day on 5 July — we shouldn't be doing a similar thing to our deserving Vietnam vets.

]]> By: Hoa Minh Truong http://www.historynet.com/senate-sets-march-30-as-welcome-home-vietnam-vets-day.htm#comment-794088 Hoa Minh Truong Sun, 01 Apr 2012 00:36:27 +0000 http://www.historynet.com/?p=13683471#comment-794088 Hi my Vietnam war vets. I have wrote an article about the" welcome home Vietnam" that published in the web site below. It is a most populous Vietnamese news overseas. We are always grateful the allies, they helped my people to fight for freedom. once again, I wish the best to all and kind regards to family. http://tinparis.net/thoisu12/2012_03_31_NgayTroveChienBinhMyVN_TMhoa.html Hoa Minh Truong Hi my Vietnam war vets.
I have wrote an article about the" welcome home Vietnam" that published in the web site below. It is a most populous Vietnamese news overseas. We are always grateful the allies, they helped my people to fight for freedom.
once again, I wish the best to all and kind regards to family.

http://tinparis.net/thoisu12/2012_03_31_NgayTroveChienBinhMyVN_TMhoa.html
Hoa Minh Truong

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]]> By: Carl Leonhardt http://www.historynet.com/senate-sets-march-30-as-welcome-home-vietnam-vets-day.htm#comment-793906 Carl Leonhardt Fri, 30 Mar 2012 11:48:02 +0000 http://www.historynet.com/?p=13683471#comment-793906 Welcome home veterans. I stand and salute you for your bravery, honor, and commitment. God Bless all of you. Welcome home veterans. I stand and salute you for your bravery, honor, and commitment. God Bless all of you.

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