When Byrne returned home to New York, a group of Korean War vets at the Daily News took the Vietnam vet under wing as a “rescue dog” and vowed to teach him the media business, as Byrne recalled. Another thing Byrne never forgot was the inscription on the Zippo lighter that a fellow Marine showed him shortly after he arrived in Vietnam: “For those who have fought for it, freedom has a taste that the protected will never know,” he recited for the crowd. Among the other honorees were Traci Park, the Los Angeles City Council member respresenting the Westside’s 11th district, which includes the sprawling West Los Angeles Veterans Administration Medical Center and campus.
Author: Cynthia Littleton
Published at: 2025-05-25 22:58:48
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