On Saturday afternoon, June 12, 2021, at 4 p.m., Vietnam veterans from Carroll and surrounding counties will have an opportunity to take part in a long overdue public recognition of their military service at a certificate and lapel pin presentation ceremony at American Legion Post 70, located at 120 Legion Lake Circle in Villa Rica.
Georgia Department of Veterans Service Commissioner Mike Roby will join the leadership of American Legion Post 70 in presenting the Stateâs Certificate of Honor and the Defense Departmentâs Commemorative Lapel Pin to Vietnam veterans who sign up for the ceremony. Both are presented for honorable military service during the Vietnam War era.
Dennis Carroll
Dennis J. Carroll is a veteran journalist based in Santa Fe.. He has written extensively on health and environmental issues regarding nuclear weapons workers and atomic testing. His work has appeared in The New York Times, The Boston Globe and other major daily newspapers across the country.
Dennis and a colleague were recipients of the Iowa Associated Press First Place Award for Continuing News Coverage of previously unreported health problems among former nuclear weapons workers. That reporting resulted in the intervention by the University of Iowa College of Public Health to aid the workers. . Dennis was also awarded the Defense Department s Certificate of Appreciation for Patriotic Civilian Service and later served as a speechwriter and children s issues policy adviser in the Iowa governor s office.