The Vietnam War Veterans Recognition Act of 2017 was signed into law by President Trump, designating every March 29 as National Vietnam War Veterans Day.
Today, I am honoring my stepfather, John Ralph Emerson, who was drafted after graduation and spent years in a Vietnam POW camp: he was caged like an animal in a 4' x 4' bamboo cage, & tortured mercilessly. He lost an eye (and wore a glass eye stateside). He had a permanent hunch due to being caged for years. He wore false teeth because of malnourishment.
But he had a big heart and love to give when USA Troops eventually found him, freed him, and brought him back to America … where he met my mother - married her and adopted her 5 hellions (1 teenager (me), 2 on the verge of teen years, and 2 youngsters). John's DNA does not run through my veins, but he is the man who manned up and fathered us.
He is the one I honor with the Father title ❤️
Grand Funk Railroad - 'Gimme Shelter' song: (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yzYbSS2YNIU)
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