Obama, in his speech during the ceremony, wasn’t even subtle about it. In fact, the Vietnam War commemoration began on May 16, 2012, the day Obama awarded the Medal of Honor to Leslie Halasz Sabo Jr. Somewhat arbitrarily, the Obama administration set 1963 as the Vietnam War’s beginning, which meant the 50-year anniversary observances began with that year’s Memorial Day celebration. The applause lasted for nearly a full minute, with President Barack Obama leading the tribute. (This was Leslie’s final letter to his brother) I’m taking R&R in mid-July, it won’t be much longer now and I’ll be home. I’m going to finish this letter so I can give it to somebody to mail before they pick us up. By the way, I saw George was the head of a committee. I was very surprised to see your picture in the Ledger which I did about two weeks ago, so I cut it out and put it in my photo album and have been carrying it since. It almost seemed like we were back at some fort in the US. Here at An Khe we have a large PX and a service club. Our battalion is now stationed at An Khe. You mentioned my being in a new mountain. Tell George I think his grades are really good, I can’t imagine how he can take so many hours and still get good grades. Also I am very proud of Tony for making the team. I received Tony and Stevie’s letters a while ago. ![]() Yesterday I received your letter and was very happy to hear from you.
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