http://archive2.mrc.org/taxonomy/term/17343/all en http://archive2.mrc.org/articles/vfw-woodstock-wasnt-only-thing-happening-40-years-ago <div class="field field-type-nodereference field-field-source"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <div class="field-label-inline-first"> By</div> <a href="/author/colleen-raezler">Colleen Raezler</a> </div> </div> </div> <p >While some in the media have been dusting off their love beads, bell-bottoms and broomstick skirts in an effort to wax nostalgic about <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:city w:st="on">Woodstock</st1:city></st1:place>, the VFW has reminded its members that the world did not stop for those four days in August 1969. </p> <br /> <p >In fact, for 109 American soldiers, the world ended that weekend.</p> <br /> <p >VFW Magazine honored those soldiers in the August 2009 cover story, “<a href="http://www.vfw.org/index.cfm?fa=news.magDtl&dtl=1&mid=5144" />While Woodstock Rocked, GIs Died</a>.” </p><p><a href="http://archive2.mrc.org/articles/vfw-woodstock-wasnt-only-thing-happening-40-years-ago" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Articles MRC Culture Family Newsweek RichardK.Kolb Time vietnam Woodstock Wed, 12 Aug 2009 04:00:00 +0000 admin 28582 at http://archive2.mrc.org