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The Israel-Hamas war is testing whether campuses are sacrosanct places for speech and protest
Read full article: The Israel-Hamas war is testing whether campuses are sacrosanct places for speech and protestColleges and universities have long been protected places for free expression without pressure or punishment.
Patrick Hamilton, ex-AP and Reuters photographer who covered Central American wars, dies at 74
Read full article: Patrick Hamilton, ex-AP and Reuters photographer who covered Central American wars, dies at 74Patrick Hamilton, a combat veteran of the Vietnam War who covered civil wars in Central America as a photojournalist for The Associated Press,and later worked at Reuters covering the first Gulf War in Iraq, has died after a long struggle with cancer.
Funeral held for Vietnam War soldier from Miami Beach accounted over 50 years later
Read full article: Funeral held for Vietnam War soldier from Miami Beach accounted over 50 years laterU.S. Army Staff Sgt. Sanford I. Finger, a Vietnam War soldier from Miami Beach, was buried at Arlington National Cemetary in Virginia on Friday.
Like Daniel Ellsberg, others who leaked US government secrets have been seen as traitors and heroes
Read full article: Like Daniel Ellsberg, others who leaked US government secrets have been seen as traitors and heroesDaniel Ellsberg’s decision to leak the Pentagon Papers made him an instant hero to opponents and a traitor in the eyes of the White House.
Famous ‘Napalm Girl’ from defining Vietnam War photo visits South Florida for last treatment
Read full article: Famous ‘Napalm Girl’ from defining Vietnam War photo visits South Florida for last treatmentKim Phuc Phan Thi was in South Florida Tuesday receiving her final reconstructive laser treatment for the wounds she suffered give decades ago.
Activists back French-Vietnamese woman's Agent Orange case
Read full article: Activists back French-Vietnamese woman's Agent Orange caseTran To Nga, a 78-year-old former journalist, attends a gathering in support of people exposed to Agent Orange during the Vietnam War, in Paris, Saturday Jan. 30, 2021. Activists gathered Saturday in Paris in support of people exposed to Agent Orange during the Vietnam War, after a French court examined a case opposing a French-Vietnamese woman to 14 companies that produced and sold the toxic chemical. U.S. forces used Agent Orange to defoliate Vietnamese jungles and to destroy Viet Cong crops during the war. Between 1962 and 1971, the U.S. military sprayed roughly 11 million gallons of the chemical agent across large swaths of southern Vietnam. Ad“That’s where lies the crime, the tragedy because with Agent Orange, it doesn’t stop.
Tribute 51 years overdue for fallen Vietnam War hero
Read full article: Tribute 51 years overdue for fallen Vietnam War heroDrafted to serve his country in the Vietnam War, Russell Milberry arrived there two days before his 20th birthday and died five days later. - Drafted to serve his country in the Vietnam War, Russell Milberry arrived there two days before his 20th birthday and died five days later. This wasn't their idea of going to war and this was right in their own community," said Stambaugh. And it fulfills the longtime wish of Charlie Stambaugh one of his fellow comrades from the same small town. "He's with me every day and I get signs all the time and I know he's really happy about this."
Airport comes to a halt to honor remains of returning Vietnam veteran
Read full article: Airport comes to a halt to honor remains of returning Vietnam veteranDALLAS - When Bryan Knight was 5 years old, he said goodbye to his father at an airport in Dallas, Texas, just before he was sent off to the Vietnam War. A few months later, US Air Force Maj. Roy A. Knight, Jr., 36, went missing in action. Earlier this year, the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency informed Knight that his father's remains had been found. On Thursday, Knight -- a pilot for Southwest -- flew his father's remains back to the place where he last saw him more than 50 years ago, Dallas Love Field Airport. The photos showed the honor guard waiting for and then carrying the casket, while the ground crew stood at attention.