Letter to the editor: Coincidental meeting of Vietnam ‘brothers’ occurs at Java Lava

Letter to the editor: Coincidental meeting of Vietnam ‘brothers’ occurs at Java Lava

While my husband and I were enjoying breakfast at Java Lava on April 14, two men seated themselves at the next table. The older of the two was wearing a Vietnam veteran hat. My husband asked where he had been stationed and it turns out my husband and he were both stationed in Pleiku from 1969-1970! Retired Army Sergeant Luis R. Mendez, from San Juan, Puerto Rico, was visiting and traveling through Grand County with his son, who resides in Colora…