Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Location. 900 West Marion Ave, Punta Gorda, Florida, USA. Coordinates. 26°56′08″N 82°03′10″W / . 26.93569°N 82.05281°W. / 26.93569; -82.05281. Website. Military Heritage Museum. The Military Heritage Museum is a military museum in Punta Gorda, Florida .
The Vietnam Veterans Memorial, commonly called the Vietnam Memorial, is a U.S. national memorial in Washington, D.C., honoring service members of the U.S. armed forces who served in the Vietnam War. The two-acre (8,100 m 2) site is dominated by two black granite walls engraved with the names of those service members who died or remain missing ...
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.
Australia. Vietnam Forces National Memorial, Canberra. Beaudesert War Memorial. Cairns War Memorial. Esk War Memorial. Gair Park. Gympie Memorial Park. Sandgate War Memorial Park. Strathpine Honour Board.
Dedicated in 1998 by Sen. John McCain and Gen. Norman Schwarzkopf, the New Jersey Vietnam Veterans‘ Memorial and the Vietnam Era Museum is the only one of its kind in the entire nation. The ...
The Medal of Honor has been awarded to 30 U.S. servicemen for actions since Vietnam, seventeen to living recipients. The first post-Vietnam Medal of Honor recipients were two Delta Force snipers, MSG Gary Gordon and SFC Randy Shughart, who volunteered to defend a downed helicopter pilot in the 1993 Battle of Mogadishu in Somalia; the medals ...
Jul. 10—A years-long effort by New Mexico veterans to build a replica of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial wall in Angel Fire is close to becoming a reality. Advocates have raised enough funding for ...
The American Veterans Traveling Tribute Vietnam Wall will be at the Ashland County Airport through Saturday. One of the highlights of the wall exhibit, 80% of the size of the Washington, D.C. wall ...