A monument memorializing members of the U.S armed forces in the Vietnam War was dedicated at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum in Yorba Linda.
A monument memorializing members of the U.S armed forces in the Vietnam War was dedicated Wednesday at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum in Yorba Linda.
The new monument depicting a soldier in war was commissioned by the Richard Nixon Foundation. It memorializes those who served. "We didn't see Vietnam as being a political war. We saw us fighting for our loved ones-our families, for the United States and then for the freedoms of the people in North Vietnam," Sanderson said.Grateful for the recognition Wednesday, Sanderson said our vets need more of it.
After addressing guests during a ceremony, former Secretary of Veterans Affairs, Robert Wilkie, greeted each vet, giving them, one by one, the national official Vietnam Veteran lapel pin.
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