"Over the border they send us to kill and to fight for a cause they've long ago forgotten." These lines of Paul Simon's recall to Vietnam veterans the causes for which we went to fight in Vietnam and the outrages we were part of because the men who sent us had long ago forgotten the meaning of the words.

Tom Paine wrote, "Those are the times that try men's souls. The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will in this crisis shrink from the service of his country, but he that stands it now deserves the love and thanks of man and woman."

The vets will testify in panels arranged by the combat units in which they fought so that it will be easy to see the policy of each division and thus the larger policy. Each day there will be a special panel during the hours of testimony. Today, a panel on weaponry will explain the use and effects of some of the vicious and illegal weapons used in Vietnam.

Tomorrow there will be a panel on prisoners of war composed of returned POWs, parents o

These courageous men tell their stories. although they did not fight for peace, democracy and freedom as originally believed, most who returned did so with honor. Now they show their courage again by facing the madmen of politics with the truth.
They are to be applauded. (by the way, those who enjoyed committing atrocities are either still in the military or policemen)