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Vietnam veterans get certificates of honor, finally welcomed home
State senator from Gainesville: 'Time to do the right thing'
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Commissioner Mike Roby speaks before Vietnam veterans are awarded the “Certificate of Honor” for their military service during an event at the American Legion Post 7 in Gainesville on Wednesday, September 16, 2015. - photo by Erin O. Smith
Four decades later, Navy Seabee Charles Stallcup still remembers the warning a Marine lieutenant gave warriors returning from Vietnam. “I’ve got a squadron of Marines here locked and loaded,” the officer said. “If you even act like you’re going to go toward civilians, we will shoot you.”