japan didn't vender until august, though. still, there were ticker tape parades welcoming home war heroes that day, not only in september and october and december, but also back in june, even while the war in the pacific was still being fought, they had one of those welcome home parades after germany surrendered, but before japan did. when the korean war ended in 1953, there were five different ticker tape parades in lower manhattan for the return of different troops coming home. 38 years later, there was another parade to make sure that korean war veterans knew they were not forgotten and that they got a proper welcome. it was not the same for vietnam war veterans. the ticker tape parades to welcome home veterans of vietnam, that was delayed for a long time. it was not until 1985, more than ten years after the last american personnel had returned home, that vietnam vets finally got the nation's official welcome home on lower broadway. that long-delayed parade