A large crowd turned out for the 16th annual Vietnam Veterans Recognition Day ceremony on April 29 at Camp Lejeune’s Vietnam Veterans Memorial Gardens hosted by VVA Jon Panarese Chapter 654 in Jacksonville, North Carolina.
“The mission coming out here today was just to acknowledge the superb service that our Vietnam veterans have given to their country,” said Col. Michael L. Scalise, deputy commander of Marine Corps Installations-East Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune.
“Camp Lejeune is very fortunate in having a lot of Vietnam veterans in the area.”