Tree honors Vietnam, Iraq soldiers

Tree honors Vietnam, Iraq soldiers
One father says, "It's a shame that another generation has to go through the same thing that the Vietnam generation did."
By Sam Hananel
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

WASHINGTON -- David Fondren held back tears as he described the Thanksgiving Day attack in Iraq that left his son, Jay, a double amputee.

Fondren and other relatives, veterans and volunteers from Walter Reed Army Hospital came to the Vietnam Veterans Memorial on Wednesday to read holiday greetings to soldiers dead and alive.

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