Vet returns home after 47 years........
"After 47 years, Staff Sgt. James Lee VanBendegom is coming home to Kenosha Sunday."
Locally this is and has been a big deal for a long, long time.....47 years
http://www.kenoshanews.com/news/
DW went to school with him and knew him well.....I met him back when as well.
Just in time for Veterans Day.
I can't think of a better way to say thanks....
"The Kenosha soldier was wounded on July 12, 1967, when his unit, B Company, 1st Battalion, 12th Infantry Regiment, was ambushed by the North Vietnamese near the Cambodian border. It wasn’t until last month that his remains were identified."
His old unit....B Company, 1st Battalion, 12th Infantry Regiment...still exists, and members not deployed in Afghanistan at the moment, will be on hand to welcome him home.
Thank a Vet......
