WATERLOO — Many Vietnam veterans received, at best, a cold shoulder when they returned home some 50 years ago. Now the Black Hawk County Veteran Affairs Commission has a gift for them.
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PAT KINNEY pat.kinney@wcfcourier.com, The Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier
Sun, 06/25/2017 - 11:30pm
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Topics: Iowa Black Hawk County Waterloo
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