{"id":31770,"date":"2018-08-13T21:25:44","date_gmt":"2018-08-13T21:25:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/?p=31770"},"modified":"2018-08-13T21:25:44","modified_gmt":"2018-08-13T21:25:44","slug":"now-theyre-offering-salutes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/?p=31770","title":{"rendered":"Now they’re offering salutes"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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AMARILLO, Texas<\/strong> — There’s a first time for everything, as in everything. <\/em><\/p>\n

Those of us who saw duty in Vietnam have been receiving belated — but still quite welcome — greetings from our fellow travelers.<\/p>\n

Today, while walking through a grocery story in west Amarillo, a gentleman saw the “Vietnam Veteran” cap on my noggin and snapped a salute, while thanking me for my service.<\/p>\n

My thought in the moment? Oh, my.<\/em> Moreover, the nature of the salute this fellow snapped told me he, too, once served in the military. I returned his salute and thanked him.<\/em><\/p>\n

Those of us of a certain age know how it used to be in this country. We didn’t the kind of homecoming that vets are getting these days, and deservedly so!<\/em><\/p>\n

I actually remember the first time anyone said, “Welcome home” to me after learning I had served for a time in Vietnam. That “welcome” came from a former Vietnam War SEAL and a Medal of Honor recipient. It has stayed with me.<\/p>\n

But … that’s ancient history. The nation has rediscovered its respect for veterans.<\/p>\n

For that, this veteran will be forever grateful.<\/p>\n\n

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AMARILLO, Texas — There’s a first time for everything, as in everything. Those of us who saw duty in Vietnam have been receiving belated — but still quite welcome — greetings from our fellow travelers. Today, while walking through a grocery story in west Amarillo, a gentleman saw the “Vietnam Veteran” cap on my noggin … Continue reading Now they’re offering salutes<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,12],"tags":[3226,5116],"class_list":["post-31770","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-local-news","category-military-news","tag-navy-seals","tag-vietnam-war"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31770","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=31770"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31770\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":31772,"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31770\/revisions\/31772"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=31770"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=31770"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=31770"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}