{"id":79031,"date":"2018-04-23T11:21:07","date_gmt":"2018-04-23T15:21:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=79031"},"modified":"2018-04-23T15:33:48","modified_gmt":"2018-04-23T19:33:48","slug":"memorial-for-helicopter-crews-at-arlington","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=79031","title":{"rendered":"Memorial for helicopter crews at Arlington"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The Army Times <\/a>reports that a memorial to helicopter crews of the Vietnam War was dedicated at Arlington National Cemetery last week.<\/p>\n

As the crowd gathered around the monument, \u201cTaps\u201d rang out among the cemetery, and the thudding of distant helicopters caused attendees to wonder out loud if Hueys were about to appear on the horizon.<\/p>\n

Over the tops of the trees in Arlington, four helicopters from Marine Helicopter Squadron One \u2014 which transports the president \u2014 flew over as the crowd clapped and cheered.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis [monument] is something we\u2019ve been waiting for a long, long time,\u201d said Michael Mikulan, who flew helicopters in Vietnam in 1969. \u201cFor many of us here who are 70 and above, this is it. We couldn\u2019t ask for anything more.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

My uncle was a helicopter crew chief in Vietnam 1966 – 1967 and he came home to us safely. 2,197 helicopter pilots and 2,717 crew members were killed<\/p>\n

\u201cVietnam soldiers were rejected by society when they came back. They were blamed for the war along with the politicians who created policy,\u201d he told Army Times. \u201cAll of the [troops] in the modern era, for at least the last 15 years \u2026 have benefited because now people are able to see a warrior and know it\u2019s okay to hate war but love the warrior.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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