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Defensieattache Col. Julexy Tambayong ontvangt Waarderingspenning

Vanwege zijn jarenlange inzet voor de vriendschap tussen Nederlandse veteranen en Indonesie ontving Kolonel Julexy Tambayong, defensieattache van de Republiek Indonesie in Nederland, de waarderingspenning van de Stichting Herdenking Veteranen op 20 september in restaurant Poentjak.  De sympatieke Julexy heeft zich ondermeer ingezet voor het ter beschikking stellen van ruimte tbv Veteranen op de Pasar …

Barack Obama condemns America’s treatment of Vietnam veterans as ‘national shame’

President Barack Obama called America’s treatment of its Vietnam veterans “a disgrace”, as he vowed that soldiers returning from the unpopular wars in Iraq and Afghanistan would not suffer the same dishonour. Speaking before a monument to the 60,000 Americans killed in Vietnam, Mr Obama said the war was “one of the most painful chapters …

Our veterans deserve better, what is the responsibility of those still in uniform?

By CHARLES D. ALLEN Retired Army Col. Charles D. Allen is the professor of leadership and cultural studies at the ArmyWarCollege. In the summer of 1932, amid the Great Depression, several thousand veterans of World War I gathered in the nation’s capital to express their discontent with theU.S.government. In particular, they came to protest the …