The California Surf Museum, as a result of their ongoing exhibit honoring the Vietnam War veterans  with the emphasis on the healing power of wave riding, received repeated requests to organize a paddle out ceremony to allow the veterans and their family members to pay their respects to those surviving the war and remembering those that have been lost to the ravages of the conflct.  As a result we held an informal  beach side event in September on a beautiful day in Oceanside with plenty of ohana for all that participated and those remembered.