Letter to the Editor: Did Veterans Affairs fail our veterans, again?

On Tuesday, July 8, Prairie Meadows Events Center in Altoona presented a Jeremy Glazier Film “From Iowa & Back - The Vietnam Era.” This film has won awards in the Professional Documentary Category at Cedar Rapids Film Festival and Cream of the Crop Award in the Iowa-made Category. From all who attended we thank Prairie Meadows for a wonderful event, from the Event Center to providing us with refreshments. It was a very special evening.

We wish more could have attended this event, but we had asked the Jasper County Veterans Affairs Office if they could supply transportation for the Vietnam group for ones interested in attending. We were promised that they would ask the Veterans Commission and would get back to us with an answer. That answer, whether it was yes or no, never came so we were forced to tell the veterans who wanted to attend they would have to find their own transportation.

Thank you again Prairie Meadows for a wonderful event.

Jasper County Vietnam Veterans Committee Patricia Hollenbeck, Donna Stravers, Pam Schnathorst

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