Taken from When Johnny Comes Marching Home by VVAW:
Reprinted from the May 1973, Volume 3, Number 3 issue of Winter Soldier.
In his speeches, President Nixon has time and again said how much respect and admiration he has for the Vietnam veteran. Time and again he has told America how much he intends to help the Vietnam veteran. Employment bills, more benefits, vocational training, and better educational benefits have all passed between his lips in an orgy of rhetoric, all intended to show how grateful America is for the "great sacrifices" of the veteran. With all this praise one would think that the whole country is just looking for a veteran to help. However, what are the real conditions of the Vietnam veterans, all veterans, of this country? Where do they really stand? The following is a small glimpse of the answers to these questions; a glimpse of the truth.
One would think, listening to the government's propaganda, that a vet could just walk off the street and right into a great, fulfilling job. No such luck!... Read More
