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VFW Post 76, local contractor rally to help Vietnam War veteran in need of a new roof
Read full article: VFW Post 76, local contractor rally to help Vietnam War veteran in need of a new roofA Vietnam War veteran and his wife are asking for help after medical bills and expensive home damages have piled up.
The Israel-Hamas war is testing whether campuses are sacrosanct places for speech and protest
Read full article: The Israel-Hamas war is testing whether campuses are sacrosanct places for speech and protestColleges and universities have long been protected places for free expression without pressure or punishment.
Patrick Hamilton, ex-AP and Reuters photographer who covered Central American wars, dies at 74
Read full article: Patrick Hamilton, ex-AP and Reuters photographer who covered Central American wars, dies at 74Patrick Hamilton, a combat veteran of the Vietnam War who covered civil wars in Central America as a photojournalist for The Associated Press,and later worked at Reuters covering the first Gulf War in Iraq, has died after a long struggle with cancer.
Like Daniel Ellsberg, others who leaked US government secrets have been seen as traitors and heroes
Read full article: Like Daniel Ellsberg, others who leaked US government secrets have been seen as traitors and heroesDaniel Ellsbergās decision to leak the Pentagon Papers made him an instant hero to opponents and a traitor in the eyes of the White House.
US withdrawal from Vietnam 50 years ago an emotional milestone
Read full article: US withdrawal from Vietnam 50 years ago an emotional milestoneFifty years after the U.S.ās withdrawal from Vietnam, a book is being written about the heavy toll the war took on the Edgewood Independent School District.
āI visit Vietnam every dayā: Vietnam veteran recounts his time at war
Read full article: āI visit Vietnam every dayā: Vietnam veteran recounts his time at warAlmost 50 years ago today, the last American troops were pulled out of Vietnam, signaling the end of U.S. involvement in whatās turned out to be one of the longest wars in history.
Activists back French-Vietnamese woman's Agent Orange case
Read full article: Activists back French-Vietnamese woman's Agent Orange caseTran To Nga, a 78-year-old former journalist, attends a gathering in support of people exposed to Agent Orange during the Vietnam War, in Paris, Saturday Jan. 30, 2021. Activists gathered Saturday in Paris in support of people exposed to Agent Orange during the Vietnam War, after a French court examined a case opposing a French-Vietnamese woman to 14 companies that produced and sold the toxic chemical. U.S. forces used Agent Orange to defoliate Vietnamese jungles and to destroy Viet Cong crops during the war. Between 1962 and 1971, the U.S. military sprayed roughly 11 million gallons of the chemical agent across large swaths of southern Vietnam. AdāThatās where lies the crime, the tragedy because with Agent Orange, it doesnāt stop.