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In 1989, a group of Vietnam veterans from West Texas gathered at Texas Tech University to discuss what they might do, in a positive way, about their experiences in Vietnam. [13] Their meeting was spearheaded by James Reckner, a Texas Tech military history professor and Navy veteran of the Vietnam War, [ 14 ] who had become concerned with his ...
A CH-46 succeeded in extracting part of the force, then a USAF F-4 Phantom was shot down. Another CH-46 came and extracted more of the force, but it was hit by antiaircraft fire and crashed from a height of 100 feet (30 m). The PAVN fired on the survivors in the wreckage killing many of them.
Last Lexington veteran. [14] [15] Amos Baker 1756–1850 Last Concord veteran. [16] Battle of Kings Mountain: 7 October 1780 Continental Army Robert Henry 1767–1863 [17] Battle of Dogger Bank: 5 August 1781 Dutch Royal Navy Abraham Losgert 1764–1856 Served on Admiraal Piet Hein. [18] Battle of Groton Heights: 6 September 1781 Continental Army
Major General Bob Dempsey with his wife attended the National Vietnam Veterans Day ceremony at the Texas Panhandle War Memorial on Friday. Dempsey flew 201 missions, and his plane was hit four ...
March 29 was chosen as Vietnam Veterans Day because on that day in 1973, the last U.S. combat troops departed South Vietnam following a lengthy and costly war that made many Americans reconsider ...
Frank Buckles (1901–2011), shown here in this recruitment photo, was the last verified American soldier to have served in World War I. Frank Woodruff Buckles (1901–2011) – U.S. Army. Last U.S. veteran, served with the 1st Fort Riley Casual Detachment. [53] Lloyd Brown (1901–2007) – U.S. Navy. Served on USS New Hampshire.
Now, a veterans group is planning to build a 6 1/2-foot-high black granite monument dedicated to the 23 Harlingen soldiers killed during the war from 1961 to 1975. As part of the project, city ...
Nearly 60,000 Americans died in the Vietnam War, [9] and 3,417 of them were from Texas. [10] At a reading of the names of fallen veterans held in the Lady Bird Johnson Auditorium at the LBJ Library, newspaper reporter and Vietnam war correspondent Joe Galloway explained the purpose of the Texas Vietnam Veterans Monument is to "encourage hometowns across America to go all out to welcome Vietnam ...