With Congressman Rush Holt listening at right, John Legates, president of the Vietnam Veterans of America, New Jersey State Council, spoke at Saturday’s Vietnam War memorial ceremony at the Manville VFW hall. Mr. Legates, a Vietnam veteran, said returning veterans “were not prepared for what we found in our homeland: the jeers, the curses and the hateful stares from our countrymen. We got on with our lives coping the best we could. Some of us carried more guilt and shame then any veteran should have to bear.” (Photo by Mary Ellen Day)