Legacy of Vietnam a decade after Saigon
In memory sites across the country families and strangers reflect on Vietnam and its toll. Janet Putnam, 21, NH, says the memorial helped her confront the war. Vietnam veterans like John Wheeler note grief, denial, and healing as the nation reevaluates the decade-long conflict.
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Boston
Mass
Beailsville
Ohio
Washington, D.C
Vietnam Veterans Memorial
Janet Putnam
New Hampshire
Vietnam
Saigon
America
John Wheeler
Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund
Wheeler
West Point
Paralyzed Vietnam Vet Leads Elyria VFW Post
Roger A Jackson, first Vietnam veteran to command Elyria VFW Post 1079, an Ohio unit with 1,570 members, drives a van with a Vietnam Class of 66 bumper sticker. Wounded two months into his tour, he was paralyzed from the waist down after a mortar attack near the DMZ. He recalls being evacuated to the hospital ship Repose and later to Japan for two operations.
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Elyria
Vietnam
Roger A. Jackson
Southeast Asia
Tennessee
VFW
Ohio
Jackson
Demilita
Grant
U.S. Repose
South China Sea
Japan
Vietnamese Americans Say Thank You To U S Veterans
Ten years after Saigon's fall, Vietnamese Americans in Indiana plan an appreciation ceremony at the Indiana War Memorial to honor American GIs. Loc To helps organize as Vietnamese refugees in Indiana express gratitude for the U S role and democracy they now enjoy.
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Indianapolis
Saigon
Bob Foster
Ron Stamps
The
Vietnam Veterans Civic
Reagan heads to Bonn for economic summit amid Bitburg storm
President Reagan travels to Bonn for a gathering of seven major democracies while a planned Bitburg cemetery visit draws protests from Jews and WWII veterans. A Bergen-Belsen stop is added as Kohl hosts a summit focused on democracy and anti terrorism.
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Washington
Reagan
Bonn
Britain
France
Japan
Canada
Italy
West Germany
Bitburg
Helmut Kohl
Naziera Bergen-Belsen
London
Kohl
Americans split over Reagan Bitburg visit
A Newsweek poll shows 40 percent say Reagan was right to visit Bitburg, 42 percent say he was wrong, 18 percent have no opinion. On whether he should still go, 55 percent say no and 36 percent say yes, with 9 percent undecided.
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New York
Reagan
Newsweek Magazine
Bitburg
Ice cream row ends in assault charge at Cleveland Street stand
Larry R Whitesel 36 of 126 Oak St punched an off duty police officer and his son after a delay at Polar Bear Ice Cream, 230 Cleveland St. The officer’s badge brought quick counterattack. the officer’s son was knocked down. Whitesel faced two counts of assault and was released on bond.
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Elyria
Larry R Whitesel
Cleveland Street
Whitesel
Oak St
Cleveland St
Joseph G. Figula
Figula
Joseph, Jr
Elyna Memorial Hospital
Whitese
Elyna Memoral Hospital
Weather forecast for today and tonight near the lake
Partly cloudy with temperatures 60 to 65 and cooler by the lake. Northeast winds 10 to 15 mph. Clear tonight with a low near 40. Monday expected near 78 with a 19 percent rain chance today and tonight. Details on Page A-3.
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Raymond Coffey
Bill Neikirk
Chicago Tribune
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