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Yahoo
27-05-2025
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Vietnam War Memorial at Mathis Field
SAN ANGELO, Texas (Concho Valley Homepage) — Dozens of people gathered for the annual Memorial Day ceremony at the Concho Valley Vietnam Veteran's Memorial at Mathis Field Airport. The San Angelo chapter of the Vietnam Veterans of America maintains the memorial which includes one of the few remaining Huey helicopters of its kind from the Vietnam War. There were 48 men from 15 different counties from the Concho Valley area that died in the Vietnam War. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
26-05-2025
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Memorial Day ceremony at Vietnam Veterans Memorial
ROCHESTER, N.Y. (WROC) — The Vietnam Veterans of America Chapter 20 hosts a ceremony on Memorial Day, to honor the 280 veterans from our area killed in the Vietnam War. Their names are emblazoned on bollards on a winding path in Highland Park and are read aloud during the ceremony. Nine more names of veterans were read aloud; they had no home record when they were killed in the war, and were adopted by the Vietnam Veterans of America Chapter 20. Veterans in our area killed during the US War on Terror were also honored. WATCH: Rochester communities hold Memorial Day parades and ceremonies Hundreds of veterans and their family members paid their respects to those who gave the ultimate sacrifice. 'This is real,' said Monroe County Sheriff Todd Baxter, who is an Army veteran. 'These hundreds and hundreds of names behind us, of these Vietnam heroes… They missed beautiful holidays like this and more… They missed being parents, grandparents, a good career, retirement, they missed a lot. And the only way we can thank them is to live like true free Americans, and honor their sacrifice what they gave to us.' Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
24-05-2025
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Vietnam veterans raise money for statue in Davenport Veterans Memorial Park
Quad City area veterans are raising money to build a statue to honor Vietnam veterans at the Davenport Veterans Memorial Park. On Friday, Chapter 776 of the Vietnam Veterans of America took donations outside Hy-Vee 53rd and Utica Ridge Road. The group wants to raise $10,000. The veterans want to represent how they were perceived with such negativity when they came back home from the war. The statue will depict a soldier carrying another soldier on his back, with the title 'No One Left Behind.' 'The Veterans Memorial Park is a fantastic place to go, just to pause and reflect. Then for us (veterans,) we can walk over when we have the statue in place, We can see a pride in the fact that we served, we were there and after we came home and having not been received real well, have been able to rise above that,' said Rod Kjersten, Vietnam Veterans of America Chapter 776 vice president elect. The group will be outside the Hy-Vee store again from 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Saturday. For more information, visit here. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
