Senate senators push to lift Vietnam trade ban
Twenty years after U S soldiers left Vietnam two Vietnam veteran senators Kerry and McCain led a 62 to 38 vote urging the administration to lift the trade embargo expeditiously. They argued better relations would aid searching for MIAs while veterans groups warned against loosening restrictions without full POW MIA accounting.
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Army recognizes Idahoan who served as AWOL friend in Vietnam
The Army will open a correction file showing Paul Mahar received an honorable discharge and a gunner’s citation for saving a comrade from drowning while serving in Vietnam in 1966 67. Mahar had impersonated Frank Clouse Jr to avoid draft and sought a medical discharge.
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