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IBM says it’s been hired to build an e-government cloud for Saigon, now Ho Chi Minh City, the one-time capital of South Vietnam. As a first step it’s supposed to consolidate all of the city government’s e-mail systems and web sites. The work will apparently be done in collaboration with something called Quang Trung Software City (QTSC), which let IBM the contract. QTSC will evidently run the new ...
Treto Garza and other Rio Grande Valley veterans have fought in tough battles. They’ve fought in the Korean and Vietnam wars and in Iraq and Afghanistan.
For a Half-Century Emmy-Winning Producer Covered Major Events Including Kennedy Assassination, Vietnam War
By Si Cantwell Si.Cantwell@StarNewsOnline.com People who remember the 1960s and ’70s have lived all their lives with an ideological divide characterized by attitudes toward that war.
After 14 years of sponsoring the popular July 4 Fireworks Display at the Port of Brookings Harbor, the local Vietnam Veterans of America chapter is stepping down and looking for a replacement. “We love doing it, but there’s a lot of liability involved, and insurance costs have increased substantially in recent years,” said Sam Vitale, president of the Vietnam Veterans of America Chapter 757 (VVA ...
Rep. Allen Boyd came to town Nov. 10. After some questions that he did not like or answer, he decided to make another speech. Most of us walked out on him. I did not have a question for Boyd, only a statement. I served in Vietnam as a recon Marine...
Farmington V.F.W. Post 5896 recently unveiled a portrait of one of its past members, Paul Ketcherside, Jr., a decorated Vietnam Veteran who died 39 years ago. The portrait was presented to his sister Barbara Ketcherside , shown in center, by Mike White, President of Camp Hope, shown on right, and Tony Carroll, Post Commander, shown on left. The portrait was drawn and donated by world renowned ...
Carlton Burgess' Burlington County townhouse contained remnants of his fulfilling life. His wife, Carolyn, pastor of a church, lived nearby. But Carlton still saw enemies all around him, just as he had in Vietnam.
By the hundreds they came, sometimes a thousand or more, toprotest or support a troubling war .
Vietnam ranks ninth among the top 10 countries and territories sending students for higher education in the U.S., moving up from 13th place last year, according to a report released this week.
At "Off Base," a coffee house modeled after the GI coffee houses of Vietnam, everyone voted for President Obama, but only one person said he supports or at least understands the President's decision to send 30 thousand more troops to Afghanistan.
In a speech at the U.S. Military Academy Tuesday night, Obama rejected the argument that the U.S. should cut its losses and get out.
WEST POINT, N.Y. (AP) - President Barack Obama is vowing that the U.S. military involvement in Afghanistan will not turn into another Vietnam. In a speech at the U.S. Military Academy Tuesday night, Obama rejected the argument that the U.S. should cut its losses and get out.
President Barack Obama is vowing that the U.S. military involvement in Afghanistan will not turn into another Vietnam.
WEST POINT, N.Y. (AP) - President Barack Obama is vowing that the U.S. military involvement in Afghanistan will not turn into another Vietnam. In a speech at the U.S. Military Academy Tuesday night, Obama rejected the argument that the U.S. should cut its losses and get out.
WEST POINT, N.Y. (AP) - President Barack Obama is vowing that the U.S. military involvement in Afghanistan will not turn into another Vietnam. In a speech at the U.S. Military Academy Tuesday night, Obama rejected the argument that the U.S. should cut its losses and get out.
