Veterans honored in Chicago and beyond: ‘They went with hope’

Andrew Brown, a Vietnam vWar eteran, wears a pin on his hat that honors the Buffalo Soldiers, who were African American soldiers, during the City of Chicago’s Veterans Day Commemoration Ceremony at Soldier Field, Saturday, Nov. 11, 2023. (Pat Nabong/Sun-Times)

Vietnam War veteran Andrew Brown doesn’t often talk about his service in the U.S. Army’s 173rd Airborne Brigade.

“If I go to talking about it, I tear up,” the former combat medic said.