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Originally Posted by triumph
If you are ever in Chicago, they have a museum on the south side, I'd like to say 16 or 18th street or something like that, that consists of artwork by Vietnam veterans.
A little history note, Chicago government was farely supportive of soldiers in Vietnam, as if you mailed them a letter with your unit information, the city would send a Chicago flag out to your unit in the field.
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Here's the website. By coincidence, the museum is located just south of where the old Chicago MEPS was located.
http://www.nvvam.org
As for the city sending flags, on many occasions the soldier from Chicago would receive not only a flag, but a personal note from Mayor Daley. He was in attendance with Milton's father the day he was presented his son's MOH. Considering the current Mayor Daley's son Patrick has enlisted as an 11B and is scheduled for deployment in the future, I wouldn't be surprised if you see at least one City of Chicago flag out there wherever he might be.