National Vietnam War Veterans Day and the 50th year commemoration of the Military Assistance Command Vietnam Deactivation was held at the Kenosha County Center in Bristol Friday afternoon.
The commemoration was organized by Hospice Alliance and Piasecki-Althaus Funeral Home.
Each Vietnam era veteran at the ceremony was given a special pin.
In this video, Steve Tindall, past president of the Navy Club, gives a timeline of the Vietnam War:
In this video, Charlie Hansen of Hospice Alliance talks about the We Honor Veterans program:
In this video, retired US Marine Corps Major Larry Christie talks about “punching the bully in the nose”:
In this video Tindall talks about his experience during the Vietnam War era in the Mediterranean Sea, minutes away from the potential start of another war:
Here are some more photos:
