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The Vietnam Center and Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive collects and preserves the documentary record of the Vietnam War. The Vietnam Center and Archive, part of Texas Tech University , is the nation's largest and most comprehensive collection of information on the Vietnam War.
During the third week of September, the Tri-State Fair & Rodeo brings participants mostly from Oklahoma, New Mexico and Texas to Amarillo since 1921. [62] On the Tri-State Exposition grounds, the Amarillo National Center is a special events center for events ranging from national equestrian competitions to motor sports and rodeos.
January: Commander Elizabeth Barrett arrived in Vietnam, and was the highest ranking female naval line officer in Vietnam. By November 1972, she had become the first female commander in a combat zone, leading the 450 enlisted men in the [U.S.] Naval Advisory Group, a position she held until she left Vietnam in March 1973. [52]
The Texas Panhandle War Memorial Center will host a reception for veterans in honor of National Vietnam Veterans Day at 1 p.m. Friday, March 29. U.S. troops had left Vietnam by March 29, 1973.
Around 2.7 million American service members fought in the Vietnam War and 3.4 million served in Southeast Asia. The U.S. lost 58,000 service members in the unpopular war where 153,303 were wounded.
The following entertainers performed for U.S. military personnel and their allies in the combat theatre during the Vietnam War (1959–1975) Roy Acuff (1970) Anna Maria Alberghetti
The first Tour de Vietnam cycle race in 14 years began, following a 500 miles (800 km) course from Nha Trang to Long Xuyên. The race was to demonstrate the extent of government control over the countryside, however the competitors were escorted by armored vehicles and helicopter gunships. [5] 19 January to 22 July
According to the Washington Post, it was taken in 1972 during her controversial trip to North Vietnam and shows her sitting with Vietnamese soldiers on an antiaircraft gun, the sort used to shoot ...