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Don Mooers hosts the latest episode of Montgomery Week in Review. His guests include Ray Sherbill, Karen Mitchell, Nicole Land and Henry Hailstock. Topics discussed this week include the issues adopted by Committee for Maryland‘s for the upcoming 2016 Maryland general assembly, growth at the Universities at Shady Grove, ways to give back to the […]

In this MyMCMedia Extra video, Lamar Allen, Jr. addresses the audience gathered for Montgomery County’s salute to its Vietnam veterans. Allen was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross in Vietnam for flying his helicopter in a monsoon to rescue numerous wounded and injured soldiers who were pinned down after an ambush.

In this MyMCMedia Extra video, Dan Bullis, Chair of the Montgomery County Commission on Veterans Affairs, addresses the audience gathered for Montgomery County’s salute to its Vietnam veterans.

In this MyMCMedia Extra video, Retired Air Force Brigadier General Wilma Vaught addresses the audience gathered for Montgomery County’s salute to its Vietnam veterans.

In this MyMCMedia Extra video, former POW Everett Alvarez, Jr. addresses the crowd gathered for Montgomery County’s salute to its Vietnam veterans at The Universities at Shady Grove on Oct. 24th. Alvarez was the first American aviator shot down over Vietnam and was held a prisoner of war for 8 1/2 years.

On Oct. 24th, Montgomery County hosted a salute entitled, “Honor and Gratitude,” to recognize its Vietnam veterans. MyMCMedia’s Sonya Burke reports that it was an emotional ceremony for many who attended the event at The Universities at Shady Grove.

On Oct. 24th, Montgomery County hosted Honor and Gratitude: Montgomery County Salutes Vietnam Veterans at the Universities at Shady Grove. If you missed the ceremony, you can watch the program, below: https://youtu.be/z8qYy7nXksY

In this MyMCMedia Extra video, Tom Murphy, a Vietnam veteran, addresses the audience gathered for Montgomery County’s salute to its Vietnam veterans. Tom Murphy was awarded the Purple Heart. He is the first Vietnam veteran to be elected president of the Maryland State Bar Association.

One of the most popular attractions at Honor and Gratitude: Montgomery County Salutes Vietnam Veterans on Oct. 24th was a military helicopter that landed at the Universities at Shady Grove parking lot. The Huey was flown in from Joint Andrews Air Force Base for this special event and many of the veterans, including the Nam […]

Montgomery County saluted its Vietnam War veterans on Oct. 24th for the first time ever. In this MyMCMedia Extra video, Richard Jurgena, a Darnestown resident and a veteran, shares his thoughts about the event and what it meant to him sitting in the audience. If you missed the ceremony, you can watch it on Montgomery […]