50 years on, Vietnam veterans and tourists pay homage at old battlefields

Vietnam’s Poignant Celebration of Its Victory Over America 50 Year Ago

Anniversaries are usually times to celebrate—a birth, a marriage, a victory, an extraordinary achievement. But last month’s fiftieth anniversary of the end of the Vietnam War was not for most Americans a normal anniversary, worthy of normal celebration. It received scant attention in the U.S. media and relatively few Americans seemed even to know about it. April 30 marked the end of a war that was misconceived from the start and was the first in…

50 years on, Vietnam veterans and tourists pay homage at old battlefields

Hamburger Hill, Hue, the Ia Drang Valley, Khe Sanh: some remember the Vietnam War battles from the headlines of the 1960s and 1970s, others from movies and history books. And thousands of Americans and Vietnamese know them as the graveyards of loved ones who died fighting more than a half-century ago.

"DoorDash Dale" community unites in support of Vietnam Veteran

TEXARKANA, Texas (KTAL/KMSS) — A chance encounter with a handicapped DoorDash driver leads to an outpouring of support from the community. "We ordered DoorDash and I got a notification that our order had been delivered, so I opened the door and there's no order and I was like, OK." says Ashley Cooper, "Well then I see a little white car in the driveway in the parking area and I see a little man trying to get out with a cane." That man was Dale C…