By John Blanchard
The unveiling of a permanent marker with a tribute to servicemen of all wars was an attractive program in front of the courthouse sponsored by the DeSoto Parish Police Jury. It also was for Veterans Day, formerly Armistice Day, honoring vets for service to our country. And most of the World War vets are fast disappearing with only four living in this end of the parish and we boast that we won, the others were known as police action, but Korea and Vietnam took too many lives, foolishly, and America should be publicly shamed for the treatment given many of these veterans when they arrived back in the states. We older boys saluté them for their sacrifices in the jungles, in the air, on the ground and at sea. Don’t feel too badly, we weren’t recognized for 70 years, but we felt it was our duty to fight and win, and we did. One old soldier said there were three who would not go again—he and the two who came after him.
