Need credible reports of harrassment of VN vets … soon.
January 2nd, 2009 From
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>From: “Louis R. Coatney”
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>The history prof who teaches Viet Nam here has claimed that Bob
> Greene’s book HOMECOMING … describing returning Viet Nam vets
> being spit upon or verbally/etc. harrassed or mistreated … in
> college, in public, at home, etc. … is just hearsay
> exaggeration.
>
>And so … for him and selected other members of the History
> faculty here … I would appreciate any VN vets on these lists
> who experienced serious discrimination/harrassment before or
> after their VN service … or since, for it … sending me
> specific descriptions of what happened at …
>
> mslrc@uxa.ecn.bgu.edu
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>If you know of other individuals or another list who could provide
> specific instances, please forward this to them.
>
>Thank you for any assistance. As the Jews tell us, “Never again!”
> *means* “Never forget!” … and there are those who don’t want
> certain things remembered.
>
>Lou Coatney
>Macomb, Illinois
>
>CONSIM-L: Let’s PLEASE not start a discussion thread on this.
> This is for a military history list. I’m only posting it on
> CONSIM-L, because I think I remember a couple of vets who
> shared their experiences, a year or two ago.