Should Vietnam-era Vets be addressed as "Vietnam Vets"?

Congress has NOT declared war since WWII. Vietnam was just another conflict that we lost.

SPC Matt Ovaska - Even though a conflict it still war as were the conflicts in the middle east since. As said before even though you were not in the war zones you still were available to be called on at any time. Hell, right out of basic in the Army sat on duffle bags for 3 days while the bay of pigs was going on. Anyone served in our military should be able to be era kind of vets with honor!!!!

SPC Matt Ovaska -
" Vietnam was just another conflict"?
When Some SOB'S Trying To Kill Me & I'm Doing The Same To Him,
It's A "WAR" ~ Call It What You May The Results Are Identical ~
~PEOPLE DIE In COMBAT~

I render a slow hand salute to all that served. In my mind, the acid test is if you earned the “Vietnam Campaign Medal”. One had to earn that before the the “Republic of Vietnam” medal. As a Vietnam veteran, I hold no ill feeling towards those that served in other capacities.

So I was ORDERED to Iwakuni to stage for NAM, but while there word came down the the war may be getting close to an end. But that didn't stop me from breaking my back and being sent stateside in a body cast. I saw some of those men when they came back and to me, there is just something special I carry in my heart for all of them, even tho I should have gone. Out of respect for those who made it back, I refer to myself as a Vietnam Era Marine (Veteran). There's just a difference!

PFC Kay Armstrong - Hmm. Ms. Miller, you were in the Armed Services at a time that others were serving in Vietnam. You are not a "veteran" of that particular war. Although you sound as if you wanted to go to Vietnam and do what you could to help the men who were on the front lines. That would have made you a Vietnam Veteran. You have nothing to be ashamed of as you did the tasks you were assigned, but you are not a Veteran of the Vietnam War. And being a Veteran of the Vietnam War was looked down upon by a very large number of people who didn't serve one day in the Armed Forces of the United States. After all they were too busy enjoying the benefits of not serving, right? Benefits that people like you and me made possible by our service in the Armed Forces of the United States. OhhhRAH!

It was called the Vietnam War, and for those that were there it was a WAR.

Cpl Edward Allen -
I AGREE ~ Same Here
" there is just something special I carry in my heart for all of them, even though I should have gone. Out of respect for those who made it back, I refer to myself as a Vietnam Era Marine (Veteran). There's just a difference"!
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THAT'S a "B I N G O " Right On Target
USAF 1961 - 1965 , Old Timer SOB ~~ Est: "6 YEARS Older Than Dirt"

A1C James Plowden - Even though a conflict it still war as were the conflicts in the middle east since. As said before even though you were not in the war zones you still were available to be called on at any time. Hell, right out of basic in the Army sat on duffle bags for 3 days while the bay of pigs was going on. Anyone served in our military should be able to be era kind of vets with honor!!!!

the longest day was the day I finally boarded a jet in Cam Ranh Bay. I shed a tear of joy when we landed in Ft Lewis. It dried up when I got off that plane. You can label me with what ever makes you feel good. I made it back! Alive, without a purple heart. Sad because I lost brothers who didn't make it. Time to move on.

A1C James Plowden -
Cuban Crisis ! Little Rock AFB, (SAC) Jacksonville, Arkansas
Where Everyone Worked 12 Hour Shifts ~ No Days Off ~ Airmen Loading B-52's With Nukes, And Fighter Jets On The Alert Pads, While Too Damned Busy To Be Terrified.

I went first after I got out of a army hospital in Hawaii and reassigned they sent my brother from Korea crazy.