Vietnam veteran Jack Dwyer, 82, of Hawaii and his wife, Barbara Dwyer, 83, walk by Big Tex at the State Fair of Texas on Tuesday.A group of almost a dozen Vietnam War veterans and their wives descended upon Dallas on Tuesday, celebrating getting to spend another trip exploring a city with comrades they made decades ago.
Tuesday was one of the visit’s more action-packed days, with a bus tour that included stops at downtown Dallas’ cattle drive sculptures in Pioneer Plaza, the State Fair of Texas and the Dallas Arboretum and Botanical Garden’s annual autumnal display. “The real test is whether our creaky joints can make it on and off this bus,” Tony McKinnon countered, with a laugh.
Most of the group had at least traveled through Dallas at some point but agreed that they’d never done anything like Tuesday’s outing.Vietnam veteran Lyndon Cook, 84, of San Diego gets a Fernie's Fried Cherry Pie in the Sky at the State Fair of Texas.John Dorland, of Nashville, said he’s thankful the friends have been able to get together time and time again.
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