TO HONOR

This Website is dedicated to the Memory of Willie G Doughtery.
and to Honor those who served in South East Asia from the
Hampton Roads Peninsula.

Willie G was a Veteran of the Vietnam War, Awared the Bronze Star and Purple Heart.He was an active Vietnam Veterans Advocate working out of Austin Texas for the Veterans Voice of Austin. untill he had a stroke which limited his abilities

A cold Novermber Day 2006 Willie G was taken from us,
May he now find Peace in Heart and Soul

Move gently through the Night Bro' -
We'll see you on the Other Side

The Hampton Roads Area is rich in Miltary History,however,in my search on the internet for local information on the Vietnam War,I could not find any.Thus this web site was created on Veterans Day 1998 with the help of my Brother-in-Law,Willie G
Vietnam Veteran....

This sites purpose is to say "THANK YOU" to our Veterans who severed in South East Asia,and Honor those who did not return from that War.

Thank You for Visiting

Metal of Honor

First Lieutenant Ruppert Leon Sargent

*Metal of Honor Awarded to a Hampton Native

Home of Record (official): HAMPTON
State (official): VA
Date of Birth: Thursday, January 6, 1938
Sex: Male
Marital Status: **Married
The Wall: Panel 16E - Row 086

First Lieutenant, U.S. Army,
Company B, 4th Battalion,
9th Infantry,
25th Infantry Division.

Place and date of Operation:
Hau Nghia Province, Republic of Vietnam, 15 March 1967.

Personal information;
Entered service at: Richmond, Va..

STILL FIGHTING

By:WILLIE G. DOUGHERTY

I can't understand, when people say Vicious things to me day after day.

They tell me I've maimed, killed, and destroyed, Innocent children, women, "just boys". Well the truth of it is, I'm so lonely, so hurt.

I've had my face to the ground...down to the dirt.
I've been spit on, hit, abused and harassed, Horribly cited because of my past.

I only did what I was told...
Acts of courage, men so bold.
Yes, I fought for a country, for the right to be free,
Only did what I had to, for you and for me

What I thought was the right thing to do
For the land of the free and a home to come to.
No parades, waving flags, no welcome home.
Why do I feel so very alone?

Will you ever understand, that what was done
Was to benefit all... to unite us as one.
All these fears, all my tears,
I still cry out... after all these years.

A piece of my heart, a piece of my life
Was left in Nam over that strife.
I need to have peace deep within my heart,
To know that I am not to blame for the part

That I had to play in that damn war
Never even understood what I was fighting for...
I hope some day people will understand
That I never meant to destroy a land

I pray to god that I will find a way To stop fighting that war day after day...