Gleiter, Roy
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Shelah Ogletree Reporter for The Daily Record A Vietnam veteran and Katrina refugee turned homeless man pulls a 3,000-pound wagon down rural roads. A mentally handicapped woman he calls "Mother" trudges behind the wagon and her service dog walks alongside. "I'm bringing attention to America's bigotry against the poor," the man said. Roy Gleiter, 48, said he has traveled America's highways ... |
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The American involvement in the Vietnam War ended when U.S. troops
left in April 1975. For years after the war, the Vietnamese government
had limited relations with the U.S. government.
Veteran added to Pentagon list: Beilke was last
official combat soldier to leave Vietnam
Nation & World : Monday, September 17, 2001
Copyright (c) 2001 The Seattle Times Company
By Robert A. Rosenblatt and Richard T. Cooper
Los Angeles Times
WASHINGTON - He was last in the line moving up the ramp into a
waiting C-130 at Tan Son Nhut air base - a tall, husky man with an open
face who was about to step into history. It was March 29, 1973, in
Saigon, and Master Sgt. Max Beilke was officially designated the
last U.S. combat soldier to leave Vietnam.
He had survived two wars, Korea and Vietnam. Now he was going home to
his family in Minnesota.
Twenty-eight years later, Beilke - at 69 long since retired from the
Army but pursuing a second career helping veterans - was plunged
suddenly into his third conflict: the war of terror.
Defense Department officials have added his name to the list of those
thought killed when a hijacked airliner hit the Pentagon on Tuesday.....