It is no secret that many of the men and women who served in Vietnam did not get the same "welcome home" received by most of today's service members. As our Matt Hunter reports, five decades later, many are still trying to right that wrong.

SCHUYLERVILLE, N.Y. – The less-than-warm reception Jim Frost received coming home from his service in Vietnam was not uncommon five decades ago.

“You come home and nobody said anything,” said Frost, a Vietnam vet who now lives in Granville. “Even the VFWs and the American Legions didn’t want anything to do with us."

Linda Teal and Jean Killian's late husbands experienced it, too.

"He was spit on; he was called a baby killer," said Teal, whose husband, Steve, served with the Navy in Vietnam from 1967 until 1969.

"There were so many places, especially small communities, that had no clue how to deal with the return of veterans," said Killian, whose husband, Don, was in Vietnam from 1966 until 1971.

On Thursday at the Saratoga National Cemetery, all three were among the crowd paying tribute to those who served during a Vietnam War Veterans Day ceremony.

"Most of these Vietnam vets will tell you they’re the lucky ones, as 58,307 of their brothers and sisters never came home," said Scott Lamb, the cemetery’s director and an Army veteran himself.

"A couple of friends of mine were in the service and did not make it back," Frost said.

Along with those killed, more than 300,000 Americans were wounded in Vietnam. Teal and Killian's husbands were among the millions who suffered from exposure to the chemical Agent Orange later in life.

"He was a valiant man, but it crippled him," said Teal, who lost her husband in 2013.

"Agent Orange and PTSD; the PTSD pretty much was nonstop," said Killian, whose husband died in 2014.

First proclaimed by President Barack Obama in 2012, President Donald Trump signed an act making Vietnam War Veterans Day an official holiday last year.

"What do you say to a Vietnam veteran? You say 'thank you and welcome home,' " said Mark Brockway, a Vietnam vet who served as the keynote speaker during Thursday’s ceremony.

Many like Teal and Killian’s husbands are no longer here to receive the past-due honor.

"This is his coat with some of the places he was in Vietnam,” said Teal, who wore her husband’s jacket to the ceremony. “I felt like he was here giving me a hug."

To those still here, the past-due tribute is well received.

"It is long overdue, and the few that remain deserve an extra helping of thank you," said Killian, who brought her husband’s ashes to the cemetery.

"They all need honoring. Everybody needs honoring that is in the service,” Frost said.