Jon Voight—From Vietnam War Protester to Vietnam Veteran Promoter

Congress has declared March 29 of each year as National Vietnam Veterans Day. This year it falls on a Monday, so actor Jon Voight is spearheading a national movement to recognize Vietnam Veterans in a nationwide celebration on March 28, 2010.

Jon Voight won an Academy Award for portraying a paraplegic Vietnam Veteran in the film Coming Home (1978), a film portraying the best and wo ...