The Secretary of Defense of the United States has authorized a multi-faceted program to commemorate The 50th anniversary of the Vietnam War Add this site to your browser for upcoming anniversary activities and ceremonies conducted to thank and honor our Vietnam War veterans, MIAs, POWs, the contributions and sacrifices of their families, those agencies, organizations and allies that served with, or were in support of, our Armed Forces. ~ ~ ~ |
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| Take 15 minutes to view the following trailers from Arrowhead films: In The Shadow of the Blade, an emotion-packed documentary of the 10,000 mile healing journey around the U.S.of a battle-scarred UH-1 "Huey" helicopter. Fantastic video. An Ocean Away follows the sisters of Donald Matosha to Vietnam. With his 3rd Marine Division comrades they revisit the mountain battlefield and meet the former NVA soldier who'd buried the fallen Marine then later led the US to recover his remains. A Touch of Home: the Vietnam War's Red Cross Girls: the story of a little-known program and the 627 adventurous young women who went to war to do a unique job armed only with smiles and a deep sense of patriotism. The job? Creating a touch of home in the combat zone. Hanoi Homecoming: A 3-Kleenex trailer generously using North Vietnamese archival movie footage of that February day in '73 when our POWs were released from the "Hanoi Hilton." It includes the re-creation (with their families, this time) of their Freedom Flight home from captivity. This one's a keeper. Arrowhead Films |
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| Your comments and questions are welcome. If you're planning to be in Washington, DC this Memorial Day weekend to visit The Wall, be sure to come by the Vietnam Women's Memorial and the Memorial Day Writers' Tent (toward the duck pond) too. I hope to see you there. |
| WHO KNEW... how proud I was to have served in Vietnam, but by 1967 there was a subtle permeating fear among returning vets that we wouldn't be welcomed home. Sometimes it was true so we put away our uniforms, spoke little or selectively about our experiences, stepped gingerly back into the Real World, hoped few would notice, prayed we'd fit in and quietly yearned for just one.... ......parade. from: Who Knew? Reflections on Vietnam ©2004 J. Holley Watts |