Fought in Three Wars, WW II to Vietnam: Major General Salve H. Matheson (Vietnam Veterans Day 2022)

From Coffee or Die.

In honor of today being a much too late, much-ignored thank you to those who fought in Vietnam and came home to a country that didn't welcome them as they should have for the most part.

Today is National Vietnam War Veterans Day.

All my blogs but one will honor them today.

MAJOR GENERAL SALVE H. MATHESON

He participated in D-Day, liberation of Holland, Battle of the Bulge  and also helped seize Hitler's Eagle's Nest.

During the Korean War, he had instrumental involvement in the  amphibious landings at Inchon and Wonsan.

In Vietnam, he assumed command of the  1st Brigade of the 101st Airborne Division and participated in the Tet Offensive.

And, I notice his name is not on the list of names to pick from as the Confederate-named Army bases are renamed.

Those Vietnam War Veterans!!!

Raise a toast to them.  That was one long and hard war.

11.   11,465 were less than 20 years old.

12.  From 1957 to 1973, the National Liberation Front assassinated 36,725  South Vietnamese and abducted 58,499.  Death squads concentrated on leaders that included teachers and minor officials.

13.  The number of North Vietnamese who were killed  was approximately 500,000 to 600,000..  Casualties: 15 million.

14.  One out of every ten Americans who served in Vietnam was a casualty.   Although the percentage who died  is similar to other wars, amputations or crippling wounds were 300 percent higher than in World War II.  75,000 Vietnam veterans are severely disabled.

50th Anniversary of the Vietnam War

The 50th anniversary of the Vietnam War will be spread out over a number of years because many Americans served over a long period of time.

The first Vietnam War commemoration event was held at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C., on Memorial Day, May 28, 2012, and will conclude on Veterans Day, November 11, 2025.