Amid motorcycles and American flags, Philly pays homage to military veterans
by Catherine Dunn, Updated: November 3, 2019
For nearly a year in Vietnam during the early 1970s, Army Sgt. Ollie Tansimore Jr. fought in the war as a “tunnel rat.â€
Simply put, “I looked for the enemy,†Tansimore said Sunday, standing along the Philadelphia Veterans Parade route in Center City. “Anytime we found a tunnel, that was my job.â€
When the Philly native got back to the United States in 1971, he married his wartime pen pal, a woman whose photo he carried in his helmet, sealed in plastic. A decade would go by until he found his way to the Northeast Philadelphia Vet Center, where he still attends group meetings that have helped him cope with post-traumatic stress disorder.
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