Like most soldiers returning from Vietnam I was proud to have served and proud to return to a way of life unknown to those we had spent the last year with. We arrived on August 9, 1971 and was treated very nicely by the personnel at the processing station where we were given new uniforms, a great meal and then processed quickly so that we could leave under a curtain of darkness to San Francisco International airport that we may depart to home. That is where we received our true welcome home committee from the Jane Fonda and John Kerry wanna bees. They welcomed us with rotten fruit and vegetables, spit on us, threw urine and other vile liquids on us all the time cursing us and calling us murderers, baby killers and that we should DIE right here. We were protected from any large items being thrown at us with the chain link fencing used as a gateway to the airport. It was nice flying home in a uniform that stank and it seemed everyone hated. This is the memory that I live with daily! Thanks to all my fellow Americans for the welcome home ceremony that will last me all my life.....I do forgive you and hope some day you'll understand the hurt and scars from your reception at San Francisco International HELLport!

Anonymous
Gadsden, AL