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American Legion hopes to bridge generation gap between veterans
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Dave Dellinger, left, a Vietnam veteran and commander of American Legion Post No. 7 in Gainesville, stands with Brandon Loggins, 24, who was deployed to Afghanistan from June 2009 to April 2010. - photo by Scott Rogers | The Times
When Dave Dellinger returned home from Vietnam in 1965, he did not get the sort of warm welcome veterans today receive.“As soon as I got back, they flew us into San Francisco. I left the carrier, which was still at sea, and as soon as we got to the airport, they said ‘Change out of your uniform,’” Dellinger said. “There were a lot of protests at that time.”Dellinger is the commander of the American Legion Post No.