Veterans Who Threw Away Medals At NATO Summit Mark Memorial Day

CHICAGO (CBS) – Veterans who returned their medals to NATO just over a week ago gathered at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial at on the Chicago River on Monday, to talk about their feelings on Memorial Day.

They are men and women who have been to war, but are now waging their own fight against war.

Sabrina Waller, who served in the Kosovo conflict in 1999, threw her medals back last week – as anti-NATO demonstrators marched near McCormick Place during the NATO Summit.
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Waller was joined by other members of the group Iraq Veterans Against The War. They also stood with members the group Vietnam Veterans Against The War, who held up a banner reading “Honor The Warrior – Not The War.”

The two groups called for immediate withdrawal of troops from Afghanistan, rather than waiting until the end of 2014, as the Obama administration plans.