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ItemID
acaa476
IDEntry
8556
Date
2017-05-04
Collection Location
Allegany County, Maryland
Coverage
Allegany County (Md.), 1890-2008
Body
Vietnam Veterans
Many local African-Americans served during the Vietnam War. Four of these men are among the local Vietnam Veterans of America Honor Guard.
John “Perkey” Yates leads Cumberland Chapter #172 of the Vietnam Veterans of America Honor Guard during the opening ceremonies of the National Day of Prayer on the Downtown Cumberland Mall, May 4, 2017. Second in line is Robert Peck and fourth in line is James “Song” Meade. Holding the blue flag in the second photograph is Jimmy Washington.
Notes
Photographs: Albert L. Feldstein
Information: Juanita Cage-Lewis assisted in the identification