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‘It was emotional’: Army vet of Vietnam War says Honor Flight provided ‘closure’ for his experience

Vietnam War veteran Dan Neely of Woodstock stands in front of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial with its wall of names of American military men and women who died in the war. “I think you walk past the wall, particularly for Vietnam vets,” he said, “and you see the names … you remember.” (Courtesy photo)

For U.S. Army Vietnam veteran Dan Neely, November brings both Veterans Day and an anniversary that he never forgets. “Fifty-four years ago today I was drafted,” he said Friday, Nov. […]

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