Memorial Day for Vietnam Vets Sparks Parade and Debate
A Washington memorial dedication and weekend parade honor Vietnam veterans. Veterans voice ongoing worries including job hardship, stigma, and Agent Orange fears. VA funding delays and low official participation prompt criticism of government handling. Reagan absence draws further discontent among veterans.
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George Robinson
Constitution Avenue
Robinson
Larry Brinker
Labor Department
Vietnam
Veterans Administration
Congress
Agent Orange
Glenn Sinclair
Cleveland
Robert Nimmo
Everett Alverez Jr
North Vietnam
Reagan
Leonid Brezhnev
Chicago
Robert Muller
The
Vietnam Veterans of America
White House
America
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William Westmoreland
Robert Howard
Opslika
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Begin Returns Home For Wife Aliza's Burial In Jerusalem
Grieving Prime Minister Menachem Begin flies back from the United States to bury his wife Aliza on the Mount of Olives. She dies at 62 after asthma and respiratory problems. He returns after learning of 75 Israeli troops killed in Tyre Lebanon. The private funeral follows a day of national mourning.
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Menachem Begin
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Mount of Olives
Tyre
Lebanon
Begin
Aliza
Los Angeles
Reagan
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Ben Gurion International Airport
Leah
Hasia
Binyamin
Simcha Erlich
Yaacov Meridor
Moshe Barazani
Meir Feinstein
Sanhedrin
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