Dozens of veterans and their supporters gathered Thursday afternoon at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the fall of Saigon, which marked the end of the Vietnam War.
Dozens of veterans and their supporters gathered Thursday afternoon at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the fall of Saigon, which marked the end of the Vietnam War.
U.S. Army Pvt. Willard D. Merrill, 21, was serving in the 2nd Observation Squadron in late 1941 when the Japanese army invaded the Philippines. He endured the Bataan Death March and later died at the Cabanatuan POW camp.
From the Stars and Stripes archives: Flowers grow out of traditional Dutch wooden shoes at a display at Keukenhof gardens in Lisse, Netherlands on March 20, 2008.