... their time in a war zone, in World Wars I and II many returning war heroes were treated to parades and ticker tapes flying through the air in celebration of their return (Russell 92). The Vietnam veteran's homecoming experience was very different. Often there would be protests at airports at times when American servicemen were returning home to begin their post deployment lives ... , and protesters often physically and verbally assaulted them (Russell 93). Modern transportation also made Vietnam veterans unique in American history. For the first time American servicemen could be transpor...

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