More than 700 people attended the Chattanooga National Cemetery’s annual Veterans Day ceremony today.
Retired Read Admiral Noah Long was the guest speaker.
He told the crowd there was no celebration or parades for he and his fellow Vietnam veterans when they returned.
“We have collectively vowed to never again allow our nation to treat our veterans the way we were treated,” he said.
More than 50 veterans organizations were represented at the ceremony.
Todd South covers courts and the military for the Times Free Press. He has worked at the paper for three years and previously covered crime and safety in Southeast Tennessee and North Georgia. Todd’s hometown is Dodge City, Kan. He served five years in the U.S. Marine Corps and deployed to Iraq before returning to school for his journalism degree from the University of Georgia. Todd previously worked at the Anniston (Ala.) Star. Contact Todd ...
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