COUNTY LIFE
Vietnam remembered – Local veterans reflect on wartime experiences
By DEBRA DUNLAP
April marked the 50th anniversary of the first American troopers arriving in the Vietnam War and the 40th since the last troops left the war-ravaged country.
Four Montague County Vietnam veterans got together recently to reflect on their wartime experiences and how their lives were forever changed.
The first American troops arrived in Vietnam in the spring of 1965 as a result of the escalation of the United States involvement in the extended conflict between North and South Vietnam.
The last American troops withdrew 10 long years later, after the fall of Saigon on April 30, 1975. During this conflict more than three million people, including 58,000 Americans, were killed.
In 1985, Richard Nixon was quoted as saying, “No event in American history is more misunderstood than the Vietnam War. It was misreported then, and it is misremembered now.”
Even today, decades after the end of the Vietnam War, there are still as many opinions on America’s involvement as there were before the first soldiers’ feet hit the jungle soil.
April marked the 40th anniversary of the final withdrawal of U.S. troops from Vietnam and the 50th year since the first troops arrived.
Looking back, the politics and opinions of the day are just not important. What matters are the lives lost or forever changed of the young Americans who obediently and bravely served in that war.
Read the full feature in your weekend News.
The Bowie City Council will meet at 6 p.m. on Feb. 10 in the council chambers.
In new business the agenda topics are: ordinance adopting and updating national and international building codes; ordinance amending residential uses of land and buildings related to tiny houses; resolution authorizing the submission of a grant for the server replacement project and re-appointments of five members to the board of adjustment and appeals.
Public comments concluded the agenda.
The Nocona City Council will meet at 5 p.m. on Feb. 10 in the council chambers.
After mayor and council items of community interest and the consent agenda, they will go into the workshop agenda. Items up for discussion will include the following:
City Manager Lynn Henley to discuss repainting parking spaces on Elm and Oak Streets. The CM and Public Works Director Winston Ezzell will report on the leak at the water tower and consider advertising for bids for an above ground storage tank to replace existing at the filter plant.
Reappointing Jack McGaughey and Lory Hunt to the library advisory board, and Brandi Shipman to the Nocona Economic Development Corporation (Type B) board; NEDC request for downtown lighting project grant of $10,000 for purchase and maintenance of lighting on top of Clay Street businesses; authorize the NEDC boards to proceed with opportunity zones application process; NEDC boards request to amend the budget by moving $5,000 fro each board’s new project line items and setting up a signage account for new and existing businesses; consider fire department applying for a new Texas Forest Service grants and amending the budget for matching funds; and discuss budget amendments for fiscal 2025-26.
Any action on these topics will be taken during the regular agenda after the workshop.
Attend the 33rd annual Bryant Whitaker Memorial Scholarship Fish Fry starting at 5:30 p.m. to sell out on Feb. 6 in the Bowie High cafeteria. Cost is $15 per plate.
The Bowie FFA Alumni fundraiser supports scholarship for local students.
Pictured a previous Bowie FFA Fish Fry. (Bowie News file photo)
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