Vietnam

SALT LAKE CITY — Richard DeGooyer said when he returned home from serving in the US Army in the Vietnam war, he was told not to wear his uniform, only Levis. He was wearing jeans again Friday but able to joke about it with Utah Senator Mitt Romney as they met in the Federal Building downtown. “We’re both wearing Levis,” they laughed.

KING (WLUK) -- A grant is helping a Waupaca County veterans cemetery expand. Gov. Evers announced the US Department of Veterans Affairs is awarding $3.3 million to expand the Central Wisconsin Veterans Memorial Cemetery at King. The grant will allow the WDVA to construct 428 pre-placed crypts, a flag assembly...

Two projects honoring local veterans remain in progress, but will delay their opening events. June 19 was the scheduled date for a groundbreaking for the new Patriots Park Mural Project in Amherst and the celebration of renaming Lorain’s Central Park for the late Samuel L. Felton Jr., a Vietnam veteran and community leader.

TAA design has completed a four story office building in ho chi minh city, vietnam, featuring stacked timber cubes and a blanket of greenery. realized for tony fruit, a fruit distribution company, the perforated green block responds to the city’s hot tropical environment. images by hoang le. tony fruit office...

HANOI (Reuters) - Vietnam introduced national guidelines on social media behaviour on Friday which encourage people to post positive content about the Southeast Asian country and require state employees to report "conflicting information" to their superiors. The code prohibits posts which violate the law and "affect the interests of the...

PLATTSBURGH — A replica of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C., will make its way to Champlain from June 24 to June 27 after being delayed last year due to the pandemic. The replica, which stretches 375 feet in length and stands 7.5 feet tall at its highest point,...

Long-time well-known Birmingham Jewish community member Myron Radwin was in his room at Grandview Hospital recently recovering from surgery when something unexpected happened. Now at home and in a declining health situation, Myron and his daughter Holly Mazer, who was in his hospital room at the time, recounted the story with smiles and emotion.

JASPER COUNTY, S.C. (WTOC) - In 2015, nine African Americans were murdered in a church in Charleston, including Senator Clementa Carlos Pinckney. WTOC went to the church where he grew up to see how he is still being remembered today. On this date six years ago Senator Clementa Pinckney had...

LYNCHBURG, Va. – It was something you don’t see every day on the streets of Downtown Lynchburg. A 1964 Huey helicopter from the Vietnam War was on display Friday at Monument Terrace. Henry Wyatt is familiar with the aircraft because he flew one. The pilot recalled dropping troops off in...

Army veterans Joseph F. Tallon and Matthew Tallon, father and son, have co-authored the wartime memoir “100 Days in Vietnam: A Memoir of Love, War, and Survival.” The memoir, published by Koehler Books on June 15, is available as a $29.95 hardcover, $19.95 paperback and $7.99 ebook. A sidewalk book...

POCATELLO — It has been more than 52 years since Lance Cpl. Bill Klobus was struck by a 155 mm artillery round, propelling him 40 feet and requiring his medical evacuation. Klobus sustained the injuries on April 26, 1969, as part of the Operation of Oklahoma Hills during the Vietnam War. Although the injuries occurred decades ago, Klobus was never recognized for them — in part because doctors didn’t understand the ailment at the time, and because the injuries weren’t the result of enemy fire.

The 1,020th week of the Monument Terrace Troop Rally looked a little different — parked at the curb was a Vietnam-era Huey chopper, a hulking military helicopter used for everything from medevac missions to direct combat gun support during the war. The helicopter was on loan Friday morning from the...

Members of Marshall Elks Lodge No. 683 gathered together on Monday to celebrate one of the federal holidays their organization helped get started, Flag Day. The Marshall Elks Lodge invited members of the Marshall High School Junior ROTC, as well as a former U.S. marine, to help them celebrate the national holiday.

As they finally begin to emerge from under the shadow of COVID-related restrictions, local restaurants are facing a new challenge: a shortage of workers that has forced many places to remain in tak eout-only mode. At Krung Thai on Menaul, the ornately decorated dining room was blocked off by a...

If you're tired of cancel culture and censorship subscribe to Reclaim The Net. The Vietnamese government has taken its disregard for free speech to another level through the introduction of a nationwide social media code of conduct. Among many other things, the code encourages the Vietnamese to post positive content about their country, such as the beautiful sceneries, and culture.

Vietnam Airlines (VN, Hanoi) is on the verge of bankruptcy, the country’s Ministry of Planning and Investment has warned, as losses and debts continue to accumulate while air travel demand fails to rebound. Despite government approval of a VND12 trillion dong (USD519 million) rescue plan aimed at returning the cash-strapped...

Medra Dobbins had never attended Brookfield’s Memorial Day service before but, having lost her husband, Army vet Charles Dobbins, on Feb. 26, she felt compelled to do so this year. “I was very touched,” she said, after her husband’s name was read during the ceremony, along with of 45 other...