Naperville’s fifth Healing Field of Honor is set to take over Rotary Hill from Nov. 7 to 12, bringing the calm that comes from a field of precisely placed American flags, all flapping and swaying in the breeze.

Organized by Operation Support Our Troops — America, along with the Naperville Park District, Naperville Responds for Veterans and other local organizations, the Healing Field’s theme this year is “Welcome Home.”

Honor and welcome for Vietnam veterans

The field aims to honor all military members, and especially Vietnam War-era veterans, as organizers commemorate the 50th anniversary of troops returning from that conflict in 1975. Along with the flags, the display also will include a replica of the Vietnam Wall of Remembrance, which lists the names of more than 58,000 service memb

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