Vietnam vets to hold candlelight vigil

Vietnam vets to hold candlelight vigil

(EXCERPT) September 19, 2003

The Vietnam Veterans of Ventura County will host a candlelight vigil
at 7 p.m. today at the Veterans Memorial at the Ventura County
Government Center in Ventura at Telephone Road and Victoria Avenue.

The public is invited to the ceremony, which observes National POW/MIA
Recognition Day.

Dave Betti of the Vietnam Veterans of Ventura County said members of
his group and the Vietnam Veterans Motorcycle Club will read the names
of all Californians who were prisoners of war or missing in action and
remain unaccounted for. They number about 1,500, he said.

The event also...

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