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Greg Stanton: “Vietnam veterans did not get that welcome home at that time.”

Featuring: Greg Stanton, Democratic | U.S. House, Arizona, District 4

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Stanton Interviews Veterans: Rick (Veterans Day 2025)

Published | Video Starts at 06:24

As fellow Americans, we still need to send a clear message to our Vietnam era service women and men. And that is thank you for your service. Welcome home. I mean, they Vietnam veterans did not get that welcome home at that time. And that still impacts their lives. They sacrificed everything, put their lives at risk and they came home in so many ways to a country that wasn't ready to accept them for the service they had provided them. (06:24–06:27)

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Asserts that Vietnam veterans were not properly welcomed home after their service.

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