By Kara Rose Staff Writer
Gazette.net
May 3, 2013
Dan Gross/The Gazette
Jim Tyson (left) of Silver Spring and Doug Cadieux of Rocklin, Calif., at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall in Washington, D.C., on Friday.
‘John’s gonna be 25 in my mind forever’
Friday was a “dream come true” for 65-year-old Doug Cadieux, who finally was finally able to honor the memory of his friend, John, after 44 years.
Cadieux, a Vietnam War veteran from Rocklin, Calif., ventured into Washington, D.C., with members of Silver Spring-based Vietnam Veterans of America to visit the Vietnam Memorial and see John’s name for the first time.
“I had a heck of a time last night getting to sleep in anticipation of coming,” said Cadieux, who served in the Air Force from 1969 to 1970.
He traveled to the area for the weekend with his wife, Joyce, after winning a radio contest.
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