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Vietnam vets to get 'true homecoming'
Scheduled for June 13-19
in Branson, Mo
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Senator
Kerry Discusses Elections With Kirkuk Area Leaders
By SGT Sean Kimmons and MAJ Sam Schubert
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KIRKUK, Iraq - Just two months after the U.S. presidential elections, former presidential candidate Sen. John
Kerry, D-Mass., flew by helicopter into the U.S. State Department compound here to visit Army, U.S. State Department and provincial
Iraqi leaders on January 6th.
The reason for Kerry's visit was for him to gain a better understanding
of the political and security issues in the Kirkuk Province as part of Iraq's first democratic elections slated for January
30th.
Read more...
Main
Team Drives More Than One Million Miles
By MNF-I Public Affairs Combined Press Information
Center
FORWARD OPERATING BASE SPEICHER, Iraq -- Soldiers of the 701st Main Support Battalion, surpassed
one million miles driven without a combat loss in support of the 1st Infantry Division in Iraq.
The million mile mark
was reached when a 701st MSB combat logistics patrol returned to FOB Speicher from FOB Summerall on Dec. 28. The CLP, led
by Bravo Company's 1st Lt. Tomas Campbell, was greeted by a formation of 701st troops and leaders.
A ceremony, attended
by Brig. Gen. Stephen Mundt, the 1st Infantry Division assistant division commander for support, and Col. Paul Wentz, the
1st ID division support commander, was held in the battalion's CLP rehearsal facility.
Read more...
Village Assessments in Afghanistan
By Staff Sgt. Bradley Rhen - CTF Thunder Public Affairs Office
BORLAK, Afghanistan - The phrase "remote
Afghan village" is nearly as redundant as "frozen tundra." Many villages here are so far off the beaten path it takes a Global
Positioning System and some guess work to get to them.
Sometimes, the most difficult part of helping some of
these remote villages is locating them.
On Jan. 6, Soldiers from the Sharana Provincial Reconstruction Team traveled
to this village in central Paktika Province to assess it so the PRT can provide assistance in the future.
After
a three-hour convoy across the snow-covered plains of central Paktika, they arrived at the village of about 1,500 people.
Read more...
Civil Affairs Delivering Good Will
By Sgt. Antonieta Rico - 10th Mountain Division Public Affairs
BAGHDAD, Iraq - Among the war-torn
people of Iraq, those who cannot voice their suffering are easily overlooked.
Some of those people include the
children of the Qadisya Institute for Special Needs in Baghdad. Administrative red tape compounds the neglect these mentally
and physically disabled children suffer.
But Soldiers from the Civil Affairs Team (CAT) A, attached to the 91st
Engineer Battalion from Fort Hood, Texas, overcame the red tape on Dec. 28 and successfully delivered a bus to the school.
The bus will help carry the children to and from the institute.
Read more...
Sergeant Audie Murphy Club Induction in Afghanistan
By Staff Sgt. Bradley Rhen - CTF Thunder Public Affairs Office
FORWARD OPERATING BASE SALERNO,
Afghanistan -- Sgt. Audie Murphy made a name for himself on the battlefields of World War II, earning nearly every medal
there is for valor, including the Medal of Honor.
It only makes sense then that the club that bears his name
does not cease to operate in a combat zone.
That was the reasoning for Combined Task Force Thunder to hold a
Sgt. Audie Murphy Club board here on Dec. 11. Sixteen noncommissioned officers from across Regional Command East faced the
board, and all passed.
The new members were officially inducted into the club during a ceremony here Jan. 7.
Read more...
Project to Ease Overcrowding in Dahok
By Nicole Dalrymple, Gulf Region Northern District - US Army Corps of Engineers
Mosul, Iraq
-- The construction of four brand-new schools for the children of Iraq's northern-most province, Dahok, began in early
January.
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers,
in cooperation with local government officials, awarded $1.3 million for the construction of two 12-room two-story schools,
one six-room kindergarten, and one nine-room secondary school on Dec. 28. All work will be done by Dahok province contractors.
Read more...
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United We Stand
God Bless America
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Were
it not for the brave,
there would be no Land of the Free!
Chuck *Doc* Stewart
Syracuse, New York
Patriotic Graphics - http://geckocountry.com/milgraphics.htm
Military and Veteran Links - http://geckocountry.com/military.htm
Doc's Military Site - http://geckocountry.com/dedication.htm
Visit the site of Nikki Mendicino, a 15 year old (oops...16 year old now) POW/MIA activist and Veteran Advocate for
the past seven years. Read about her many accomplishments and awards. http://nikkiusa.com
A website every Vietnam Vet should see: http://www.vietnamwall.org/
Remember our POW/MIA's
I'll never forget!
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Subject: Vietnam vets to get 'true homecoming'
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Friday, January 14, 2005
Vietnam
vets to get 'true homecoming'
Grand-scale,
weeklong event with 100,000 to say thank you
Posted: January 14, 2005
1:00 a.m. Eastern
© 2005 WorldNetDaily.com
On the 30th anniversary of the end of the war, Vietnam veterans will be given the "homecoming celebration they never received"
at a conference organizers hope will draw 100,000 people.
Vietnam veterans memorial in Washington, D.C. |
"During those three decades, the brave men and women who served in that conflict have never been given the recognition
they deserve for their heroic sacrifices in service to our country," the organizers, Operation
Homecoming USA, say in a statement.
"Now, the time for that recognition has come."
The board of directors for the first-ever national event, scheduled for June 13-19 in Branson, Mo., include
entrepreneur and former presidential candidate Ross Perot, chairman emeritus of UPS Stores Jim Amos and NFL Hall of Famer
Jackie Smith.
"By honoring those who answered their country's call during a difficult time in our nation's history, the legacy of duty,
honor and country will be passed on to America's sons and daughters who will be called to serve in the future," the organizers
say. "It's an idea whose time has come."
The weeklong tribute will be capped off by a festival of national acts, including the Oak Ridge Boys, the Fifth
Dimension, the Temptations, the Supremes, the Beach Boys, Creedance Clearwater Revisited, Ann-Margret, Mary Wilson, Tony Orlando,
Les Brown's Band of Renown with Les Brown, Jr., and the Dallas Cowboy Cheerleaders.
It also will feature a flyover of every type of aircraft used in the war.
During the week, smaller-scale reunions of veterans will be organized.
Operation Homecoming USA said it "approached a broad spectrum of national and regional experts to provide oversight of
this sensitive project."
The event comes after a presidential election campaign that revisted some of the war's most contentious issues. But the
spotlight on John Kerry's 1972 characterization of Vietnam servicemen as war criminals -- regarded as a major reason why they
were scorned -- brought out many veterans publicly to help set the record straight and defend their honor.
A promotional video on the organizers' website says, "Over 3 million proud men and women served their country. Unfortunately,
in the political debate, the Vietnam veteran was left on the battlefield."
The video says the idea for the conference began as a conversation between two Missouri veterans, Gary Linderer and Steve
Presley.
Speaking at a news conference captured on the video, Amos said putting the event together is "a duty born out of love,
and it is the right thing to do."
"What has remained for more than 30 years has been a hole in the heart of America," he said. "Now is the time for healing.
Now is the time to welcome home the only veterans group that has never been officially welcomed home in American history."
The event, Amos said, will say "Thank you to our fallen brothers and sisters on the other side of that wall. And,
while its been a long time coming, to those Vietnam veterans on this side of the wall, welcome home."
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I WENT TO SEE THE BIG BLACK WALL TODAY
GOD BLESS AMERICA TONIGHT
(turn on your speakers)
Eric Horner's song "WELCOME HOME"
Lee Greenwood as a guest singer
Lets help the Iraqi People directly. Please learn how you can help
the Iraqi People in these CAP Villages. Get involved. Let the Iraqi People learn the truth of the
kindness of the American People.
If the interest to help is there, maybe something
can be started with the right people helping out! During the Vietnam War, packages of needed goods were
sent directly through the U.S. Mail to CAP Marines. The U.S. Navy Corpsmen could always use some family medical
supplies to pass around. However, because of the War on Terrorism and packages, there might be rules in place now.
Sometimes, these villages needed schools. The CAP Marines and Navy Seabees did the
work for free. However, cost of supplies to build and run the school were donated by CAP Marines' families, friends,
former schoolmates, fellow-Church members, etc. I heard of one CAP Navy Corpsman, who paid for one school himself.
During the Vietnam War, few Americans ever heard of CAP Villages.
Each of the American Military Branches had their own Civil Action Programs. Many Americans, who served in Vietnam, had
their own personal Civil Action Programs. (The truth is here on the internet...)
Pictures From A Marine Corps' CAP Villlage.
TO KEEP A VILLAGE FREE LIFE Magazine
DUC DUC RESETTLEMENT VILLAGE MASSACRE
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