VIETNAM REMEMBERED: MARCH 26 IN LEMON GROVE

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By Helen Ofield

March 11, 2016 (Lemon Grove) -- The Lemon Grove Historical Society will sponsor "Vietnam Remembered" on March 26 at 2 p.m. in the Lemon Grove Library, 3001 School Lane.  The event will fall a few days in advance of national Vietnam Veterans Day and is part of "The Remembrance Project" of LGHS, which kicked off last Nov. 21 with "JFK Remembered."

Vietnam Remembered is open to the general public, especially U.S. and Vietnamese military, nurses and support staff, and families connected to them. Military historian Karl Zingheim of the USS Midway Museum will give an overview of the Vietnam War, followed by a screening of the 1970 documentary "Different Sons." The bulk of the program will center on the memories and viewpoints of the audience. The program will be videotaped for posterity and DVDs made available in about four weeks' time.

“Vietnam was the longest war in American history and sacrifice more than 58,000 soldiers (1,600 missing in action) and millions of Vietnamese, Laotians and Cambodians,” says Helen Ofield, president of the Lemon Grove Historical Society. “The war at home over the draft deeply divided the nation. But a new day has dawned and Americans are ready to talk. Please join us.” 

 


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illegal and unnecessary wars.

At all these gatherings of Vietnam Veterans, I pose the same question--has anyone ever received an answer to why we lost over 58,000 troops in Vietnam? For those who can't remember, that illegal war was over the need to stop the communist takeover of Southeast Asia, which they called the "domino effect". Well, we didn't stop communism in Vietnam and in fact the entire nation is now communistic but we still trade with the Vietnamese as if nothing ever happened. What's wrong with this picture? Anyone? We lost 58,000 of our troops for EXACTLY NOTHING! That's a lot of lives for a lie! And we continue to lies ourselves into illegal and unnecessary wars. Seems we're either slaves or none too bright.