An election was scheduled in two years’ time to unify Vietnam, but the U.S., fearful that a national election would lead to communist rule, ensured it never took place. “The ‘temporary’ division of the country at the seventeenth parallel into two ideologically-opposed states meant that ...
During the late fifties, Vietnam was divided into a communist North and anti-communist South. Because of theCold Waranxiety of the time, the general feeling was that, should the North Vietnamese communists win, the remainder of Southeast Asia would also fall to communism. When President John ...
The Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C., will mark the 40th anniversary of the “Three Servicemen” statue and the 20th anniversary of the In Memory plaque on Monday, November 11, 2024, at 1 p.m. at its annual Veterans Day at The Wall ceremony.Vietnam Veterans Memorial Veterans...
The Vietnam War Commemoration is conducted according to the 2008 National Defense Authorization Act to help honor and pay tribute to Vietnam Veterans and their families.
Two homecoming events for U.S. veterans planned this year to mark Vietnam War anniversary
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Outdoor team building activities are games, events and exercises for groups that take place outside. Example activities include scavenger hunts, field days, and walking tours. The purpose of these exercises is to get fresh air and sunshine while building camaraderie, trust, and community with grou...
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Phuket officials have attended the funerals of three of the nine Myanmar workers killed in the landslide on Aug 23 to assure the public that the Phuket Provincial Social Security Office is expediting efforts to provide compensation under various social security measures to those affected by the lands...
Virginia & The Vietnam War.Fifty years since the Fall of Saigon, Virginians still feel the impact of the Vietnam War, a long, costly, and controversial conflict. This exhibit examines, through personal objects and oral histories, what Virginia’s soldiers, policy makers, families, activists, ...