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Veteran recounts Vietnam service and difficult homecoming during Menifee public comment
Summary
A Menifee resident and Vietnam veteran told city officials he was drafted in 1967, served in Vietnam in 1969, faced a hostile homecoming, and later found community and renewed pride after founding a veterans club in the Oasis neighborhood.
A Menifee resident and Vietnam veteran told city officials during public comment that he was drafted in late 1967, served two years in the Army and spent the full year of 1969 in Vietnam.
The speaker, who identified his service and family military history but did not give his name, said he was trained as a clerk and that military service runs in his family:…
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