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Pages in category "American recipients of the Gallantry Cross (Vietnam)" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 286 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
During the Vietnam War and in the following twelve months, 235 Medals of Honor were awarded and since 1978 a further 33 awards have been presented. Of the total of 268 awards, 179 were to the US Army, 15 to the US Navy, 58 to the USMC and 14 to the USAF. [3] These totals do not include the award to the Vietnam Unknown Soldier.
Military Veterans Advocacy has pursued legal action to expand disability benefits for veterans of the Vietnam War, many of whom were exposed to Agent Orange while serving offshore of Vietnam. [7] Advocating for the "Blue Water Navy Association," the organization brought the case Procopio v.
Between 1962 and 1971, the U.S. military sprayed roughly 11 million gallons of the chemical agent dioxin used in Agent Orange across large swaths of southern Vietnam.
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On June 16, 2010, members of the U.S.-Vietnam Dialogue Group on Agent Orange/Dioxin unveiled a comprehensive 10-year Declaration and Plan of Action to address the toxic legacy of Agent Orange and other herbicides in Vietnam. The Plan of Action was released as an Aspen Institute publication and calls upon the U.S. and Vietnamese governments to ...
The Vietnam Friendship Village has been featured in a number of documentaries and TV programs about Vietnam and the lasting impact of Agent Orange. [ 15 ] The German award-winning documentary „Das Dorf der Freundschaft“, created by Timo Mugele and Marcus Niehaves during the year 2000, was one of the first films showing the story of George ...
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.