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The Defining Generation The Defining Generation By Doug and Pam Sterner "Even this evil is productive of good. It prevents the degeneracy of government and nourishes a general attention to the public affairs. "I hold that a little rebellion now and then is a good thing, and as necessary in the political world as storms in the physical." Thomas Jefferson In a letter to James Madison regarding Shay's Rebellion This electronic book is available for free download and printing from www.homeofheroes.com. You may print and distribute in quantity for all non-profit, educational purposes. Copyright 2018 by Legal Help for Veterans, PLLC ALL RIGHTS RESERVED Introduction Since the birth of our nation in 1776, no single generation of Americans has been spared the responsibility of defending freedom by force of arms. In 1958 the first small American unit visited the land known as Vietnam. It wasn't until 1975 that the last troops assisted the Vietnamese evacuation process. Over 9,800,000 US troops served in Vietnam and more than 58,000 were lost. Many died after the war from wounds, the effects of Agent Orange and PTSD. Some suffer to this day. Most have gone on to become productive citizens. It has always been popular throughout our Nation’s short history to take wars and somehow, for posterity sake, condense them down into some catchy title and memorable synopsis. World War I was known as "The War to End All Wars". It wasn't! Twenty-three years after the Doughboys returned home a new generation of Americans was confronted with the likes of Normandy, Guadalcanal, and Iwo Jima. The veterans of that war have become known as "The Greatest Generation" which is a fitting tribute to the men and women who may well have saved our world. Then it was "The Forgotten War"... memories of Inchon and The Chosin Reservoir, Korea, where thousands lost their lives. As long as that struggle is remembered as "The Forgotten War", it is never truly forgotten nor are the brave men and women who wrote that chapter in world history. Vietnam was not a popular war and we, as a nation, have struggled for over 25 years to define the Vietnam War. I have heard it called "The War We Lost", others have hailed it as “The Wasted Effort", but no one has put Vietnam into a context that really defines this chapter in our Nation’s history. I truly believe that the Vietnam experience has shaped our nation and the world, more than most wars in our Nation's history. The experience has forged the decisions of nine presidents. Presidents Eisenhower and Kennedy sent the first troops to Vietnam. President Johnson knew that in his heart he could not succeed as he intended in Vietnam, but that provided him the motivation to succeed here at home with regard to minority equal rights. First Amendment rights were used to protest Vietnam, but it also provided the media a means to cover the war so that it could be brought into millions of homes and watched for dinner. The Federal Elections Commission was developed out of the Watergate scandal to make politicians accountable to its citizens. The pro Vietnam California Governor, who went on to become President Reagan came to our Nation as though he was in the last period of a football game determined to rally our country to overcome the cold war and defeat the Soviet Bloc. President Bush Senior along with General Colin Powell used the history of Vietnam to gain a staggering defeat over Iraq in the Gulf War. President Clinton sent Pete Peterson, a Vietnam Veteran, to be our ambassador to Vietnam. The current President George Bush must use the lessons of Vietnam in Afghanistan. Whether you are in the chambers of United States Congress, the halls of the Pentagon, or listening to the news of the day, major decisions always use Vietnam as a reference point. We can't say what would have occurred if we wouldn't have gone into Vietnam, nor can we say what would have occurred if we now occupied Vietnam. We can't speculate because it's not history. What is history is what I've described. iii So how should we take the responsibility to encapsulate the Vietnam War with a historical defining phrase? Humbly I believe it should go down in history as the "The Defining War." To define means to mark, to identify, to discover, to find meaning. Through Vietnam we discovered ourselves, were given meaning, and an identity for which we can stand as a nation. It defined us either directly or indirectly, during the war or after, in terms of strength, compassion, tolerance, patriotism, rights, perseverance, determination, sacrifice, and freedom. Today, we are being tested with regard to how we define ourselves and the price we are willing to pay for our freedom. The Vietnam War was not our darkest moment but has been our nation's guiding light. Peter C. Lemon, Recipient Congressional Medal of Honor From a Veterans Day Address in his home state of Michigan, 2001 iv Table of Contents INTRODUCTION ........................................................................................................................... III PREFACE .................................................................................................................................... VII OUT WITH THE OLD ................................................................................................................ 1 THE DEFINING GENERATION ........................................................................................................ 3 DEFINING THE NEW................................................................................................................. 5 JOHN FITZGERALD KENNEDY ....................................................................................................... 6 ROGER H. C. DONLON ............................................................................................................... 12 ROBERT ROBIN MOORE ............................................................................................................. 24 BARRY SADLER ......................................................................................................................... 29 DON BENDELL ........................................................................................................................... 33 DEFINING EQUALITY ............................................................................................................ 35 WHEN WORLDS COLLIDE .......................................................................................................... 36 DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING ....................................................................................................... 39 JIMMY STANFORD & VINCE YRINEO .......................................................................................... 51 MILTON LEE OLIVE, III .............................................................................................................. 55 SPECIALIST LAWRENCE JOEL ..................................................................................................... 61 BLACK MEDAL OF HONOR HEROES OF THE VIETNAM WAR ...................................................... 66 SAMMY LEE DAVIS .................................................................................................................... 80 DEFINING THE ROLE OF THE SEXES ............................................................................... 87 EVOLUTION OF A HUSBAND ....................................................................................................... 88 REMEMBER THE LADIES ............................................................................................................. 91 ROSIE THE RIVETER ................................................................................................................. 103 DR. MARGUERITE GUZMAN BOUVARD .................................................................................... 108 LINDA G. ALVARADO .............................................................................................................. 111 KAREN IRENE OFFUTT ............................................................................................................. 118 WOMEN IN MILITARY SERVICE ................................................................................................ 122 LIEUTENANT GENERAL CAROL MUTTER ................................................................................. 130 DEFINING HUMAN RIGHTS ............................................................................................... 140 MY BROTHER'S KEEPER ........................................................................................................... 141 WHO IS MY BROTHER? ............................................................................................................ 152 CHRISTOPHER DODD & CHRISTOPHER SHAYS ......................................................................... 159 DON BENDELL ......................................................................................................................... 172 SIR EDWARD ARTIS ................................................................................................................. 182 GENERAL COLIN L. POWELL .................................................................................................... 191 DEFINING ENTERTAINMENT ............................................................................................ 207 LIFE IMITATING ART ................................................................................................................ 208 TROUBLED WATERS................................................................................................................
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