
                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: SATURDAY, July 14, 1990                   TAG: 9007140192
SECTION: NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL                    PAGE: A-12   EDITION: METRO 
SOURCE: Associated Press
DATELINE: WASHINGTON                                LENGTH: Short

QUAYLE LAUDS VIETNAM VETS' SACRIFICE

Vice President Dan Quayle told families of missing servicemen Friday that he'll never apologize for his Vietnam-era service in the National Guard, but that those who fought made a "far, far greater" sacrifice.

Quayle spoke at the 21st annual meeting of the 3,650-member National League of Families of American Prisoners and Missing in Southeast Asia.

"As you know, during the Vietnam era, I served in the Indiana National Guard," he said. "And while I have not apologized, and never will, for my National Guard service, I recognize that the members of my generation who served in Vietnam made a sacrifice for their country that was far, far greater than mine.

"The men and women who served in Vietnam were heroes - not just because of their deeds of valor - but because they served at a time when words like duty, honor and country had lost their meaning for many," Quayle said. "For the rest of my life, I will live in admiration of their courage."

by CNB