National Vietnam War Veterans Day is today.  It is a day set aside to honor the veterans of the Vietnam War that served the United States. The day was made official through the Vietnam War Veterans Recognition Act of 2017 and signed into law by then-President Donald Trump.

Each year, on March 29th, Vietnam War veterans are honored for their great service and sacrifice through ceremonies and celebrations throughout the nation.  March 29, 1973, is the day U.S. Military Assistance Command, Vietnam was disestablished and the day the last U.S. combat troops departed Vietnam. In addition, on and around this same day, the U.S. Vietnam War Commemoration stated that Hanoi released the last of its acknowledged prisoners of war.

Locally, Vietnam Veterans will be honored today at a ceremony at the Chattooga County Memorial Home.  Fifteen veterans will receive Honor Awards from the State of Georgia and the U.S. Department of Defense.  The recipients are: John Adams, Army;  Terry Adams, Navy;  Michael E. Allison, Navy;  Jerry Crabtree, Army;  William Cecil Hubbard, Army;  Ralph Walter Kent, Marine Corps;  Dennis F. McCary, Navy;  Ben Sanders, Army;  Donald Wilson Smith, Navy;  Jerrold Smith, Navy;  Richard Allen Sutterfield, Army;  Conrad Trautner, Navy;  Billy Vann Trotter, Air Force;  Charles Scoggins, Army; and Aubrey Dale Housch, Army.

Awards will be presented by Major General Thomas Carden, Georgia Adjutant General, and Patricia Ross, Commissioner of the Georgia Department of Veterans Service.