VVAW member Dennis Boyer was going through an old footlocker and found a bag of old VVAW patches. He couldn't remember their origin but knew they were from the old days. He sent them to the VVAW National Office. After sending long-time VVAW leader Barry Romo one, these were his reflections.
Wow! In the '70s, VVAW expanded gigantically in Vietnam. I mean 10,000 of our members were there or flying in and out of there. Sometime in the '70s, I was speaking someplace. A local member came up afterward. I don't remember who or when or where. But he gave me the patch I just got in the mail. The one our friend found. He said that he had bought it at a kiosk outside of Saigon. I don't know if it was Chinatown or what section. But it wasn't right in Saigon. He saw them and bought a bunch of them.
Part of the war plan was to get thousands of Korean troops to Vietnam. Part of the deal was they had to allow an equal number of small business people to come as well.... Read More
