[NYTr] VN, Iraq Vets Observe Veterans' Day, Call for Troops to Come Home

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Vietnam Veterans Against the War 
http://www.vvaw.org


VIETNAM AND IRAQ VETERANS CELEBRATE VETERANS DAY,
CALL FOR TROOPS TO COME HOME

Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Chicago
Wacker and Wabash
Sunday 11/11, 2007 - 11am

Chicago, IL - Vietnam and Iraq war veterans will gather for Vietnam 
Veterans Against the War's annual Veterans  Day ceremony Sunday
November 11 at 11 AM, at Wacker and Wabash, at the Vietnam Veterans'
Memorial (located on the northwest corner, down the steps to the river
level).

With the war in Iraq raging on despite overwhelming public opposition, 
veterans of both the Iraq and Vietnam wars will gather this Veterans
Day to honor those who have fought and call for an immediate troop 
withdrawal. "As veterans, we know the ugly realities of war. We call
for an immediate troop withdrawal before another drop of blood is shed 
because of failed policies," says Barry Romo of Vietnam Veterans
Against the War.

Speakers will include Joan Davis and Ray Parrish from VVAW, Patty
McCann and others from Iraq Veterans Against the War.

Vietnam Veterans Against the War was founded to voice returning 
service-men's-and-women's growing opposition to the Vietnam war and
grew to include more than 30,000 members. The group started the first
rap groups to deal with the war's traumatic aftereffects on GI's,
helped make known negative health effects of exposure to chemical
defoliants, and exposed Veteran's Administration attempts to cover up
Agent Orange induced illnesses. Membership in the organization has
rebounded dramatically since the lead up to the war in Iraq.  Its Web
site is www.vvaw.org.

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