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Doug Spies, Sergio Kornov, LZ Sally, Vietnam, 1968

101st Airborne Division, Firebase Airborne, A Shau Valley, Vietnam, 1969

Huey resupplying ground forces, Vietnam, August 1968

Rear:Benny Boykin, Hector Verdugl, Lt. Waruer, Ray, Van Epps, Donald Williams, “Slick” Jones, Louty, Smalls. Front: George Polite, ARVN Scout, Paul Vaccari, NVA Captain, Vietnam, Spring 1969

3rd Battalion, 1st Marine Division, Hill 37, An Hoa Basin, Vietnam, 1969

Recon 1/20th, 23rd Infantry Division, LZ Bronco, Vietnam, 1969

Kjell Tollefsen, LZ Sally, Vietnam, 1968

UH-1 Huey resupplying 4th ID Recon, Vietnam, 1969

Andre St Laurent, Boxy Burr, B-36 FOB, Vietnam, 1967

Hank Riccio, Captain Larson, Vietnam, 1967

First Marine Division Hueys, Vietnam, January 21, 1970

Donald Perreault, II Field Force HQ, Saigon, August 1969

Robert Weisel with Vietnamese orphans, Vietnam, 1966

A platoon from the First Marine Division boards a CH-46 eleven miles southeast of Da Nang, Vietnam, 1970

Marine Corps CH-46 Sea Knight, Quang Nam province, Vietnam, 1970

Chief Nurse, Linda Spoonster Schwartz, Commander of USAF hospital, Tachikawa, Japan

Joseph Godenzi, Pleiku Province, Central Highlands, Vietnam, 1968

Phil Davis, Killed in Action August 1968, Vietnam, July 1968

Tommy Tucker, Andre St. Laurent, Shoulder, Old Blue, B-36 Team at FOB, Vietnam, 1967

SP4 Robies, SP4 Norm Frazier, Recon 1/20th, 23rd Infantry Division, Vietnam, 1969

George Jones, pilot, LZ Sally, Vietnam, 1968

Marines unload from the rear of a CH-46 Sea Knight helicopter as their unit begins a Search and Clear mission 10 miles North West of Da Nang, Vietnam, 1970

CH-46 landing at Marine Corps Base Camp, Quang Nam Province, Vietnam, 1970

Jim Bear Pando, unknown, Glenn Frenchy Beaulieu, unknown, Phu Loc, Vietnam, 1969

USMC UH-34 Choctaw helicopter, Vietnam, 1966

Vietcong prisoner undergoing interrogation from US Marines, Vietnam, 1966

Ed Osbourne, Paul Vaccari, unknown, Vietnam, 1969

Fire mission for an artillery battery of 105mm howitzers, Firebase Airborne, A Shau Valley, Vietnam, 1969

Marine with M-79 grenade launcher, West of Da Nang, Vietnam, 1970

David Bunting aboard the USS Iwo Jima, South China Sea, 1966

Nicholas Byrne Jr, Chu Lai, Vietnam, 1966

Elliot Gardner, On R'n'R in Vung Tau, Vietnam, 1966

CH-47 Chinook landing supplies at LZ Pepper, Vietnam, 1969

UH-1 Huey from the Black Widow Assault Helicopter Company, Dau Tieng, Vietnam, 1967

CH-47 Chinook helicopter lifts off from Firebase Airborne, Firebase Airborne, A Shau Valley, Vietnam, 1969

Scotty Ross, Cpl Lakey, on patrol in Quang Nam Province, Vietnam, 1970

First Marine Division staging area, Vietnam, 1970

Andre St Laurent (kneeling, first from right) with LRRPs at the MACV SOG

Troopers from the 101st board a CH-47 Chinook transport helicopter, Firebase Airborne, A Shau Valley, Vietnam, 1969

David Tazzara, unknown, fire mission at LZ Pepper, Vietnam, 1969

Treefrog, Frenchy Beaulieu, unknown, Vietnam, 1969

101st Airborne Division, airmobile mission, Vietnam, 1969

UH-34s on the flight Deck of the USS Princeton, South China Sea, July-August, 1966

Donald Perreault, Skip Esterly, II Field Force HQ, Saigon, Vietnam, Fourth of July, 1969

Joseph Damiata, Hill 124, West of Da Nang, Vietnam, 1970

Greg Cannon, Jeff Keister, Gerald Winn, Fox Hill, An Hoa, Vietnam, Spring, 1969

Sp/4 Richard Maloney (second from right) with ARVN translator and G-2 Intel. Landing Zone Two Bits, Vietnam 1967.

Sp/4 Richard Maloney (second from left) and S/Sgt. Beaton (first from right) with three captured soldiers of the NLF (third, fourth, and sixth from left) and ARVN soldiers. Cordon and sweep operation with no KIA’s or wounded, Binh Dinh Province, Vietnam 1967.

Welcome Home Vietnam Vets

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Welcome Home Vietnam Veterans

Our mission is simple, yet powerful. Let us give our Vietnam veterans the welcome home they never received.

In 2010, Connecticut became the second state in the nation to pass legislation designating March 30 as Welcome Home Vietnam Veterans Day -- the date the last combat troops withdrew from Vietnam. Several additional states have since followed suit, recognizing the need to right an injustice.

The Connecticut Department of Veterans’ Affairs and the Veterans History Project at Central Connecticut State University have partnered to plan and host a much deserved Welcome Home Vietnam Veterans event on Saturday, March 31, 2012 at the Governor William A. O'Neill Armory in Hartford, CT. It will be an evening of USO entertainment, music, and dramatic readings from the letters or diaries of our Vietnam Veterans.

The event will begin at 7:00pm (Doors open at 6:00).

Food will be provided, as well as a cash bar.

If you are a Vietnam era veteran, this celebration and opportunity to catch up with old friends is for you. So please call for your tickets!

Civilians who want to honor and thank our Vietnam veterans are also invited.

Advertising space in the program booklet may be purchased by any interested businesses or persons wishing to thank Vietnam veterans, with prices available HERE. Those interested may contact Tammy Marzik of the Connecticut Department of Veterans' Affairs at:

tammy.marzik@po.state.ct.us

Photographs from the Event (click on the desired name to view photographs)

Photographs by Jeanne Christie

Photographs by Eileen Hurst

Photographs by Diana Jacaruso

Photographs by Bob Lyke

Photographs by Lorraine Schwartz

Photographs by David Sommerville

Photographs by Kevin Suares

Thank you to Jeanne Christie, Diana Jacaruso, Rob Hecker, Bob Lyke, David Sommerville, and Kevin Suares for photographing the event.

Check back soon for more photographs!

As our plans progress, we will continue to update this web page; please keep checking back for the latest event information.

You can also contact:

Eileen Hurst

Director, CCSU Veterans History Project

860 832-2976 or hursteim@ccsu.edu

We wish to thank all those who supported this event through their donations and attendance. Please visit this site again soon for photographs of the March 31st event.