Ke kono aku nei mākou iā ʻoe ma Veterans For Peace (VFP) iā ʻoe e hui pū me mākou i ka wā e hui pū ana mākou i kahi lawelawe kūikawā ʻo ka lā Hoʻohanohano 2015. E like me ka nui o ʻoukou e ʻike nei, ʻo ka makahiki 2015 ka makahiki kanalima o ka mea a kekahi e manaʻo ai he hoʻomaka o ke Kaua ʻAmelika ma Vietnam - ka hoʻoili ʻia ʻana o ka US Marines iā DaNang. Hoʻomaopopo loa ka 'Oihana o ka Puʻukū i ke koʻikoʻi o kēia makahiki a ua kau ʻo ia i kahi hana i loaʻa kālā nui e ʻike pono i ka ʻike o nā hanauna ʻōpio o kēia ʻāina i ke kaua Vietnam ma ke ʻano he ʻoihana hanohano. Aia pū me kā lākou mau hoʻāʻo kahi pūnaewele kālā i loaʻa kālā maikaʻi ʻia a me nā hoʻolālā no nā hoʻolauleʻa makahiki, e like me nā hanana o ka lā hoʻomanaʻo ma ka ʻāina. Ke hoʻolālā nei lākou e haʻi i kā lākou mana o ke kaua no nā makahiki he XNUMX e hiki mai ana.
Eia nō naʻe, ʻike mākou i ka hapanui o mākou e kūlike ʻole me kā lākou kuanaʻike, ka mea i ʻike i ke kaua ma ka liʻiliʻi, he kuhi hewa nui inā ʻaʻole kahi lawehala weliweli. E like me kā mākou i ʻike ai, e hōʻino a hōʻole paha ka Pentagon i kēia kuanaʻike i kā lākou moʻolelo o ke kaua. No laila, ʻo mākou ma VFP ua hoʻohiki e hālāwai me kā lākou huakaʻi me kekahi o kā mākou pono - kāhea mākou iā ia ʻo Vietnam War Full Disclosure movement (http://www.vietnamfulldisclosure.org). E ʻoluʻolu e hui pū me mākou i ka wehe piha ʻana i ka kūkā kamaʻilio ʻana pehea e haʻi ʻia ai ka mōʻaukala o ke Kaua ʻAmelika ma Vietnam. Pono mākou e hoʻolohe i kou leo. I ka hoʻomaka ʻana, pono mākou iā ʻoe e kākau i kahi leka. He leka kūikawā.