Vietnam Veterans

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I had my first face-to-face encounter with Marine drill instructors (DIs) in 1974, as a 17-year-old stepping off the bus at the Marine Corps Recruit Depot in Parris Island, SC. I stood on the famous yellow footprints that welcome every Marine recruit and quickly confronted these forces of nature. The…

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Get all the latest news on coronavirus and more delivered daily to your inbox.  Sign up here.As the nation marks National Vietnam War Veterans Day Sunday, please keep one veteran in particular in your prayers: Command Sgt. Maj. Bennie Adkins.It was reported last week that Adkins, who received the Medal of…

Vietnam veteran Ed Gudusky tells his grandson, Evan Abramowitz, about the meaning of the names on the wall at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C. on Veterans Day in November, 2017. JOE GROMELSKI/STARS AND STRIPES By STARS AND STRIPES Published: March 29, 2020 March 29 is National Vietnam Veterans…

Sunday, March 29, is National Vietnam War Veterans Day.Its design is simple: Two long, black granite walls, set into the natural landscape, meet to form a V, and etched into the stone are the names of 58,276 military personnel who died during the long, divisive conflict. The Vietnam Veterans Memorial…

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