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Originally commemorated as Armistice Day, November 11 became "Veteran's Day" in 1954 when the federal holiday was expanded to celebrate all American veterans. Archival images show Americans commemorating veterans from the end of fighting in World War I to dedicating a memorial for the women who served in the Vietnam War.
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Washington Congresswoman Kim Schrier met Wednesday with more than two dozen veterans at a community center in Auburn, where she honored those who served in Vietnam. It was an emotional day for many on hand.
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During a visit to Hanoi, President Obama announced an end to the five-decades-long ban on selling weapons to Vietnam.
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Forty-four years have passed since Air Force pilot Larry J. Hanley died in the Vietnam War. On Saturday, his family will finally lay him to rest at a…
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The opposition to the Vietnam War was young, unconventional, countercultural and suspicious of government. McGovern himself was none of these things. At the time of his presidential nomination in 1972, the two-term Democratic senator was a decorated World War II veteran who had spent most of his adult life in politics.
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The last piece of published writing from one of America's greatest writers was a series of letters he sent back from the front lines of war at the age of 64. John Steinbeck's dispatches shocked readers and family so much that they've never been reprinted — until now.