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That final troop withdrawal 50 years ago
Wednesday from Vietnam marked the end of a long and politically
contentious war that had left 58,000 U.S. service members dead and
another 304,000 wounded.
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Of 70,000 Marines that fought there,
more than 6,800 were killed and 19,000 were wounded. On the
Japanese side, about 18,000 were killed. Only 216 were captured.
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Airman 1st Class Lauren Arduser is one
of just two active-duty service members who will participate in
the 2023 National Disabled Veterans Winter Sports Clinic.
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The United States of America Vietnam War
Commemoration hosted a wreath-laying ceremony at the Vietnam
Veterans Memorial on National Vietnam War Veterans Day, to thank
and honor Vietnam veterans and to honor their legacy of service.
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Landing at Omaha Beach six days after
D-Day, Kirk served in Europe for the rest of the war. During the
Battle of the Bulge, his company was tasked with delivering
troops to the front lines near Bastogne in the dead of winter.
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More than 300 women participated in the
cultural support team program between 2009 and 2021, when the
Afghanistan War ended. Many sustained life-changing injuries as a
result of their work, only to find that they have had to prove to
the federal government their need for specialized health care.
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As Ohio's primary approaches, a strict
new photo ID requirement is stirring concerns for military
veterans and out-of-state college students, in Amish communities
and among older voters. Other Republican-led states are moving in
the same direction.
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Navy athletics is fortunate to have
a veteran scoreboard operator who is steady, reliable — and a
true American hero — in Dave Hoffman, who spent more than a
year of his life as a prisoner of war in Vietnam after
being captured on a combat mission.
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According to the Louisiana
Department of Veterans Affairs, the state has 85,000 Vietnam-era
veterans. More than 50 years after leaving Southeast Asia,
their recollections of the conflict, and their emotions, remain
vivid.
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Donald F. Poindexter of Philadelphia, a
retired teacher and longtime school principal and decorated
Montford Point Marine, died of a stroke. He was 93.
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