In 1979, Congress grants a Vietnam War veterans' committee the right to build a memorial on the Mall in Washington, D.C., dedicated to American soldiers killed in the conflict in Vietnam.
One of the most moving war memorials, the Vietnam Veterans Memorial – or "the Wall," as it's commonly referred to – is a long black granite wall with the names of more than 58,000 Americans ...
Photo courtesy Janna Hoehn After more than two decades and a herculean effort by a Maui woman, photos of all service members whose names are inscribed on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial have been found.
Military Times' dedicated site to the Vietnam Commemoration, Rolling Thunder the POW/MIA mission and telling the stories of Vietnam veterans. “If you were a reconnaissance Marine and you served ...
Veterans from all across the nation stepped off the bus in Papillion, taking in a memorial that tells their stories in ...
For decades after his military service, Bruce Whipple would take his mobile museum filled with Vietnam-era items to military shows, schools and air shows. The 75-year-old, who served in the Vietnam ...
"And the world just wasn't ready for us," said Gensemer, President of Chapter 131 of Vietnam Veterans of America. "17 years later, they dedicated this memorial, and that's when the healing started." ...
WARNER ROBINS, Ga. — After more than a decade, the Vietnam Veterans Memorial is on its way to Warner Robins. It sits at the intersection of Watson Boulevard and Vietnam Veterans Memorial Parkway.