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  Vietnam veteran - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Vietnam veteran is a phrase used to describe someone who served in the armed forces of participating countries during the Vietnam War.
The term is usually associated with veterans who were in the armed forces of South Vietnam, the United States armed forces and countries allied to them, whether or not they were actually stationed in Vietnam during their service.
There are persistent stereotypes about Vietnam veterans as psychologically devastated, bitter, homeless, drug-addicted people who had a hard time readjusting to society, primarily due to the uniquely divisive nature of the Vietnam War in the context of U.S. History.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Vietnam_veteran   (961 words)

  
 Encyclopedia: Vietnam War   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Hanoi (Vietnamese: Quốc Ngữ Hà Nội; Chữ Nôm 河内), estimated population 3,083,800 (2004), is the capital of Vietnam and was the capital of North Vietnam from 1954 to 1976.
The Vietnam War was in many ways a direct successor to the French Indochina War, sometimes referred to as the First Indochina War, in which the French fought, with the financial and logistical support of the United States, to regain control of their former colony in Indochina.
Vietnam released figures on April 3, 1995 that a total of one million Vietnamese combatants and four million civilians were killed in the war.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Vietnam-War   (1830 words)

  
 Vietnam Veterans Association of Australia
The Vietnam Veterans Association of Australia (VVAA) had its advent in the Vietnam Veterans Action Association formed in the late 1979 as a result of the perceptions of Vietnam veterans that exposure to chemicals was causing problems with their health and the health of their children.
The Vietnam Veterans Counselling Service was established as a direct result of the action of the VVAA, and it is now an integral part of treatment regimes, not only for veterans, but also for the survivors of traumatic events such as the Port Arthur Massacre.
Vietnam veterans have reached the highest level of business, professional and political ranks within Australia, and every one of them who has overcome psychological or health problems in order to raise a family and live a relatively normal life has overcome adversity in order to achieve.
www.vvaa.org.au   (911 words)

  
 FACT VS FICTION.....THE VIETNAM VETERAN
After the war ended, reports began to circulate of veterans so depraved from their war experiences that they turned to crime, with estimates of the number of incarcerated Vietnam veterans as high as one-quarter of the prison population.
The same is true for the nonsense that Vietnam vets have high rates of suicide, often heard as the "fact" that more veterans had died by their own hand than in combat.
In fact, Vietnam veterans are as successful or more successful than men their own age who did not go to war.
www.vvof.org /factsvnv.htm   (1375 words)

  
 Vietnam Travel for Vietnam Veterans
TOP Vietnam Veterans is a nonprofit organization founded in 1998 by a Vietnam veteran, as a means to help veterans, their families, and surviving family members recover from the trauma of the Vietnam war.
Veterans and family members see Vietnam as it is today, while visiting areas in which they served.
TOP also strives to educate veterans, families and the public on issues related to Vietnam veterans and families, the Vietnam War, and Vietnam as it is today.
www.topvietnamveterans.org   (535 words)

  
 SwiftVets.com | The Real Story on John Kerry's Military Service
Your rhetoric and actions were not only wrong, they aided the enemy and brought great pain to POW's, veterans and their families.
Rassmann.  Later, when forced to acknowledge conflicting eyewitness testimony from fellow swift boat veterans, you said that your boat left the scene to return moments later to retrieve Jim Rassmann from the water.
Kerry, please explain to your fellow veterans and the American people which version is the truth.
www.swiftvets.com   (331 words)

  
 Ben's Guide (3-5): Statues and Memorials -- The Vietnam Veterans Memorial
Located on the National Mall in Washington, DC, the Vietnam Veterans Memorial recognizes and honors the men and women who served in the Vietnam War.
The Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall, designed by Maya Ying Lin, contains the names of the 58,220 men and women who were killed and remain missing from the war.
The proposed design for the Vietnam Veterans Memorial angered some Vietnam veterans and others who felt that it did not convey the heroism, patriotism, and honor inherent in most war memorials.
bensguide.gpo.gov /3-5/symbols/vietnam.html   (428 words)

  
 Viper's Vietnam Veterans Pages, A Vietnam Veteran and Proud   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Vietnam was a savage, in your face war where death could and did strike from anywhere with absolutely no warning.
It was Kerry and Fonda and their fellow protestors who were directly responsible for creating the false image of Vietnam veterans as a "barbarian horde" which raped and murdered innocent civilians daily as a matter of policy.
Vietnam Veterans are less likely to be in prison - only one-half of one percent of Vietnam Veterans have been jailed for crimes.
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 Home
Vietnam Veteran Wives and our National Veteran Center want to share with you our condolences for all those who have lost in the Katrina hurricane.
Membership with VVW is now open to those veterans and family members interested in helping veterans and veteran issues.
Vietnam Veteran Wives was established in 1996 to help woman of combat veterans and research on Agent Orange and Desert Storm illnesses’.
vietnamveteranwives.com   (1406 words)

  
 Society Fresh : Article 'Vietnam veteran'   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Mark_Enbatta,_LSD_sign.jpg Vietnam_Veterans Mark Enbatta, lead singer/guitar The Vietnam Veterans was a French psychedelic group, who in the 80's released six records.
Testimony by John Kerry (Representative of Vietnam Veterans Against the War) on the necessity of immediate and unilateral withdrawal based on Vietnam veterans' personal experiences.
Kerry was the only representative of Vietnam Veterans Against the War (VVAW) who testified on April 22, but others in VVAW were in the audience and at times supported his remarks with applause.
www.society-fresh.net /DisplayArticle54468.html   (1398 words)

  
 Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund - Home
The Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund introduced America’s pastime to Vietnam and promoted awareness of the country’s continuing problem with unexploded ordnance (UXO) during its Bringing Baseball to Vietnam delegation.
The Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund will be Bringing Baseball to Vietnam during two baseball-related events: a Jan. 18 exhibition in Hanoi and a Jan. 20 ballfield dedication and baseball clinic in Dong Ha Town, Quang Tri Province.
Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund President and Founder Jan C. Scruggs will be honored with the First Lavang Award, presented by Vietnam Dream for Success during an award ceremony at the French Embassy on January 9.
www.vvmf.org   (769 words)

  
 VIETNAM VETERANS HOME PAGE   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
To honor Vietnam Veterans, living and dead, who served their country on either side of the conflict.
To provide an interactive, on-line forum for Vietnam Veterans and their families and friends to exchange information, stories, poems, songs, art, pictures, and experiences in any publishable form.
The motivation in creating and publishing this WWW Page is to provide a dynamic, multimedia-based "chronology" of the Vietnam Warand its aftermath as seen through the eyes of Veterans, their families, and their friends.
grunt.space.swri.edu   (430 words)

  
 Vietnam travel, Vietnam tours, Vietnam hotel by tour operator in Vietnam. Laos, Cambodia travel, Vietnam hotels, travel ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Vietnam travel, Vietnam tours, Vietnam hotel by tour operator in Vietnam.
The guideline of Asianventure Tours is to share the travel Vietnam experience with anyone who seeking Vietnam tours and beyond.
The Vietnam tours including classic, adventure and theme tours range from easy touring to challenging activities.
www.vietnamculturetours.com   (185 words)

  
 MilitaryUSA.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Receive unlimited access to the Vietnam Veterans Database and the Vietnam MOS database for a year for up to 10 users.
The Vietnam Veterans Database is back up and running with  added information.
Vietnam Veterans contains listings for more than 2.7 million veterans who served in Southeast Asia during the Vietnam War.
www.militaryusa.com   (233 words)

  
 Vietnam Veteran
My life as a Vietnam veteran began with a series of coincidences, some pleasant, some not.
I was due to rotate out of Vietnam at the end of May '69, but had been called home at the end of April on compassionate leave.
Vietnam, both the War and the country, continues to interest me, as does its persistence in the American psyche.
home.comcast.net /~wrdwrght/viet_vet.htm   (986 words)

  
 Veterans Service Organizations of
Letters from veteran's, from the sons and daughters of the killed and missing, from wives, from Australia, from Vietnamese-Americans, from the Air Force, Army, Navy, and Marines.
Vietnam Veterans Newsletter "The newsletter "NamVet" is available to Vietnam War Veterans by electronic mail.
The Vietnam Dog Handlers Association is dedicated recognizing both the contributions and sacrifices War Dogs and their Handlers have made while serving in our Nation's armed forces.
www.gemusa.com /vec/vsovva.htm   (887 words)

  
 Vietnam Memorial   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Located between the Washington Monument and the Lincoln Memorial on the Mall in Washington, D.C., the dramatic and somber Vietnam Veterans Memorial was dedicated in November 1982.
Privately funded through the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund headed by Jan Scruggs, the memorial was designed by Maya Ying Lin, a Yale architecture student whose design was chosen over 1,421 others submitted in the public competition.
To ease a controversy aroused by the nontraditional appearance of the memorial, a sculpture of three servicemen and a flag were placed off to the side.
sc94.ameslab.gov /TOUR/vetmem.html   (198 words)

  
 Vietnam Veterans Against John Kerry
However, the Massachusetts Democrat doesn't like to talk much about how he received the awards or the time after he returned home when he was rubbing shoulders with Hanoi Jane Fonda as a much-celebrated organizer for Vietnam Veterans Against the War (VVAW), one of America's most radical pro-communist groups.
Sen. Kerry, the "noble statesman" and "highly decorated Vietnam vet" of today, is a Far cry from Kerry, the radical, hippie-like leader of Vietnam Veterans Against the War (VVAW) in the early 1970s.
Soon after Kerry, as a Navy Lieutenant (junior grade) commanding a Swift boat in Vietnam, was awarded the Silver Star, he used an obscure Navy regulation to leave Vietnam and his crew before completing his tour of duty.
www.vietnamveteransagainstjohnkerry.com   (610 words)

  
 Tears of 'Nam   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Word on the street is that it's already taken the lives of 3 troops and a couple of the older gazelle that are too slow to run away.
What the Krew neglected to mention is that "ready for any kind of crap the Vietcong can throw our way" really means "we clean the floors at the H.Q. POW holding cells." The member that passed away was Tex "Old School" Simmons, who died from a completely unprecedented case of being really old.
Later, we saw a small girl sitting in a boat, and when we asked what she was doing, she made a grunting noise and we started to smell something rank.
tearsofnam.blogspot.com   (6356 words)

  
 Vietnam Week 2004 - Aircraft, Artifacts and Displays
Mark Berent served three Vietnam tours and is admirably suited to write his five-book Vietnam airwar series for he lived each story.
Children 18 and under will be admitted free during Vietnam Week to encourage attendance and participation from a generation needed to be educated about Vietnam.
Vietnam Week ends on Mother’s Day, when we honor Moms in the tri-state area who lost a son in the Vietnam War.
www.fargoairmuseum.org /vietdisp.html   (928 words)

  
 New Jersey Vietnam Veterans' Memorial Foundation
The New Jersey Vietnam Veterans' Memorial Foundation is looking for all Vietnam Veterans and Vietnam Era Veterans in New Jersey for its Veterans Recognition Project.  The Foundation has created an honor role of all those who served, and we want you to be a part of this project.
To receive notification of all our special events and ceremonies, sign up for our mailing list by clicking on the box to the left.  You may choose what areas you are interested in and we will email you announcements of new events and programs.
The New Jersey Vietnam Veterans' Memorial and Vietnam Era Educational Center are located in Holmdel, NJ -  at exit 116 off the Garden State Parkway (on the grounds of the PNC Bank Arts Center).  For more detailed directions,
www.njvvmf.org   (190 words)

  
 Art:21 . Maya Lin's "Vietnam Veterans Memorial" | PBS
Lin is perhaps most well known for her first public commission, the "Vietnam Veterans Memorial." Conceived of when she was still an undergraduate at Yale University, the memorial is remarkable in that it proposes neither winners nor losers, but only the names of the dead inscribed in a polished, fl granite.
Attentive to the individual life of every man and woman who died in the war, the memorial is also responsive to the individual experience of the visitor.
There is no wrong way to approach the "Vietnam Veterans Memorial" as it makes no grand statements about politics or American ideals.
www.pbs.org /art21/artists/lin/card1.html   (565 words)

  
 Australian Vietnam Veteran Locator - Missing Persons
Vietnam was a long time ago in years and near in memory.
Hello...I served in the U.S. Army in Vietnam in 1968-1970.
I am an university student researching vietnam veteran' experiences whilst on duty overseas and their experiences upon return.
www.vvaa.org.au /locator.htm   (1114 words)

  
 Vietnam Veteran's Moving Wall Scholarship
A fund was established by the Vietnam Veteran's Moving Wall Committee.
Interest from the fund will be used to benefit the children of local veterans who served in the Vietnam War.
The student must also be a child of a Vietnam Veteran.
www.communityfoundationci.org /movingwall.asp   (281 words)

  
 Vietnam Links
Research the Vietnam War and experience the most unforgettable age in history.
Vietnam Experience The - a collection of thoughts memories and pictures from the publisher of the 26 volume book series.
Vietnam Memorial Wall Washing Voluteers - a tribute to those who volunteer their time to wash the
www.mindspring.com /~lioness/vietnamlinks.htm   (668 words)

  
 Dad Vietnam Veteran Embroidered Patch   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
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www.artmetalware.com /gallery/dad-vietnam-veteran-embroidered-patch-G72029-587.htm   (383 words)

  
 The Moving Wall™, Vietnam Combat Veterans, Ltd.
The Moving Wall™ is a Service Mark of Vietnam Combat Veterans, Ltd. Since 1984, the traveling half-size replica of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
Vietnam Combat Veterans, Ltd. grants the right to The Moving Wall Sponsor organizations, print and broadcast media, and individuals, to print, copy, and disseminate the documents below for the purposes of considering, planning, preparing, or publicizing for a visit of The Moving Wall.
Vietnam Combat Veterans, Ltd. has relocated it's headquarters to the Upper Peninsula of Michigan.
www.themovingwall.org   (624 words)

  
 Vietnam Veteran's Memorial Hotels Washington DC
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Discount Washington DC Hotels offers the lowest rates on hotels near the Vietnam Veteran's Memorial.
The Vietnam Veterans Memorial is a place where everyone, regardless of opinion, can come together and remember and honor those who served.
discountwashingtondchotels.com /vietnam_veterans_memorial_hotels.html   (182 words)

  
 4ArmedForces Vietnam Veteran
Disabled Veterans of the Vietnam War Commemorative Medal
Vietnam Veteran with Ribbon on Map of Vietnam Decal
Vietnam Veterans of America Fringed Colonial Nyl-Glo ColorFast Flag (3' x 5')
www.4armedforces.com /category/4xveteran.marines.vietnam   (117 words)

  
 Vietnam Veterans Memorial Home Page
The Vietnam Veterans Memorial recognizes and honors the men and women who served in one of America's most divisive wars.
The memorial grew out of a need to heal the nation's wounds as America struggled to reconcile different moral and political points of view.
The Vietnam Veterans Memorial accomplishes these goals through the three components that comprise the memorial: the Wall of names, the Three Servicemen Statue and Flagpole, and the Vietnam Women's Memorial.
www.nps.gov /vive/home.htm   (184 words)

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