Vietnam-era veteran Ron Zaleski not only talks the talk — he also walks the walk.

In 2010, the Long Island native walked barefoot across the country — from Concord, Massachusetts, to Santa Monica, California — to bring awareness to the issues of veteran suicide and depression.

It wasn’t the first time he hiked a long distance barefoot with that mission.

Between 2006 and 2007, he walked the Appalachian Trail, starting in Maine, and ambled through Pennsylvania, New Jersey and New York, finishing in Georgia.

Starting last year and ending this year, Zaleski, 74, and his son, Omar Rose, walked from Key West, Florida, to San Diego to continue to raise awareness and accountability for the veteran suicide crisis.

On the way back to Florida, they drove. And they stopped in different communitie

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