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» VIDEO – NY Mets General Manager Sandy Alderson’s Greeting to Vietnam Veterans
Vietnam Veterans looking on as Vietnam Veterans Recognition Day gets underway.
Our March 26 event observing Vietnam Veterans Recognition Day was a huge success. Despite the cold weather, hundreds of Vietnam veterans, veterans of all eras, families and friends came out to honor our heroes and remember the fallen.
The event included volunteers reading the names of New York’s 1,741 servicemembers lost in Vietnam, as well as the 89 fallen New York soldiers since 9/11/2001. Other highlights included recognition of our Gold Star families, and guest speakers including Lieutenant Commander Kim Mitchell, a Vietnamese orphan adopted by a U.S. servicemember, Command Sergeant Major Sylvia Laughlin of Fort Hamilton, Michael Rhodes, Director of the Department of Defense’s 50th Anniversary Commission for Vietnam, and National President of Vietnam Veterans of America (VVA) John Rowan. To see the event’s full program, including schedule and speaker biographies, click here.
Lieutenant Commander Kim Mitchell gets ready to address the crowd at 55 Water Street.
UWVC would like to thank our key partners, including HBO, History, Vietnam Veterans of America, VVA Manhattan Chapter 126, U-Haul, and Samaritan Village Veterans Program, who made Vietnam Veterans Recognition Day possible.
We would also like to thank all of our volunteers in attendance who made the event a huge success with their amazing effort and pride.
Finally, and most importantly, UWVC would like to thank all of our Vietnam Veterans and Gold Star Families, and who deserve our recognition and undying gratitude.
A full report on Vietnam Veterans Recognition Day is coming soon, including personal reflections and many more photos!
Representatives of Veterans organizations pose with their State of New York Proclamations.
More Resources:
» Event Program
» State of New York Proclamation
» City of New York Proclamation
» JROTC Proclamation
» Letter from Senator Kirsten Gillibrand
» Media Kit
» A Volunteer’s Blog!
» UWVC’s Flickr account featuring photos from Saturday’s event!
» More Photos from Saturday’s event. Even more to come!
About The United War Veterans Council (Vietnam Veterans Recognition Day version) now on Youtube!
A Greeting From Sandy Alderson, General Manager of the New York Mets, to All Veterans on Vietnam Veterans Recognition Day
Press coverage:
» Vietnam Veterans Honor Comrades at Memorial
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