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  2. USS General J. C. Breckinridge - Wikipedia

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    USS General J. C. Breckinridge (AP-176) was a troopship that served with the United States Navy in World War II, the Korean War and the Vietnam War. In October 1949 she was redesignated T-AP-176 but retained her Navy crew. Her namesake was United States Marine Corps Lieutenant General James Carson Breckinridge (1877-1942), who was the grandson ...

  3. Kenneth L. Reusser - Wikipedia

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    Kenneth L. Reusser (January 27, 1920 – June 20, 2009) was a United States Marine Corps aviator who was considered the most decorated Marine Aviator, having flown 253 combat missions, earning 59 medals, including two Navy Crosses while flying in World War II, the Korean War, and the Vietnam War. He is the only aviator to survive being shot ...

  4. United States in the Vietnam War - Wikipedia

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    October 15, 1969 - Hundreds of thousands of people attend mass protests across the United States for the United States to withdraw from the Vietnam War. November 15, 1969 - A second, larger protest takes place in Washington D.C., with an estimated 500,000 people. December 1, 1969 - The first draft lottery since 1942 is held.

  5. USS General W. A. Mann - Wikipedia

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    USS General W. A. Mann (AP-112) was a troop transport that served with the United States Navy in World War II, the Korean War and the Vietnam War.. General W. A. Mann, a P2-type troopship, was built by the Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company of Kearny, New Jersey, in 1942–43 and commissioned on the date of acquisition, 13 October 1943.

  6. Charles Robert Jenkins - Wikipedia

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    Charles Robert Jenkins (() 18 February 1940 – () 11 December 2017) was a United States Army deserter, North Korean prisoner, and voice for Japanese abductees in North Korea. Driven by fear of combat and possible service in the Vietnam War , then- Sergeant Jenkins abandoned his patrol and walked across the Korean Demilitarized Zone in January ...

  7. USS Frank E. Evans - Wikipedia

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    Republic of Vietnam Meritorious Unit Citation (Vietnam Gallantry Cross Medal Color with Palm) for 7 January 1968 to 12 January 1968. [8] Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal for 23 January 1968 to 22 March 1968 coded "J" for Korea, [8] though it appears that the ship was in the vicinity of Vietnam during this time frame.

  8. A closer look at Panmunjom, the famous border town where a US ...

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    There have been a small number of U.S. soldiers who went to North Korea during the Cold War, including Charles Jenkins, who deserted his army post in South Korea in 1965 and fled across the DMZ ...

  9. List of Navy Cross recipients for the Vietnam War - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of Navy Cross recipients for actions of valor carried out during the Vietnam War, awarded by the United States Department of the Navy. The Vietnam War was a conflict in Vietnam , Laos , and Cambodia from 1 November 1955 [ a ] to the fall of Saigon on 30 April 1975.