Veterans Groups Reach Out to Today’s Vets

What happened to Vietnam veterans when they returned home from war is something few of them could easily forget. Some remember having feces thrown at them from crowds, others remember being greeted by waving flags of the North Vietnamese, and still others remember being shunned by even the older generations of veterans who blamed them for losing a war.
Veterans Groups Reach Out to Today’s Vets
MEN WHO SERVED: Vietnam veterans attend the opening ceremony for Welcome Home 2011 at Navy Pier in Chicago June 17. Veterans groups are reaching out to today's young veterans to avoid the mistakes made in the treatment of Vietnam veterans as they returned from war. Scott Olson/Getty Images
Joshua Philipp
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MEN WHO SERVED: Vietnam veterans attend the opening ceremony for Welcome Home 2011 at Navy Pier in Chicago June 17. Veterans groups are reaching out to today's young veterans to avoid the mistakes made in the treatment of Vietnam veterans as they returned from war. (Scott Olson/Getty Images)
Joshua Philipp
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Joshua Philipp is senior investigative reporter and host of “Crossroads” at The Epoch Times. As an award-winning journalist and documentary filmmaker, his works include “The Real Story of January 6” (2022), “The Final War: The 100 Year Plot to Defeat America” (2022), and “Tracking Down the Origin of Wuhan Coronavirus” (2020).
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