{"id":58990,"date":"2015-03-30T08:10:49","date_gmt":"2015-03-30T12:10:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=58990"},"modified":"2015-03-29T21:09:52","modified_gmt":"2015-03-30T01:09:52","slug":"just-in-case-ya-missed-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=58990","title":{"rendered":"Just In Case Ya Missed It…"},"content":{"rendered":"

Today is a “special” day. Among many it means little, still it matters to some.<\/p>\n

“Welcome Home Vietnam Veterans Day is Monday”<\/a><\/p>\n

For those who haven’t heard my grumps… I was spit at and called a “baby killer” when I came through SFO in ’69 while in uniform. The first welcome I experienced was in Hawaii. There was a parade for Gulf War vets and THEY decided to include us. \u00a0Members of my Rap Group were of a mixed mind. I said “What the hell” and showed up.<\/p>\n

It was in Waimea on the Big Island where the wife and I were living on the side of a volcano.<\/p>\n

Trivial crap for some, perhaps, but it did set the stage.<\/p>\n

Forget my take, I had met ‘Nam vets who had shunned any form of public endeavor. A coupla of them were even there for the parade.<\/p>\n

For me, when I finally stood in front of The Wall in DC I was thinking about those guys.<\/p>\n

I dunno all the details behind This Day. Part of me is still angry. Still I simply can’t divorce the way many were treated from my own trivial memories.<\/p>\n

But… Using this loud pulpit, I hope you each take \u00a0a look around, and maybe find one other of us and shake his hand.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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