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The nonprofit they started at their kitchen table to help forgotten veterans made sick by toxic burn pits became catalyst for changing national policy 'We got it done': How a Texas couple changed ...
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]
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 ...
Waste burning in the 1st Marine Division Support Area in Saudi Arabia during the Gulf War in 1991.. Joint Base Balad (JBB), the largest U.S. base in Iraq had a burn pit operation as late as the summer of 2008, burning 147 tons of waste per day when the Army Times published a major story about it and related health concerns.
On 29 July 1968 a Viet Cong sapper attack on the base destroyed two C-130s and damaged a further five C-130s, one F-100 and one C-47. [ 3 ] In early 1969 Flight A of the 71st Special Operations Squadron equipped with AC-119G Shadow gunships moved to Tuy Hoa from Nha Trang Air Base , it was later replaced by Flight A of the 17th Special ...
The nonprofit they started at their kitchen table to help forgotten veterans made sick by toxic burn pits became a catalyst for changing national policy.
Barnstable County has the largest veteran population of all 14 Massachusetts counties. Of this total, there are almost 7,000 Vietnam veterans.
After “The Daily Show” host Jon Stewart on Tuesday helped announce legislation to aid military veterans who were poisoned by dangerous toxic fires called “burn pits,” a new documentary is ...