{"id":27811,"date":"2011-12-06T12:09:27","date_gmt":"2011-12-06T16:09:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=27811"},"modified":"2011-12-06T12:10:29","modified_gmt":"2011-12-06T16:10:29","slug":"just-an-oversight-maybe-for-some","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=27811","title":{"rendered":"Just an Oversight? Maybe for Some."},"content":{"rendered":"

Many years ago a group of vets returned to this country. Reviled and treated by some as pariahs they sought the comradeship of fellow veterans at their local VSOs only to be told they didn’t qualify.<\/p>\n

Over the years that did change, and that group of vets invested mightily in seeing that future vets never again faced those hurdles.<\/p>\n

But it did leave a touch of bitterness, and likely some sore spots too easily picked at.<\/p>\n

Like this:
\nVietnam War Omitted in DAV Fundraising Letter<\/a><\/p>\n

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The omission of any reference to Vietnam in a fundraising letter from a national veterans organization has some local vets feeling left out.<\/p>\n

The letter from Cold Spring, Ky.-based Disabled American Veterans, which includes Christmas cards depicting a World War II Soldier decorating a tree, mentions World War II and the Korean War, and veterans who served in Iraq and Afghanistan.<\/p>\n

“A veteran is a veteran is a veteran,” said Skip Haswell, president of the 500-plus-member local chapter of Vietnam Veterans of America, based in Beaver Falls. “Anytime somebody is soliciting and they leave (Vietnam) out in error, I resent that.”<\/p>\n

The letter is signed by DAV National Commander Donald Samuels. The DAV website identifies him as a Vietnam War veteran. Samuels could not be reached for comment on Monday.<\/p>\n

Tracey Burgoon, who works in the DAV fundraising department, said a donor sent the agency the picture that appears on the card. She said World War II and the Korean War were mentioned in the letter because those veterans are “the naturally aging — those who are in nursing homes now.” Veterans of Afghanistan and Iraq were mentioned to address “recent wars.”<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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