I know many of you have seen the reports on the internet saying that the Cold War Medal has been approved. Sadly, it is not true, a lot of misinformation out there.

We should find a way to bring this to the public, and Washington, attention. This just raises false hope in the minds of our fellow veterans.

No, there is no Cold War Medal this year-NOT in thne NDAA

Reports continue to crop up around the net, that are erroneous. They claim that the Cold War Medal
was approved. These false reports bring false hope and hurt feelings. Veterans see that and
think YES it finally happened, we have recognition, the world knows who we are.

Then reality hits and they find out the truth, we were let down again. We never know who
it was that objected, but we do know for a fact that the Department of Defense has been
opposed to the medal; perhaps some pressure being brought to bear from the DOD.

As reported here earlier, it in fact did not happen. The medal was removed from the NDAA
during the House/Senate conference meetings.

So many veterans had hoped that this year would in fact be the year to have our medal approved.
These mistaken posts just create more hurt and misunderstanding. Those who have fought for
this medal for over ten years were shot down again at the last minute.

Congress gives us hope and then dashes us to the ground to be trampled on over and over again. 
When will the find to courage to step and and do the proper thing for the millions who served
during the Cold War?

We do not ask for much, just a simple medal and ribbon, with hopes for the future to have
a Cold War Memorial erected in our nation's capitol to honor all those who helped defeat
Communism. We did our best to keep the world free, many gave their lives in order to do so.

We are reminded of the old Brooklyn Dodgers..."wait till next year", and like the Broadway
Bums we will not go away. We will continue our quest until the last "Cold Warrior" is gone.

The fight continues, there are still the two stand alone bills S.402 and H.R. 1968. Ask your Senators
and Representatives to cosponsor these bills and ask that they be brought to the full floor for
a vote; and then vote in favor of passage.

Do it now, do it often, do not let the Cold War Veterans continue to be pushed aside and
shunted to the shadows of history.

It was a war and WE WON.

Jerry