For Spencer Matteson, the memories of a battlefield "covered with dead bodies" are still painful. But with his help, Vietnamese excavation teams found the remains of approximately 60 soldiers, who were buried properly at the Tang Bạt Ho Town Martyrs’ Cemetery, in a "solemn ceremony" attended by state leaders and thousands of veterans.
Back in 2000, on the 25th anniversary of the official end of the Vietnam War, 13News Now decided to go back. The task was to document the noble work of Joint Task Force/Full Accounting as they searched for remains of U.
The pardon was one of the defining presidential moments for Jimmy Carter, who died Dec. 29 at the age of 100. The move was pilloried by members of the military and conservative politicians.
While the war established Vietnam as a potent military power in Southeast Asia, the massive scale of the armed conflict devastated the country's agriculture, business, industry, and several other sectors.
Vietnam’s so-called Just Energy Transition Partnership is actually “enabling serious human rights harms by the Vietnam government.”
The U.S. Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency, under the U.S. Department of Defense, identified the remains of Army Air Forces Sgt. Edward S. Kovaleski, whose plane went down in Austria during World War II. His remains will be repatriated and he is scheduled to be interred at Arlington National Cemetery sometime in the spring.
The Medal of Honor, the United States' highest military decoration, is awarded to service members who display exceptional valor in combat.
At a White House ceremony on Friday, January 3, 2024, President Joe Biden presented Medals of Honor to seven Soldiers who served in
U.S. President Joe Biden on Friday recognized seven veterans of the Korean and Vietnam wars with the Medal of Honor and awarded eight law enforcement officers the Medal of Valor for acts of extreme courage that went "beyond the call of duty.
A new goal for export turnover has been set for exports in 2025 amid major pressures, including weak links between Vietnamese and foreign businesses.
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