National Vietnam War 2026

I am not a veteran of the conflict in Viet Nam. I am a "Viet Nam era" veteran however.

Today is National Vietnam War Veterans Day held as the result of Vietnam War the Veterans Recognition Act of 2017.

It happens each year on March 29 to honor the 3 million+ Americans who served in the Vietnam War — as well as those who didn't make it back home afterward.

The day honors all who served between 1955 and 1975, especially those who were not welcomed home properly like my step father.

He was wounded in action arriving in casts for two broken collar bones ... and the so-called "hippies" in San Francisco threw rocks and trash at him as well as verbally insulting and abusing him as he was being escorted though the airport.

Why weren't they fired upon by armed guards?

The country never did anything about this egregious mistreatment either.

This day serves to give Vietnam veterans that gratitude and recognition they deserved upon their return instead of the gross mistreatment they received.

It was set into place by President Nixon in 1974 for March 29. It was officially established as an annual national observance by President Donald Trump in 2017.

Local communities and American Legion posts hold ceremonies, breakfasts, and the laying of wreaths such as at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, DC.

Sometimes there is absolutely no decorum in a free nation.