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The Vietnam War ended in 1973 with a peace agreement, the Paris Peace Accords, signed by the United States and South Vietnam on one side and North Vietnam and the Viet Cong on the other. The war continued to be violated by both sides, and the U.S. Congress limited the President's authority to wage war in Cambodia.
Burst of Joy is a Pulitzer Prize-winning photo of Lt Col Robert L. Stirm and his family after his release from North Vietnamese captivity in 1973. The photo shows his daughter Lorrie's joyful embrace, but also the bitterness of his divorce and the legacy of the Vietnam War.
Operation Homecoming was the return of 591 American prisoners of war held by North Vietnam and its allies after the Paris Peace Accords ended U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War. Learn about the details, locations, and aftermath of the operation, as well as the story of the "Kissinger Twenty" who refused early release.
The National League of Families' POW/MIA flag; it was created in 1971 when the war was still in progress. The National League of Families of American Prisoners and Missing in Southeast Asia was created by Sybil Stockdale, Evelyn Grubb and Mary Crowe as an originally small group of POW/MIA wives in Coronado, California, and Hampton Roads, Virginia, in 1967.
The death count for U.S. soldiers in the Vietnam War exceeded 58,000 before the government severed its involvement in 1973. A total of 395 fallen soldiers were from New Mexico, according to the ...
Learn about the history and design of the memorial dedicated to American women who served in the Vietnam War. The memorial depicts three uniformed women with a wounded male soldier and is located on the National Mall in Washington, D.C.
Learn about the roles and impacts of Vietnamese women in the military, the Ho Chi Minh trail, the peace movement, and the aftermath of the war. Find out how women faced discrimination, violence, and challenges in a male-dominated society.
Ann Dunwoody became the first female four-star general in the United States Army in 2008; this also made her the first female four-star general in the United States military. [1] [2] There have been women in the United States Army since the Revolutionary War, and women continue to serve in it today. As of 2020, there were 74,592 total women on ...