{"id":2576,"date":"2018-02-10T08:00:45","date_gmt":"2018-02-10T15:00:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/theboisebeat.com\/?p=2576"},"modified":"2018-02-10T17:06:48","modified_gmt":"2018-02-11T00:06:48","slug":"vietnam-veterans-fundraising-benefit-featuring-gerry-dreambenders-veterans-story","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theboisebeat.com\/index.php\/2018\/02\/10\/vietnam-veterans-fundraising-benefit-featuring-gerry-dreambenders-veterans-story\/","title":{"rendered":"Vietnam Veterans Fundraising Benefit Featuring Gerry and the Dreambenders and A Veteran&#8217;s Story"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-2577 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/theboisebeat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/untitled-1-1024x828.jpg\" alt=\"Vietnam Veterans Fundraising Benefit Ted Welty\" width=\"640\" height=\"518\" \/>The <a href=\"https:\/\/vva.org\/\">Vietnam Veterans of America<\/a> will be hosting a <strong>Vietnam Veterans Fundraising Benefit<\/strong> on February 24, 2018. The concert portion will feature music by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Gerry-the-Dreambenders-106949962707040\/\">Gerry and the Dreambenders<\/a>, with their British Invasion Era Rock Tribute Show. If you haven&#8217;t seen Gerry and the Dreambenders yet, you&#8217;ll be in for a treat.<\/p>\n<p>Paul Sherman, Treasurer of T<a href=\"http:\/\/www.vva1025.org\/\">reasure Valley Chapter 1025<\/a> of the Vietnam Veterans of America said about the goals of the fundraising for the Vietnam Veterans Fundraising Benefit<strong>\u00a0<\/strong> event, <span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">\u201c<\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">We have many areas in which\u00a0we assist fellow Veterans regardless of the era they were involved. Our priority is Vietnam era and their families and then any other era we can assist.\u00a0We assist the Women&#8217;s Wellness Clinic at the VAMC with several projects, but primarily vouchered\u00a0transportation funds so that the women can get to their appointments.\u00a0The Idaho State Veterans Home has been another group we have assisted. We also\u00a0supply Veterans and their families with Holiday Meals during the Thanksgiving and Christmas seasons. Our motto is: <\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><i>Never Again Will One Generation of Veterans Abandon Another\u201d.<\/i><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The Boise Beat&#8217;s Terry Welch sat down with one such local Veteran to hear his story. This was his life and what he went through:<!--more--><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-2578\" src=\"https:\/\/theboisebeat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/untitled-1-3-252x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"252\" height=\"300\" \/>In 1967, Mr. Ted Welty volunteered for military service in Vietnam. His first year&#8217;s experience there would be filled with bombings and assassinations in the city of Saigon, a location hotly fought over both politically and militarily. This was not his first year in a combat zone, but it was one of the more memorable, although he characterized his experience in Saigon as \u201cmostly boring.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Welty told me about <i>Saigon Sal<\/i>, as she would come to be nicknamed by the local American, Australian, and New Zealand forces. She&#8217;d speed through the city on the back of a motorbike firing at \u201canything that wasn&#8217;t a Vietnamese. She was a <i>VC<\/i>. A Vietcong.\u201d To the American forces there, this was unacceptable, and returning fire to prevent the senseless death of innocent civilians was an appropriate response. But in the murky politics of the Vietnam War, forces there were strongly discouraged from returning fire to prevent such activities. Mr. Welty recalls, \u201cGeneral Westmoreland put out an order that said that if anyone was fired at by her, we were <i>not<\/i> to return fire because we didn&#8217;t know if the person driving that Honda was a hostage or a VC.\u201d But, as Ted explained, anyone that threatened the lives of innocent people would be denied the ability to do so. \u201cProvo Rosa put out the word that if &#8216;my MP&#8217;s get shot at, they will return fire!&#8217;\u201d As Ted explains, his first taste of the Vietnam War in 1967 was busy with contradiction, controversy, and the fight for power. The EOD, or, <i>Explosive Ordnance Disposal<\/i> team, was at the top of Mr. Welty&#8217;s radio-contact list. He described to me how the EOD would arrive to disarm the North Vietnamese Army&#8217;s version of the Claymore mine. Mr. Welty found these devices in hotels, bars, and other public places. It was a busy year, and one that was about to conclude with a bang.<\/p>\n<p>On January 30<sup>st<\/sup>, 1968, the Tet Offensive broke out. It was designed and planned by the Vietcong as a coordinated attack on various cities in South Vietnam, specifically targeting the occupying forces there. Ted was still in Saigon, and on this night he was guarding a hotel on a street called Tran Hung Dao. \u201cThey called the Alert Squad out, and they told everybody to <i>get dressed for everything, this is not an alert, we are under attack<\/i>.\u201d \u201cWe had the Capitol Hotel <i>here<\/i>,\u201d pointing to a spot on the coffee table before us, \u201cand the Saint George Hotel behind us which held the infantry, and on the other side was the 7<sup>th<\/sup> Finance building.\u201d Ted said that in the middle of these three buildings was not an American hotel&#8211;it was a Vietnamese-owned hotel. There was a firefight. He said that \u201cthey estimated 37 rounds came out of that Vietnamese hotel (targeting American forces), and an estimated 37,000 rounds went into it. And that was not just the 45&#8217;s and the M-16&#8217;s, but the M-79 also.\u201d \u201cThey went in two days later and there was a body count of 32 in the hotel. Whether they were all VC or civilians or whatever, I don&#8217;t know. Whether I hit anybody I don&#8217;t know. That&#8217;s just something I&#8217;ll have to face with God when I get there.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Long before Ted was an MP in Saigon in 1967, he was Airborne. \u201cWhen I first went in, I was Airborne. I wanted to be a paratrooper. I took basic training at Fort Carson. I went through AIT, which is Advanced Individual Training, at Fort Bragg, North Carolina. Then I spent a year in the infantry; I was a machine-gunner, firing the 30 caliber.\u201d Ted spent 6 months in Germany, training as an MP. He rose to a leadership position because of his experience in jump school and went to Okinawa, Japan, for 2 years. After which, he volunteered for Vietnam in 1967.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Welty spent many years of his life in service to his country. He earned many awards, including his Jump Wings, the Bronze Star, an Air Medal, a Good Conduct Medal, a Berlin Medal, a Vietnamese Service Medal, a Vietnamese Cross of Gallantry, Presidential Unit Citations for working at the Nike Hercules Missile Site, among others. My conversation with Ted lasted several hours. Some of the information he provided to me can not be included here, but one thing shines above all else&#8211;he loves his country and the values that make it so great. \u201cWe didn&#8217;t distinguish one color from another\u2014we were all in it together, regardless of race or color. It didn&#8217;t make any difference if he was black, white, Hispanic, Indian, what.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>When asked about any regrets or reflections of things that he wished could have been different, he said \u201cTet of 68.\u201d People were killed that night that he believes might have survived, had he been able to get to them in time. \u201cIf I would have been there (in that part of Saigon instead of in a firefight in the hotel he was guarding), I don&#8217;t think they would have been in that situation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI joined because it was an honor to do it. I was proud to do it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Welty told me that in all of his military experience\u2014in all of his combat experience, one moment still haunts him to this day. Beyond the woman who was blown up in front of him, or the many other experiences that he spoke about which must remain untold, this is perhaps the moment he will never be able to forget; He told me that upon returning to America, landing in Oakland, California, his team was met with protesters, objections, and objects hurled. This isn&#8217;t an editorial, but coming from an \u201canti-war\u201d education and roots, I&#8217;ve learned a tremendous amount by talking with Ted about what it means to be an American. Thank you for your service, Mr. Ted Welty.<\/p>\n<p>When asked what message he would give to people these days, he said sternly, \u201cBack your country! Back the men and women that fight for this country!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Vietnam Veterans Fundraising Benefit will feature music by Gerry and the Dreambenders. A catered dinner will also be available, catered by Triangle Restaurant in nearby Sweet, Idaho. It should be a wonderful evening to support a great cause.<\/p>\n<p><b><a href=\"http:\/\/www.vva1025.org\/upcoming-events.html\">Vietnam Veter<\/a>ans Fundraising Benefit<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Mardi Gras Event Center<\/p>\n<p>615 S. 9<sup>th<\/sup> Street<\/p>\n<p>Boise, ID 83702<\/p>\n<p>Saturday, February 24, 2018<\/p>\n<p>7:30-11pm<\/p>\n<p>Event minimum suggested donation:$15<\/p>\n<p>Food catered by Triangle Restaurant, full meal: $7<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.vva1025.org\/upcoming-events.html\">Web event info<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Interview and all photographs by Terry Welch<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-large wp-image-2579\" src=\"https:\/\/theboisebeat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/vva-music-fundraiser-001-745x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"880\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Vietnam Veterans of America will be hosting a Vietnam Veterans Fundraising Benefit on February 24, 2018. The concert portion will feature music by Gerry and the Dreambenders, with their British Invasion Era Rock Tribute Show. If you haven&#8217;t seen Gerry and the Dreambenders yet, you&#8217;ll be in for a treat. 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