Mother’s faith endures after son listed dead in Vietnam
Mildred Ridgeway refused to abandon hope for Marine Pfc. Ronald L. Ridgeway, whose tombstone in a St. Louis cemetery bears Ambushed Patrol, Died, Vietnam, Feb. 25, 1908. Marines had said five years earlier he was killed and the remains identified, yet she believed he lived.
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Post-truce fighting in Vietnam continues with clashes and casualties
Reports show more than 200 clashes between Communist and government forces across South Vietnam after the cease fire began, with a U.S. adviser wounded in Quang Ngai. Government spokesmen tally post-truce clashes over 1,000 and casualties over 2,700 killed, 1,620 wounded, plus civilian and few allied losses.
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