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History. March 29 was chosen as National Vietnam War Veterans Day because on March 29, 1973, Military Assistance Command, Vietnam (MACV) was disbanded and the last U.S. combat troops departed the Republic of Vietnam. The last unit was elements of MACV's Infantry Security Force (Special Guard), actually special couriers. [citation needed]
Of this total, there are almost 7,000 Vietnam veterans. Barnstable County has the largest veteran population of all 14 Massachusetts counties. Of this total, there are almost 7,000 Vietnam ...
October 14. The "Peace March to End the Vietnam War" in San Francisco. This "silent-march" demonstration began at City Hall and moved down Fulton Street to Golden Gate Park, where speeches were given. Over 2,000 were in attendance. Numerous groups, including many veterans, march to support the so-called "7-Point" plan to peace.
The Vietnam Veterans Memorial, commonly called the Vietnam Memorial, is a U.S. national memorial in Washington, D.C., honoring service members of the U.S. armed forces who served in the Vietnam War. The two-acre (8,100 m 2) site is dominated by two black granite walls engraved with the names of those service members who died or remain missing ...
A recent Wall Street Journal opinion by Jerry C. Davis, “Vietnam Veterans Deserve an Apology,” alerted me to National Vietnam Veterans Day on March 29.
Mar. 29—Gary Bland said a night does not pass that he does not relive every day of the year he spent in Vietnam. It was 1969, and the 26-year-old was the commander of a signal company in the war ...
On March 29, 1973, the last soldiers from the United States left Vietnam. Pink Floyd’s album, “Dark Side of the Moon,” was released that year, Roe vs Wade was decided by the U.S. Supreme ...
The Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund, Inc. (VVMF), is the non-profit organization established on April 27, 1979, by Jan Scruggs, a former Army Infantry in Vietnam. Others veterans joined including, Jack Wheeler, and several other graduates of West Point to finance the construction of a memorial to those Americans who served or died during the ...