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From The Children Of Vietnam Veterans

March 4, 2007

A tribute:

To Our Parents

Written by Redhead Infidel · Filed Under Uncategorized 

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19 Responses to “From The Children Of Vietnam Veterans”

  1. Dragonrider on March 4th, 2007 11:14 am

    This is AWSOME. Thank you Children.

  2. GoE on March 4th, 2007 11:47 am

    Of the many moving “tributes” to our military that I’ve encountered on the web, this has to rank at or near the top. We would be remiss not to acknowledge the producer and distributor of this stunning presentation, Mr. and Mrs. Gary Clegg at GCS Distributing…

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    “My wife and I originally created this presentation for our parents who served in the Vietnam War era. Many of the emotional wounds of that time are still very painful. We wanted them to know that we know their service to their country was honorable. Though we could not be there then, here is our emotional dressing for old wounds that never healed.”

    Music - “The Majestic - And the Magic” from The Majestic Original Motion Picture Soundtrack - © 2001 Hollywood Records, Inc.

    http://www.gcsdistributing.com
    gcs@gcsdistributing.com

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    Also, a tip of the hat to “Operation Mom”( http://www.operationmom.org ) who have been hosting this tribute and many others for quite some time now.

    As requested, should you wish to replay the video, please consider downloading the file for replay so as to save either site the additional bandwidth burden.

  3. James Friedman on March 4th, 2007 4:15 pm

    I am a Retired Navy Sailor and a Vetern of the sea war off the coast of South Vietnam and Thi tribute really hit home. The Toby Kieth song did also but did not hat the impact of this Tribute. This and others that I have seen in the last year or so show me, that, for the most part, our children understand what we went through better than we tend to give them credit for. My daughter is living proof of that.

    My duties at the local Navy base Police department and a total lack of funds will prevent me from joining you on March 17th but be assured that I will be there in Spirit.

    Regards and thank you for this email tribute.

  4. Muldrake on March 4th, 2007 5:14 pm

    I think this generation of children of Vietnam Veterans have a better understanding than the adults at the time of the war did.

    Great job!

    http://home.comcast.net/~bfmuldrake/vietvets.html

  5. Henry Cook on March 4th, 2007 7:02 pm

    Join us at the Wall. Stand with us in silent pride and help form a wall of protection around those now silent heroes who are now unable to stand in defense of what is sacred to us all.
    De Oppresso Liber
    Henry J. Cook III
    Military Order of The Purple Heart
    Col. U.S. Army Special Forces (Ret.)

  6. Roy D. Martin on March 4th, 2007 7:32 pm

    Colonel Cook, thanks. Due to medical problems we will not be able to attend. We will send a contribution to support those who will attend. Thank all of those Eagles that are there. Our prayers will be with you.
    May God Bless and be with You.

  7. Bill Faith on March 4th, 2007 8:09 pm

    Linked it from my place and our group blog earlier after one of several emails I got making sure I saw it. Glad to see it getting some exposure here. Absolutely awesome.

  8. Sky~Soldier on March 4th, 2007 9:33 pm

    If you get this far; many thanks, Son. Ya done good.

    Dad
    68/69

  9. Kathie Marino on March 4th, 2007 11:04 pm

    What an amazing tribute to our parents of the Viet Nam War. This awesome production flooded me with the memories of a five year old little girl, sitting on the floor with her 3 year old brother, watching soldiers, sailors, airmen and marines getting off of airplanes in San Francisco…while my mother sat on the couch, weeping because “our daddy” was not among them yet, returning home. I remember the old “reel to reel” audio tapes that we made to send my father our voices filled with love and longing. I remember getting his return tapes and squeeling with joy to hear the sound of his voice. I remember and still treasure the Vietnamese doll that he presented me with upon his miraculous arrival home. I remember a few of his disturbed nights.

    By the grace of God, we in our family, count ourselves immensly blessed to have been eventually reunited with our father. We also count ourselves immensly honored to have been associated with so many loyal and brave American Troops that made the ultimate sacrifice for freedom and this great country. We are blessed by what they did beyond measure and we still grieve for them and with their families today.

    Now, with the Gathering of Eagles, we all have the tremendous opportunity to stand up for what our heros of the past did, and what our modern day heros are doing right now, both stateside and overseas. They all must know the depth of our support for them.

    May God continue to bless my father, Col. Harry G. Riley, (US Army, Retired) and all those who love this nation and place the good of this country above themselves. May those of us who enjoy the freedom that they have preserved at such a high cost…NEVER, NEVER FORGET.

    All my love and admiration Dad,

    Kathie Marino RN
    ckhdm4@yahoo.com

  10. Fantastique on March 5th, 2007 12:08 am

    BM J,

    It’s time to get off your mommy’s computer and go to bed.

    Put on your jammies and say goodnight to the nice folks here.

  11. Yes on March 5th, 2007 2:34 pm

    Too bad the Vietnam veterans are letting one of their comrade (George Bush) ruin this country.

  12. Coop on March 5th, 2007 2:43 pm

    Comrade. Nice choice of words.

  13. Kit Jarrell on March 5th, 2007 3:04 pm

    Kathie,

    Your dad did a fantastic job raising you (and having spent so much time working with him on this, I understand where you get your values). That made me cry. Hope to meet you at the Wall.

    Kit

  14. NavyVet on March 5th, 2007 3:24 pm

    This Tribute really hit home for me. I will be at The Wall and proud to stand with my Brother Eagles.

    MMC/SS Retired

  15. Nam9thDaughter on March 5th, 2007 3:49 pm

    I haven’t cried this much since I watched them fold the flag that was draped over my Dad’s casket. Absolutely beautiful tribute to Vietnam Vets. It’s been a long time coming. Welcome home, we love you all!

    Allison

  16. tessa russell on March 5th, 2007 8:07 pm

    I just have a little comment,my dad served in vietnam,and as i grew up,he still served in it,i cried through the video,because i know now that i am not the only one who feels the way i do.my father passed away june 25,2001,,but he never passed from that war. And what allison said says is true and the flag from my dads casket was the only thing that america gave to him.And god bless whoever is still alive from that war,because you guys gave your life,for my dad and everything else…p.s. anybody that helped build hanbuger hill i would like to hear from, because my dad did,he was a sgt.e-4.any comments will be welcome

  17. antimedia on March 6th, 2007 12:02 am

    Absolutely fantastic. Thanks to everyone who had a part in making the video available. This proves that it’s never too late to say thank you. I was genuinely touched.

  18. Firerose on March 6th, 2007 1:11 am

    My daddy sent me this video. I cried the whole 2 times I watched it. Thank you so much for making this video. It really means alot to all our heros from past and present. I have adopted a soldier and send letters of support and cards of encouragement to soldier’s who are fighting at this time. This video just confirms how much I love doing what I am currently doing for them.

    Thank you from the bottom of my heart!

  19. Arch on March 7th, 2007 9:38 am

    Great video.

    I’ll see you all in DC on the 17th.

    421 TFS/366 TFW
    DaNang AB, RVN,
    1971-1972

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