The history and meaning of Veterans Day...
A grateful nation honors the past and current service of the United States Military.
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On this Veterans Day, Roots From the Bayou honors and remembers the service of the following Catahoula Parish soldiers who paid the ultimate sacrifice in the Vietnam War.
War drew us from our homeland
in the sunlit springtime of our youth
Those who did not come back alive remain
in perpetual springtime, forever young
And a part of them is with us always
~Author Unknown
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| LCPL Jerry Roy Long, Sicily Island, Catahoula Parish, Louisiana 1946-1967 |
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| PFC Budrow Bass, Jr., Jonesville, Catahoula Parish, Louisiana 1947-1968 |
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| SFC Howard Lee Early, Jonesville, Catahoula Parish, Louisiana 1932-1969 |
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| PFC Hubert Aaron Erwin, Jonesville, Catahoula Parish, Louisiana 1947-1966 |
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| SP4 Dave Mayes, Jr., Jonesville, Catahoula Parish, Louisiana 1940-1965 |
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| SGT James Hardy White, Jonesville, Catahoula Parish, Louisiana 1947-1968 |
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| SSGT Jimmy Ronald Walton, Harrisonburg, Catahoula Parish, Louisiana 1943-1970 |
Photographs and remembrances can be found on the website, Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund. Please consider donating to this fund. From their website:
"The Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund is committed to keeping the stories and lives of the 58,286 men and women on The Wall--as well as all those who made the ultimate sacrifice in service to country--alive for generations to come."
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