FOR BANKRUPTCY. REPRESENTATIVE LLOYD SMUCKER HONORED COLD WAR VETERANS IN LANCASTER COUNTY TODAY. THAT CEREMONY WAS THIS MORNING AT THE AMERICAN LEGION IN EPHRATA. ABOUT 30 VETERANS RECEIVED THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE’S COLD WAR RECOGNITION CERTIFICATE. WELL, AS YOU MIGHT RECALL, BACK IN THE DAY WHEN VIETNAM WAS ENDING AND GUYS WERE COMING HOME, THEY WEREN’T TREATED WITH THE BEST OF RESPECT, VERY DIFFERENT FROM WHAT’S HAPPENING TODAY IN THE RECOGNITION THAT THEY’RE GIVING TO VETERANS. SO FROM THAT STANDPOINT, I’M I’M VERY HAPPY. AND IMPRESSED, ELATED THAT THE TIMES HAVE CHANGED. AND THE KEYNOTE SPEAKER RIGHT THERE, RETIRED LIEUTENANT GENERAL DENNIS L BENSHOFF OF LANCASTER COUNTY. HE SERVED IN GERMANY WHEN THE BERLIN WALL WAS BUILT, AND HE WAS THERE WHEN IT WAS TORN DOWN
Rep. Lloyd Smucker honored Cold War veterans in Lancaster County on Thursday during a ceremony at the American Legion in Ephrata, where about 30 veterans received the Department of Defense’s Cold War Recognition Certificate.”Well, as you might recall, back in the day when Vietnam was ending and guys were coming home, they weren’t treated with the best of respect,” U.S. Navy Seabee James Donahue said. “It’s very different from what’s happening today and the recognition that they’re giving to veterans. So, from that standpoint, I’m very happy and impressed, elated that the times have changed.”The keynote speaker was retired Lt. Gen. Dennis L. Benchoff of Lancaster County, who served in Germany when the Berlin Wall was built and was there when it was torn down in 1989.He now has a piece of the wall.
Rep. Lloyd Smucker honored Cold War veterans in Lancaster County on Thursday during a ceremony at the American Legion in Ephrata, where about 30 veterans received the Department of Defense’s Cold War Recognition Certificate.
“Well, as you might recall, back in the day when Vietnam was ending and guys were coming home, they weren’t treated with the best of respect,” U.S. Navy Seabee James Donahue said. “It’s very different from what’s happening today and the recognition that they’re giving to veterans. So, from that standpoint, I’m very happy and impressed, elated that the times have changed.”
The keynote speaker was retired Lt. Gen. Dennis L. Benchoff of Lancaster County, who served in Germany when the Berlin Wall was built and was there when it was torn down in 1989.
He now has a piece of the wall.