As I noted in my recent story on the passing of Col. Perry Dahl (USAF, ret.) at the ripe old age of 101, American fighter aces—i.e., combat aviators who destroyed five or more enemy aircraft in aerial ...
In 1979, Congress grants a Vietnam War veterans' committee the right to build a memorial on the Mall in Washington, D.C., dedicated to American soldiers killed in the conflict in Vietnam.
One of the most moving war memorials, the Vietnam Veterans Memorial – or "the Wall," as it's commonly referred to – is a long black granite wall with the names of more than 58,000 Americans ...
officials from the memorial fund confirmed. Hoehn began her journey 11 years ago when she sought to find photos of all 42 Maui Vietnam War veterans killed in the conflict. After successfully doing ...
The wall honors over 3 million Americans who served in the U.S. Armed Forces during the Vietnam War and bears the names of ...
He was among a small group of veterans who advocated for the establishment of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in the National Mall here, in part because he wanted to heal the wounds the war opened ...