What is the perfect way to remind a Vietnam Veteran about what he accomplished, while his memory is starting to fail?
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Veterans History Project (Library of Congress)
Home Page for the Veterans History Project, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress. Motivated by the urgent need to collect the stories and experiences of war veterans while they are still among us, the U.S. Congress created the Veterans History Project in October 2000. The legislation calls upon the American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress to collect and preserve audio- and video-taped oral histories, along with documents...
If he likes to discuss it, have him get into writing it down or otherwise recording it. You said his memory is failing, so getting started now would be ideal.
And, from me, thank him for his service. Vietnam vets never got the honor they deserved. That will never happen on our watch again.