{"id":5662,"date":"2023-11-11T08:58:06","date_gmt":"2023-11-11T13:58:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/doctoraviation.com\/?p=5662"},"modified":"2023-11-11T08:58:07","modified_gmt":"2023-11-11T13:58:07","slug":"veterans-day-2023-remembering-the-vietnam-pows","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/doctoraviation.com\/veterans-day-2023-remembering-the-vietnam-pows\/","title":{"rendered":"Veteran\u2019s Day 2023: Remembering the Vietnam POWs"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
Today we celebrate Veteran’s Day in the United States. We pause to remember the POWs of Vietnam. this year marks the 50th<\/sup> Anniversary of Operation Homecoming. For the Prisoners of War (POWs) returning from Vietnam it is an event to be celebrated daily.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Vietnam War was long and controversial within the United Sates. It \u201cofficially\u201d began after the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution in 1964 under President Johnson. However, President John Kennedy had military advisors in Vietnam before that date. The war temporarily ended in January 1973 with the signing of the Paris Peace Talks Peace Treaty. The North Communist Vietnamese government simply waited two years and re-invaded the democratic South Vietnam, causing it to fall to communist hands on April 30, 1975.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Contrary to popular opinion and press not everyone in the United States opposed the war. Certainly there were highly publicized demonstrations against the war on some streets and many college campuses. However, there were also marches of support, which were not as highly publicized. A number of Americans knew what would happen to the Vietnamese people if the communists took control: There would be a loss of religious liberty, freedom of the press and freedom of speech. This is indeed what happened to Vietnam after the communist took over. Even today there is a limitation on religious and other freedoms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n According the Jim Webb (former Senator from Virginia) over 70% of the servicemen killed in Vietnam were volunteers. Those who returned from the war were not always welcomed warmly. My cousin, Marine Ron Stith, among them. This is a wrong that we are just beginning to right in the United States.<\/p>\n\n\nVietnam War<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Who Served and Who was Held<\/h2>\n\n\n\n