VIETNAM WAR
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Tonight I had the honor and privilege to have dinner with three veterans and Kaarin Remmich of NDSU's Military and Veteran Services office. The veterans - my son Noah, Dr. Berlin Nelson (from NDSU), a...
Posted on 11/6/12 at 11:22 PM
ND funds to help ID veterans exposed to defoliant 
The Legislature has approved a measure that will provide funding to help identify North Dakota veterans exposed to Agent Orange during the Vietnam War.
By Associated Press , April 01, 2013
GFAFB captain helps find MIA remains in homeland
Huy Tran, a captain at Grand Forks Air Force Base, left his home country of Vietnam as an 11-year-old. This summer, 18 years later, he returned to his native land as an interpreter for a recovery team with a noble purpose — to bring closure for Americans who lost family members in the Vietnam War.
By Ryan Bakken , December 07, 2012
Minneapolis VA faulted after Vietnam vet's suicide
The Minneapolis Veterans Medical Center was "deficient" in its handling of a suicidal Vietnam War veteran who killed himself while under the agency's care, according to a recent report by the national Veterans Administration office.
By Associated Press , August 28, 2012
Delay saved former ND Gov. Guy during Vietnam trip
One of North Dakota’s most popular governors had no doubt he was the target of a 1967 assassination plot in Vietnam. The near-death experience happened on a trip former Gov. Bill Guy initially didn’t want to go on in the first place.
By Teri Finneman , August 04, 2012
How to submit photos of veterans named on Vietnam Veterans Memorial wall
The Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund wants to collect a photo of each veteran named on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial wall in Washington, D.C., to use in a future exhibit.
By Teri Finneman , July 21, 2012
Photos of every soldier killed in Vietnam to be displayed in Washington D.C.
A future education center in Washington, D.C., will display photos of North Dakota soldiers who made the ultimate sacrifice for their country. Organizers of the Education Center at the Wall, which is slated to open Veterans Day 2014, are seeking the public’s help so a photo of every U.S. soldier killed in Vietnam can be featured in an exhibit.
By Teri Finneman , July 21, 2012
Vietnam War gets recognition after 50 years
As the nation commemorates the 50th anniversary of the Vietnam War, we asked readers to write in with memories of that time period. The Vietnam War didn’t and still doesn’t get the same kind of public recognition as World War II and the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Neighbors’ brothers came home with no fanfare and no flags, said Ludwig, now of Larimore, N.D.
By Teri Finneman , July 04, 2012
Cliff Cushman’s POW-MIA bracelet to be given to widow
For decades, Evie Struwe has wondered about the young man whose name she carried on her wrist years ago, a name inscribed on a bracelet to honor and remember an Air Force pilot from Grand Forks who was lost in Vietnam nearly 46 years ago. The simple engraving: “Maj. Clifton Cushman 9/25/66.”
By Chuck Haga , June 23, 2012
Looking for Vietnam era stories
As the nation commemorates the 50th anniversary of the Vietnam War, Forum Communications wants to hear from you.
By Forum Communications , June 22, 2012
A final homecoming for an old soldier
Former Inkster, N.D., man served in Korea, VietnamHe made it back to the home of his youth one last time, then back to the warmth of his last home in the South, and then he died.
By Chuck Haga , November 28, 2011
Last Vietnam-era draftee is retiring from Army
A homemade wind chime with the word "Whining" under a red slash is made from metal parts put in his leg after a parachute accident. Every Sunday he trims his crew cut. He didn't join the Army willingly, but as Command Sgt. Maj. Jeff Mellinger prepares to retire, he's grateful he found his calling.
By Kimberly Hefling , July 04, 2011
N.D. air museum to unveil memorial
Four airmen who died in the Vietnam War will be honored Saturday when veterans gather to unveil the Vietnam Memorial at the Fargo Air Museum.
By Associated Press , June 11, 2011
Putting faces to the names
National effort seeks to find photographs of all 58,267 lost in VietnamOf the 198 North Dakotans who were killed or declared missing in the Vietnam War, David James Corcoran of Grand Forks was the youngest, just 50 days past his 18th birthday when he died in 1969. Sgt. Ward G. Walter, 50, of Minot, killed in 1967, was the oldest. Their names are on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall in Washington, D.C., among the 58,267 soldiers, Marines, sailors and airmen listed as lost in Southeast Asia more than 40 years ago.
By Chuck Haga , April 22, 2011
Bob Dylan rocks Vietnam fans in special concert
After nearly five decades of singing about a war that continues to haunt a generation of Americans, legendary performer Bob Dylan finally got his chance to see Vietnam at peace. Only about half of the 8,000 seats at RMIT University were sold to a mix of Vietnamese and foreigners who danced on the grass as Dylan played guitar, harmonica and the keyboard.
By Margie Mason , April 10, 2011
Harvard to let ROTC back on campus
Harvard University is welcoming the Reserve Officer Training Corps program back to campus 41 years after banishing it amid dissent over the Vietnam War.
By Jay Lindsay , March 03, 2011
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