Vietnam Veterans Spit On, part 3

(This is a continuation of Vietnam Veterans Spit On, part 2.)

and this final, particularly disgusting story from Bob Greene's 1989 book Homecoming: When the Soldiers Returned from Vietnam.:

• "I was medically evacuated from Vietnam in November, 1969, to a Naval hospital in Japan where, after my recovery, I was stationed. During my tour there I married a Japanese lady and adopted her son. She became pregnant; in early 1970 I was transferred back to the U.S.A.
  
  My family and I landed at San Francisco International Airport after a very long flight from Japan. We were going into the cafeteria to eat and, of course, I was in my uniform with all my Vietnam medals, including the Purple Heart {with} the Gold Star {in lieu of second award}.
  
  My family and I were standing in line, when, out of the blue, this middle-aged lady walked up to me with a bowl of potato salad in her hand. She threw the potato salad smack in the middle of my chest and spat what salad she had in her mouth in my face. Then she proceeded to call me a 'baby killer,' 'war monger,' and a lot of other vile names.
  
  I became so angry and humiliated that I balled my hands into fists and would have hit this 'lady,' had it not been for two other servicemen who grabbed me and got me out of there. I'm glad they did get me out of there before I'd had the time to react, because I later
  thought about headlines that could have read: 'Crazed Vietnam Vet Assaults Middle-Aged Woman.'
  
  That is how I was welcomed home. That is how my family was first introduced to America.
  
  This 'lady' was no hippie. I sort of get the feeling it has been easy to 'blame' hippies for things like this because they were easily identifiable, and because they did dramatically, in many cases, communicate their opposition to the Vietnam war. But the verbal and physical abuse of returning Vietnam veterans took place in all levels of American society."
  
  -- Frederick H. Giese, Arlington Heights, Illinois

So, Steven, we're just wondering what sort of "documentation" you and Mr. Lembcke want? Just because there was no member of the press who happened to be standing around to snap a photo doesn't mean these events didn't happen. The history of civilization has been recorded through first-person accounts of someone's experiences.

Why should the history of the treatment of Vietnam vets on their return to the U.S. require a different standard?

How about it, readers? I know there are Vietnam vets subscribed to this site. If you have any first-person accounts (it happened to me or I saw it happen) of returning Vietnam vets being spit on, please click below where it says, "Click to submit your own comments," and tell us about it. And give enough detail for it to be credible.

If you don't have a first-person account, but you know someone who does, please forward them a link to this page, and ask them to submit their stories. Thanks.