The Veterans Day at The Wall event paid tribute to two lesser-known memorials at the site — marking the 40th anniversary of the dedication of the Three Servicemen statute and the 20th anniversary of the In Memorial plaque.
The Veterans Day at The Wall event paid tribute to two lesser-known memorials at the site — marking the 40th anniversary of the dedication of the Three Servicemen statute and the 20th anniversary of the In Memorial plaque.
William L. Calley Jr., a junior Army officer who became the only person convicted in connection with the My Lai Massacre of 1968, when U.S. soldiers slaughtered hundreds of unarmed South Vietnamese men, women and children in one of the darkest chapters in American military history, died April 28 at a hospice center in Gainesville, Fla. He was 80.
The last known active-duty soldier to have a father who fought in World War II is retiring, but not before he takes one last step to keep the memory of the Greatest Generation alive.
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