I remember that time and it wasn't just the protesters who have neglected the veterans of Vietnam.  Institutions like the VFW shunned the veterans of that war, at least at the time.  There were and are plenty of people with POW MIA bracelets and flags who have really done little or nothing to make sure those who made it back were cared for.  What has happened in the last decade and more for the veterans of this war is a mirror image of the neglect for the Vietnam vets under Ford, Carter, Reagan on down.  There is a huge debt that we have collectively neglected and it can't be blamed on just those against the war.