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Im so glad to be home
Vietnam veterans honored with ceremony at Cottrell Field
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Vietnam War veterans uncase a 50th Anniversary Commemorative flag for the Vietnam war during a welcome-home ceremony Friday. - photo by Cailtin Kenney
Fort Stewart, Hinesville and the nation finally welcomed home veterans from the Vietnam War on Friday evening on Fort Stewart’s Cottrell Field. The grassy field, where so many recent welcome-home ceremonies have taken place, gave itself to healing a generation of military-service members who only wanted to be recognized for answering the call to service during a time of war. For one veteran, the ceremony was not only for those who could make it, but also, especially, for those who could not.
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