Photo Gallery: First welcome home Vietnam veterans ceremony
Vietnam veteran Jerry Peterson sits in silence during the flag folding ceremony for Welcome Home Vietnam Veterans Day, which took place at Ocean View and Honolulu Aves. in Montrose on Saturday, April 13, 2013. (Cheryl A. Guerrero / Staff Photographer)
A veteran from the congo, Roy Allmon, center, talk to Joey Brown, 12, right, and Nate Brown, left, before the Welcome Home Vietnam Veterans Day ceremony, which took place at Ocean View and Honolulu Aves. in Montrose on Saturday, April 13, 2013. (Cheryl A. Guerrero / Staff Photographer)
Bobbie Kilgore plays the bag pipes during the presentation of colors for Welcome Home Vietnam Veterans Day ceremony, which took place at Ocean View and Honolulu Aves. in Montrose on Saturday, April 13, 2013. (Cheryl A. Guerrero / Staff Photographer)
Stevi Fielding, from top left (clockwise), her daughter, Tiffany Fielding-Wratchfor and her granddaughter, Lily, 5, attend the Welcome Home Vietnam Veterans Day ceremony, which took place at Ocean View and Honolulu Aves. in Montrose on Saturday, April 13, 2013. (Cheryl A. Guerrero / Staff Photographer)
Air Force Junior ROTC’s Eric Stepanian attends the Welcome Home Vietnam Veterans Day ceremony, which took place at Ocean View and Honolulu Aves. in Montrose on Saturday, April 13, 2013. (Cheryl A. Guerrero / Staff Photographer)
Karen Grochowicki, center, and other visitors attend the Welcome Home Vietnam Veterans Day ceremony, which took place at Ocean View and Honolulu Aves. in Montrose on Saturday, April 13, 2013. (Cheryl A. Guerrero / Staff Photographer)
World War II veteran Russell Bartolett salutes the flag during the Welcome Home Vietnam Veterans Day ceremony, which took place at Ocean View and Honolulu Aves. in Montrose on Saturday, April 13, 2013. (Cheryl A. Guerrero / Staff Photographer)
Boy Scout Troop #288 members David Frost, 14, from left, Donovan Ynda, 14, and Justin Kim, 13, attend the Welcome Home Vietnam Veterans Day ceremony, which took place at Ocean View and Honolulu Aves. in Montrose on Saturday, April 13, 2013. (Cheryl A. Guerrero / Staff Photographer)
First Gulf War veteran David Scott salutes the flag during the Welcome Home Vietnam Veterans Day ceremony, which took place at Ocean View and Honolulu Aves. in Montrose on Saturday, April 13, 2013. (Cheryl A. Guerrero / Staff Photographer)
Air Force Junior ROTC’s Brandon Kim, from left, Andrea Locicero, Kevin Yang, Alan Lee and Eric Stepanian participate in the Welcome Home Vietnam Veterans Day ceremony, which took place at Ocean View and Honolulu Aves. in Montrose on Saturday, April 13, 2013. (Cheryl A. Guerrero / Staff Photographer)
US Marines Vietnam war veteran Warren Spayth participates in the flag folding ceremony for Welcome Home Vietnam Veterans Day, which took place at Ocean View and Honolulu Aves. in Montrose on Saturday, April 13, 2013. (Cheryl A. Guerrero / Staff Photographer)
Vietnam war veterans explain the significance of each fold during the flag folding ceremony for Welcome Home Vietnam Veterans Day, which took place at Ocean View and Honolulu Aves. in Montrose on Saturday, April 13, 2013. (Cheryl A. Guerrero / Staff Photographer)
Mike Baldwin participates in the flag folding ceremony for Welcome Home Vietnam Veterans Day, which took place at Ocean View and Honolulu Aves. in Montrose on Saturday, April 13, 2013. (Cheryl A. Guerrero / Staff Photographer)
Visitors honor Vietnam war veterans during the Welcome Home Vietnam Veterans Day ceremony, which took place at Ocean View and Honolulu Aves. in Montrose on Saturday, April 13, 2013. Glendale has the oldest municipal Vietnam Memorial in the United States. (Cheryl A. Guerrero / Staff Photographer)
Vietnam war veteran Jim Turner participates in the flag folding ceremony for Welcome Home Vietnam Veterans Day, which took place at Ocean View and Honolulu Aves. in Montrose on Saturday, April 13, 2013. (Cheryl A. Guerrero / Staff Photographer)
Vietnam war veteran Ron Bularz salutes the flag during the Welcome Home Vietnam Veterans Day ceremony, which took place at Ocean View and Honolulu Aves. in Montrose on Saturday, April 13, 2013. (Cheryl A. Guerrero / Staff Photographer)