Honoring our Vietnam Veterans

WLOX 13 (South Mississippi): Honoring our Vietnam Veterans
An editorial

It's taken 38 years, but this month the men and women who fought and also died in the Vietnam War are being honored. The U.S. Senate passed a resolution that designates March 30th as "Welcome Home Vietnam Veterans Day."

58,000 Americans lost their lives in the war and the hundreds of thousands of soldiers did not receive the proper recognition when they returned home from the Vietnam War.

U.S. Senator Thad Cochran,a cosponsor of the legislation said, " The American people were torn by war in Vietnam, and the divisiveness of those times led to unfair treatment of many returning American Veterans. This resolution sets aside a day for the public to properly honor Vietnam veterans, so that the national healing process can continue and the lessons learned from that era can help today's veterans successfully readjust to civilian life after military service."

South Mississippians always have a high regard for our military members. But we can and probably should do more for our nations heroes. It is never too late to let these war heroes know that our community cares about them. On March 30th you can do just that
David Vincent