In 1968, with mounting criticism of the Vietnam War at home and abroad, President Johnson announced that he would stop the bombing of North Vietnam and that he would not run for re-election the ...

In the summer of 1967, then 18-year-old George Cushman IV was headed off to the University of Florida as the Vietnam War raged. ROTC was mandatory for ...

The Vietnam War (1964-1975) The communists started it and the final deal ... And the cheap oil keeps on flowing. A win-win for Mr. Xi. So ending wars is tough — as the ancient Greeks could have told ...

We learned how to build a timber bridge and a bailey bridge,” said Kern. Life in a War Zone Then it was on to Vietnam. He arrived in country on May 20, 1969. “It was hot. Just beastly hot.

In 2023, Pennsylvania issued a law declaring March 29 as Vietnam War Veterans Day ... the Presidential Palace in Saigon, effectively ending the war.” Rep. Jim Haddock, D-118, Pittston Twp., ...

This year marks the 50th anniversary of the end of the Vietnam War. On April 30, 1975, North Vietnamese Army tanks took Saigon, ending the U.S. offensive – and leading to a refugee crisis that ...

Vietnam Veterans Chapter President Wayne Hall, left, and VFW Post 5118 Commander Kenley Timms are part of an effort to plan a parade and event honoring Vietnam veterans on March 30. WENDY WEITZEL ...

The annual Purple Heart Ball was hosted at the Copperas Cove Civic Center Saturday night honoring military veterans. The program for the night was highlighted by guest speaker Marcella A Hayes Ng ...