Group of Newark area vets working to help next generation

Group of Newark area vets working to help next generation

Written by
Anna Sudar
Advocate Reporter

NEWARK -- When Laird Lee returned home from the Vietnam war, he didn't receive a warm welcome.

Like many other Vietnam veterans, people called him names and spit on him.

A Purple Heart veteran, Lee decided to turn his negative experience into something positive. He joined the Glenn Cunningham Chapter 840 of The Military Order of the Purple Heart to make sure veterans of the next generation get the honor they deserve.

"We remember that, and that's why now we have an organization here in Newark. We are trying to let (veterans) know they deserve to be heroes and welcome them home," Lee said. "That's why we are putting our hearts and souls into this."
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Group of Newark area vets working to help next generation