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Exotissimo unveils two new Vietnam Tour programs in Ho Chi Minh City and Hanoi, featuring cross-cultural exchanges and experiential excursions.
Last month Everett Lang received eight unexpected expressions of gratitude. They came in handwritten letters addressed to the 67-year-old Vietnam veteran's New Jersey home. And they came from 12- and 13-year-old New Hampshire children he had never met.
A recent operation offers a peek inside the 'underground railroad,' a network of safe houses and secret border crossings that assists in the escape of North Korean refugees. As he cased the security at the foreign embassies in Hanoi, the 78-year-old retiree was seized with sudden self-doubt. He was certainly no John le Carre. Who was he to play spy?
WHAT : At more than 50 years together, Tom and Dick Smothers should have long ago forgotten more about comedy than most comedians will ever learn. Luckily, their heyday was in a pretty memorable era. The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour blazed a trail for politically savvy laughs during the Vietnam years. Its cancellation made it a casualty of the times, but that proved to be a minor low in the ...
From sailing single-handed across the Atlantic to serving as a Navy captain in Vietnam, local sculptor Robert Hooke is a consummate observer of life. Hooke is also an artist, and as he explains it, his many and varied experiences in nature and abroad provide the substance of his sculptures. By exposing himself to diverse species [...]
Hanoi - At least nine people were killed and twenty were seriously injured after a train and a bus collided on the outskirts of Hanoi, police said Monday. Hanoi traffic police said the collision occurred Sunday at an intersection in Hanoi's Thuong Ti...
The incidence of diabetes among very young people in Việt Nam has increased significantly of late, and the country is among those with the fastest-growing rate of patients, Nguoi-Viet reports.
The Fond du Lac River reminded a local Vietnam War veteran of the days his friends were impaled by traps and blown up before his eyes.
To commemorate Veterans Day, the WGBH studios hosted a screening of “Vietnam: A Television History” and panel discussion about the series. The studio showed the final segment of the 12-part series, originally aired in 1983, documenting the events of the Vietnam War.
The Santa Paula Elementary School District board celebrated Veteran’s Day at their Tuesday meeting. Blanchard School Outreach Coordinator Rey Frutos, a Vietnam veteran, came in full uniform to the meeting and brought along several students to help mark the event.
Veterans who live in San Bernardino County and missed graduating from high school because of their military service in World War II, the Korean War or the Vietnam War, may be eligible to receive their high school diploma.
SALISBURY-Many of those who lived through the tumultuous 1960s and '70s believe that they understand the forces at play: the conflict over America's participation in the Vietnam War, the pervasive fear of Communism and the corruption in office that brought down an American president and many of those surrounding him.
Lonnie Gallop, born and raised in Cleburne, was drafted by the U.S. Army after dropping out of college.
This year's Veterans Day was especially significant to Gila Valley resident Scott Allred as his two roommates from the Vietnam War paid him a visit.
By Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden - An independent study by the Institute of Medicine last month resulted in broadened health coverage by the Veterans Affairs Department for Vietnam War veterans who were exposed to Agent Orange.
John Hughes, formerly of Fountain, passed away after a brief illness on Nov. 7 in Clearwater, Fla. John Hughes was born on May 17, 1951 and served in the Marines in the Vietnam War.
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