Our year long Vietnam Reflections series will conclude on January 20th, 2023, the 50th anniversary of the end of the United States involvement in the war.

This week's Vietnam Reflection features the story of Ann Marie Waite, a 1963 graduate of Fort LeBoeuf High School.

She served 23 years in the U.S. Army and also had an older brother in Vietnam.

Ann Marie joined the army at age 22 after her husband passed away, and she was not about to be intimidated by anyone.

Waite comes from a military family. Her uncle was in World War || and the Korean War, her father is a WW|| veteran, and her older brother bill is a Vietnam Veteran, serving in 1969 and 1970.

She spent 22 years in the military and traveled the world and her mission was to find Vietnam Veteran who were prisoners of war or missing in action.

Waite has been a dedicated member of the local Vietnam Vets chapter 435 for many years.