Homecoming: Letters: Feb. 16, 1981

To the Editors:

For the past 14 months, Iran won all the battles. In the end, the U.S. won the war [Feb. 2]. God bless America!

Carl E. Nixon Barberton, Ohio

The return of our hostages was stirring and emotional—and rightly so. However, I thought about the Viet Nam vets and how they must feel seeing this outpouring of love and comparing it with the "welcome" they received.

Edwina Z. Worsley Fort Lauderdale, Fla.

As a Viet Nam War veteran, I wonder if most of the 50,000 lives that were lost in Viet Nam would...

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