FORT CAMPBELL, KY. (CLARKSVILLENOW) – More than 100 Vietnam Veterans were honored Thursday at a Welcome Home Vietnam Veterans Ceremony at Campbell Army Airfield on Post. The veterans were given a long overdue welcome home as part of the Welcome Home Veterans Celebration going on through Sunday at Beachaven Vineyards & Winery.
One veteran who served in Vietnam, William Moore, said, “It’s heartwarming to know that finally the Vietnam vets are being appreciated, thanks to all of the other vets. For the missions they have achieved and completed, it makes us look good.”
The Vietnam Veterans Welcome Home followed a Welcome Home Ceremony Thursday for 291 1st Brigade Combat Team, Bastogne, soldiers of the 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), who returned to Fort Campbell from their nine-month deployment to Iraq, Syria and Kuwait.