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Posted: Thu Nov 27, 2025 12:37 am
Were you aware that since 1997, veterans who served during the Cold War, along with DoD civilians, can receive Cold War Recognition Certificates? Until just recently, I didn’t know the program existed. It was signed into law by Bill Clinton. I reckon it’s kind of a slap in the face, since he was a draft evader and considered by many to be anti-military.
All I have to do is send a request to the organization that handles these certificates, along with a copy of any document you received during that time. A set of orders would do, and they’ll send you your certificate. I’m going to do it, because I’m proud of my service. I was a Cold Warrior, and I’m happy to receive official recognition.
I personally think that these certificates should be available to certain civilians other than DoD employees, say Scoop Jackson, the senator during the Cold War who was a great advocate of resisting the communists; Presidents Kennedy and Johnson for sure; Nadia Comăneci and other defectors from communism, whose lives were defined by choosing freedom over slavery; and certain Journalist like Howard K. Smith, who is dead now but importantly advocated strongly for resistance against the communists.
Who would not be qualified, in my opinion? Anyone involved in anti-war movements, anyone who ever expressed sympathy toward communism — Jane Fonda, Bill Clinton, John Kerry, and the like.
Now, some people — I imagine mostly liberals — may see it as silly, but I don’t. Communism was the evil it was, and I did everything I could to resist it.
All I have to do is send a request to the organization that handles these certificates, along with a copy of any document you received during that time. A set of orders would do, and they’ll send you your certificate. I’m going to do it, because I’m proud of my service. I was a Cold Warrior, and I’m happy to receive official recognition.
I personally think that these certificates should be available to certain civilians other than DoD employees, say Scoop Jackson, the senator during the Cold War who was a great advocate of resisting the communists; Presidents Kennedy and Johnson for sure; Nadia Comăneci and other defectors from communism, whose lives were defined by choosing freedom over slavery; and certain Journalist like Howard K. Smith, who is dead now but importantly advocated strongly for resistance against the communists.
Who would not be qualified, in my opinion? Anyone involved in anti-war movements, anyone who ever expressed sympathy toward communism — Jane Fonda, Bill Clinton, John Kerry, and the like.
Now, some people — I imagine mostly liberals — may see it as silly, but I don’t. Communism was the evil it was, and I did everything I could to resist it.