Vietnam veteran is honored they ‘are finally getting the recognition they deserve’

AUGUSTA, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) – March 29 is Nationwide Vietnam Warfare Veterans Day, and it’s additionally been 50 years for the reason that final American fight troops left Vietnam.

We spoke with an area veteran who worries folks have forgotten. After trying, we couldn’t discover many occasions to mark the day.

Only one, and that was on the VA Medical Heart. In any other case, not a lot occurred to honor veterans of the Vietnam Warfare.

Larry Dodson is a Vietnam veteran who says he’s completely satisfied he and different veterans are being honored for his or her sacrifice.

“Our Vietnam veterans are lastly getting the popularity they deserve,” he stated.

He says he and different veterans had been greeted with something however a thanks for his or her service once they got here dwelling.

“We had been disrespected,” stated Dodson. “It means lots now to comprehend that individuals see us in a special mild. See that we had been attempting to defend the freedoms that our nation so richly gives.”

Dodson says he wasn’t able to share his experiences when he got here again, so he held onto them.

“I coped by holding all the things in. So I wasn’t coping. And people instances had been troubling for me,” he stated.

However his breakthrough in getting assist and changing into extra energetic within the veteran neighborhood occurred when he noticed the touring wall memorial.

“Once I went there for the primary time and noticed that wall and noticed my very own reflection in that wall. It made me cry. It introduced tears to my eyes. It made me launch so lots of these pent-up feelings,” stated Dodson.

He needs to remind veterans there are sources proper right here in Augusta to assist them.

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