Pat Wilson: “They treat the veterans so much better nowadays… back then, they gave me an honorable discharge and I got $12 in gasoline money to get home.”

Missouri on Mic

English - March 28, 2022 13:30 - 3 minutes - 5.48 MB
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Pat Wilson is 76 and has lived the majority of his life in mid-Missouri – born in Moberly, grew up in Columbia, and now that he's retired, he and his wife bought some land and built a house out in Fulton.Pat spoke with the Missouri on Mic team at the Daniel Boone Regional Library in February about his time as a soldier during the Vietnam War, and how things have changes for veterans today.