{"id":134533,"date":"2022-12-10T09:17:25","date_gmt":"2022-12-10T14:17:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=134533"},"modified":"2022-12-10T09:17:25","modified_gmt":"2022-12-10T14:17:25","slug":"vietnam-veteran-tries-to-get-veterans-wall-away-from-walmart-restrooms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=134533","title":{"rendered":"Vietnam Veteran tries to get Veterans Wall away from Walmart restrooms"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The Grants Pass Walmart stood up a Veterans Wall in the store. A Vietnam Veteran, Bruce Jones, noticed that a part of the wall was moved near the restrooms. He tried to get this resolved by speaking to staff at Walmart. They told him to speak with a manager. He returned on December 7 to speak to the manager about the issue.\u00a0 The manager told him to contact corporate.<\/p>\n

From KCBY 11:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

GRANTS PASS, Ore. \u2014 A Vietnam War Veteran feels disrespected after the Grants Pass Walmart moved part of its Veterans Wall to the back of the business, in front of the store\u2019s restrooms.<\/p>\n

Bruce Jones joined the Army in 1971. By Christmas of that year, he was on the frontline in Vietnam serving his country.<\/p>\n

On Veterans Day, I came to get groceries and I noticed that the Veterans Wall of Honor is on the bathroom wall. It upset me, and I was pretty sad over it,\u201d Jones said. \u201cI find it very offense for those Veteran pictures to be on the bathroom wall.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The 70-year-old explained after speaking to multiple employees about the location of the wall, he was directed to speak with a manager.<\/p>\n

\u201cOn December 7th, when it was the anniversary of Pearl Harbor, that was on my mind. I walked back there [inside Walmart] and I saw those Navy Sailors on the wall and I am thinking this is demeaning, disgraceful, and distasteful,\u201d Jones said.<\/p>\n

He said he asked the manager if it was possible to move the pictures away from the bathroom and was told to contact corporate.<\/p>\n

I spoke to a manager at customer service and she kind of laughed it off and said you need to call corporate about it,\u201d he said. \u201cI told her it offends me very badly and makes me sad to even think about it.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

News10 called Walmart\u2019s corporate phone number on Thursday and was told to speak with a salaried employee at the Grants Pass location.<\/p>\n

On Friday, the store manager directed News10 to contact corporate and leave the business immediately.<\/p>\n

News10 contacted Walmart\u2019s corporate office a second time and is waiting to hear back.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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