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Vietnam Recalled In Danville Reflections On War
Danville and Wittsylvania County residents recall the Vietnam era with mixed views. Most supported U S involvement and the draft, while about one fifth opposed the conflict. Ten local Vietnam War dead lie in Danville National Cemetery and Maj Floyd Kushner, a returning POW, spoke at a 1973 welcome home crowd about his five and a half years of captivity.
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Danville
Saigon
U.S
Vietnam
Laval i
Wittsylvania County
Fate
Russell Weeks
U.S. Navy
Tate
Burrell
Danville National Cemetery
Steven Reed Powell
Barry C. Price
Joseph Allen Puryear
Kenneth J. Brown
Hugh J. Ferrell
Ralph Elsworth Lounderman
Donald Wayne McCann
Pearly J. Thomas
Albert Witcher
Samuel E. Witcher
Floyd H. Kushner
Kushner
Kenneth L. Neathery
Danville Community College
DCC
Neathery
Averett College
Danville Register
Siagon
Barry Adkins
Clements & Parker
Crumpecker Chism Company
Hodnett Chism and Thompson Company
Clements Chism and Parker
Clements and Parker
Main Street
Belk-Leggett
City Hall
Main and
Floyd Street
City of
Hotel Danville
Capitol Theatre
Southside
Virginia