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The memorial was placed in support of the 50th Anniversary of the Vietnam War (2012-2025), as declared by the U.S. Congress (Public Law 110–181, Section 598) and the Department of Defense's Vietnam War Commemoration program.
March 29 was chosen as National Vietnam War Veterans Day because on March 29, 1973, Military Assistance Command, Vietnam (MACV) was disbanded and the last U.S. combat troops departed the Republic of Vietnam. The last unit was elements of MACV's Infantry Security Force (Special Guard), actually special couriers. [citation needed]
This article may be too long to read and navigate comfortably. Consider splitting content into sub-articles, condensing it, or adding subheadings. Please discuss this issue on the article's talk page. (November 2024) Vietnam War Part of the Indochina Wars and the Cold War in Asia Clockwise from top left: US Huey helicopters inserting South Vietnamese ARVN troops, 1970 North Vietnamese PAVN ...
The Vietnam Veterans Memorial, commonly called the Vietnam Memorial, is a U.S. national memorial in Washington, D.C., honoring service members of the U.S. armed forces who served in the Vietnam War. The two-acre (8,100 m 2 ) site is dominated by two black granite walls engraved with the names of those service members who died or remain missing ...
One objective of the Communist Party of Vietnam was to reduce the population of Saigon, which had become swollen with an influx of people during the war and was now overcrowded with high unemployment. "Re-education classes" for former soldiers in the ARVN indicated that to regain full standing in society they would need to move from the city ...
Vietnam Veterans' Memorial Park, Museum of Flight, Seattle; Vietnam Veterans of Oregon Memorial, Portland, Oregon [6] The Vietnam Wall of Southwest Florida, in Punta Gorda, FL [7] Vietnam War Memorial (Milwaukie, Oregon) The Vietnam War Memorial, in Westminster, CA [8] Vietnam Veterans Replica Wall Memorial, Tupelo, MS [9]
This war followed the First Indochina War (1946–54) and was fought between North Vietnam—supported by Communist nations such as the Soviet Union and China—and the government of South Vietnam—supported by the United States, South Korea, Australia, New Zealand, Thailand and other anti-communist allies.