Stand Tall Vietnam Veterans by Dr. D. N. Christensen, WW II Vet The Democratic convention brought to memory their meeting in Chicago in 1968 which was totally disrupted by the Viet-Nam War protesters. Several of those people (Tom and Jane Fonda Hayden) were professional protesters appearing at numerous rallies. Protests were orchestrated in part by the American Communist Party and allegedly financed through secret connections with the Russian Communists. The purpose of the Viet-Nam War was never forcefully explained to the American public, and the communist inspired protests led many uninformed Americans to act in a most disgraceful way toward Viet-Nam veterans who served with great honor when our nation called. Perhaps some of your readers will recall Viet-Nam and 40 years of the Cold War. Prior to WWII, Russia had a treaty with Germany and Japan which was broken when Hitler attacked Russia. A major blunder by Hitler or otherwise Russia may have been allied against us, thereby changing the outcome of WWII. Russia did not declare war on Japan until three months before the end of WWII, and they did so only to gain access to Korea and some Japanese-held islands (Sakhlin). During WWII, the USA sent billions of dollars in supplies to the Russians because we mistakenly believed they (Stalin) were our friends. In May 1945...read the rest of this story at: grunt/corps/scuttlebutt/marine-corps-stories/stand-tall-vietnam-veterans/ Submit your War Era stories at: grunt/corps/stories/post/
Posted on: Mon, 02 Sep 2013 14:00:01 +0000
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