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Vietnam Veteran is not what we are, but it is who we are. Vietnam did not end in the 70’s, but goes on still today. Vietnam was not just a war, not just a place where blood was shed and lives lost. Vietnam is a place where deep friendships were made, characters assembled and lives changed forever.

Vietnam Vet is not a title, it is a statement.

That statement is: We went, we fought, suffered and ...yet endured to see another day, another way of life. The Vietnam Vet has come full circle, finding old buddies; healing minds and hearts with that phrase we never heard, “Welcome Home.” We have people who thank us on Veterans Day, wishing their best to us and saying prayers for us. The Vietnam Vet has earned his place in society, paid in full. Yet we are, by our own standards, indebted to our brothers, those who gave their lives, their blood or their minds. We stand proud for who we are and what we have done in life. Let us, upon whose shoulders it bears, become the source of healing for our own brothers.



Rick Bartholomew was born in a small town in upstate New York.Rick joined the Marine Corps in 1966 and served with the Third Battalion Third Marines in Vietnam. All proceeds from book sales will be donated to

us wounded soldiers foundation

http://www.uswoundedsoldiers.com/