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The Netflix documentary series Turning Point: The Vietnam War explores the impact of the Vietnam War on American society, politics, and foreign policy. Through first-person interviews, archival ...
A groundbreaking ceremony for the Sons of Atlanta Vietnam War Memorial will be held Friday at 2 p.m. at Piedmont Park’s 14th Street entrance. The memorial will honor 240 service members from ...
Sergeant John Fairley reflects on his time as a Vietnam War photographer 50 years on from the North Vietnamese Army's invasion of Saigon in 1975. Every year, Vietnamese communities and veterans ...
A floral tribute to veterans of the Vietnam War on the USS Midway. (Photo by Chris Stone/Times of San Diego) If you are drinking a cup of coffee while reading this article, you might assume your ...
But last month’s fiftieth anniversary of the end of the Vietnam War was not for most Americans a normal anniversary, worthy of normal celebration. It received scant attention in the U.S. media ...
The fall of Saigon 50 years ago marked the end of the Vietnam War ... for the American forces during the war as a translator and chauffeur. Interactive map: The journey of my mom's family As ...
Minnesota is home to the largest Hmong population in the country, and it all started nearly 50 years ago when the Vietnam War ended with the fall of Saigon. Months after the fall, Leng Wong fled ...
Vietnam celebrated the 50th anniversary of the end of the Vietnam War on April 30. Of the world's five remaining communist countries, Vietnam has been the second-fastest growing economy after China.
But the recognition doesn’t end there. Two other Vietnam War veterans from Muscatine — Richard E. Hill and Dennis D. Snyder — were able to walk across the stage during Sunday's graduation ...
The last helicopter liftoff from the roof of the US embassy in Saigon on April 30, 1975, marked the end of the Vietnam War. Fifty years later, mythology about US media coverage of the war is locked ...
On April 30, the 50th anniversary of the Fall of Saigon, considered the ending to the Vietnam War, he was asked by a veteran to do something special to honor the people from Newport who served ...
This sense of betrayal hasn’t been so visceral since 1971, when a group called Vietnam Veterans Against the War staged a demonstration in Washington, with hundreds of army veterans standing in ...