Local veterans were honored at the Weberstown Mall for the Stockton Chamber of Commerce's inaugural Veterans Day event with the American Legion Carl Ross Post 16.

There were around $1,500 worth of gift cards on hand, donated by local businesses, for veterans to choose from.

Veterans from the Air Force, Marine Corps, Army, and Navy were honored at the mall in front of the old Sears by standing up while their branch's official song or, in the Marine Corps case, hymn, played.

"It's time overdue for Vietnam veterans," Joe Maes, a Vietnam War veteran, said. "It's nice to hear but to me, it's still too late. I wish we had had that when we came home because the PTSD kicked in more because the way we were treated. But I love what they're doing now for the rest of the veterans that are coming ho

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