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Posts Tagged ‘Vietnam War’
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Hear Personal Stories of Military Service on Vietnam War Veterans Day at Patriots Point
Posted: Mar 16, 2022Patriots Point Naval and Maritime Museum will commemorate the sacrifices of Americans who served in the Vietnam War during a free event on Vietnam War Veterans Day, March 29. From […]
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Marines of Echo Company Tell of Ramadi Battle
Posted: Sep 10, 2018The most recent in an ongoing series of educational symposiums focused on the use of modern urban warfare by the Marines of Echo Company during a fierce battle in Ramadi, […]
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Patriots Point Celebrates USS Yorktown’s 75th Anniversary
Posted: Apr 18, 2018It took former First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt two tries to break the champagne bottle against the hull of the USS Yorktown CV-10 when she christened the ship she sponsored in […]
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Vietnam Veterans Recall the Pivotal Battle for Hue City
Posted: Mar 07, 2018On Thursday, March 1, a full-to-capacity Smokey Stover Theater onboard the USS Yorktown listened intently as five veterans of the Vietnam War discussed the pivotal 26-day battle for Huế City […]
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Black History Month Symposium Highlights Accomplishments of SC Rep. Lonnie Hosey
Posted: Feb 28, 2018Students from elementary schools in Barnwell and Allendale counties came aboard the USS Yorktown on February 23 for a Black History Month event honoring the life accomplishments of South Carolina […]
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Hundreds attend sold-out musical performance honoring veterans
Posted: Nov 22, 2017Hundreds of guests came aboard the USS Yorktown on the evening of November 9 to enjoy “BEHIND THE LINES: War Letters by American Heroes” — a night of live music […]
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Hundreds of Veterans Attend Vietnam Veterans Day Events
Posted: Apr 10, 2017More than 500 Vietnam War veterans attended the Vietnam Veterans Day events held at Patriots Point Naval & Maritime Museum on March 29, 2017. The event was held on the […]
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“Heroes Among Us” will share veterans’ stories of valor
Posted: Nov 08, 2016Patriots Point Naval & Maritime Museum, the Ralph H. Johnson VA Medical Center, ABC News 4 (WCIV-TV), and iHeartMedia will present a live one-hour television special on the Vietnam War […]
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Former Vietnamese Refugee To Share Personal Escape Story and Rescue with Greenville County Students
Posted: Sep 22, 2016Lan Dalat was 13 years old and living in war-torn, communist, Vietnam when his parents decided to risk everything and flee the country in 1981. Facing a possible capture by […]
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Hundreds of Veterans attend Vietnam Veterans Day at Patriots Point
Posted: Apr 01, 2016In 2012, President Barack Obama proclaimed that March 29 will always be a national Vietnam Veterans Day as it was on that day in 1973 that U.S. troops withdrew from […]