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Finding the missing is the nation's 'ironclad commitment,' Austin says
September 23, 2024 — Locating and identifying the remains of service members killed in conflicts is the nation's 'ironclad commitment,' Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III said during a National Prisoner of War/Missing in Action Recognition Day ceremony at the Pentagon... MORE

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DOD updates families of Vietnam War missing
July 2, 2024 — The Defense Department has a steadfast and sacred commitment to finding, recovering, identifying and repatriating the remains of its heroes who are unaccounted for, the director of the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency said... MORE

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Vietnam War veterans honor fellow fallen Soldiers
September 21, 2023 — The USO San Antonio Warrior and Family Support Center hosted the Charlie Company Remembrance Ceremony and reunion at the Freedom Park Amphitheater on Sept. 15... MORE

Vietnam War Veterans Day: a day to pay tribute, honor those who served in Vietnam
March 29, 2023 — March 29 is National Vietnam War Veterans Day, a day meant to pay tribute to veterans of the Vietnam War, including personnel who were prisoners of war or who were listed as missing in action... MORE

DOD begins implementing Naming Commission recommendations
January 6, 2023 — The Naming Commission process ended and the names of bases, posts, ships, streets and more named after Confederate soldiers will change... MORE

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Vietnam POWs/MIAs honored during 48th Freedom Flyer Reunion
March 29, 2022 — Two former Vietnam veterans and prisoners of war were honored by the 560th Flying Training Squadron during the 48th Annual Freedom Flyer Reunion at Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph March 24-25... MORE

JBSA observes National Vietnam War Veterans Day
March 17, 2022 — Posters commemorating National Vietnam War Veterans Day will be on display Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland and JBSA-Randolph libraries, as well as the Joint Personnel Processing Center at 2400 Jessup Road, Suite 4026, at JBSA-Fort Sam Houston... MORE

Tuskegee Airman Charles McGee dies at 102
January 19, 2022 — Tuskegee Airman Charles McGee, who served in World War II, the Korean War and Vietnam War, died peacefully in his sleep Jan. 16, according to a Tuskegee Airmen Inc. news release. He was 102 years old... MORE

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DOD Still Seeks to Find Missing Service Members From World's Battlefields
September 17, 2021 — There are thousands of American service personnel missing from World War II, the Korean War, the Vietnam War and the Cold War. About 75% of those are in the Indo-Pacific region... MORE

Boxer 22 anniversary honors sacrifice, courage, determination
November 22, 2019 — Dec. 5 marks the 50th anniversary of a flying mission that went very wrong during the Vietnam War. On that morning in 1969, two F-4 Phantoms from the 12th Tactical Fighter Wing, assigned to the 558th Tactical Fighter Squadron, launched from Nakhon Phanom Air Base for a bombing mission over Laos. Only one aircraft made it back... MORE

Dec. 5 marks the 50th anniversary of a flying mission that went very wrong during the Vietnam War. On that morning in 1969, two F-4 Phantoms from the 12th Tactical Fighter Wing, assigned to the 558th Tactical Fighter Squadron, launched from Nakhon Phanom Air Base for a bombing mission over Laos. Only one aircraft made it back. Capt. Ben Danielson piloted the second F-4 – call sign Boxer 22 – with 1st Lt. Woodrow Bergeron Jr. in his back seat. As Danielson lined up his target, enemy anti-aircraft fire tore through the F-4 and immediately set it ablaze.

The story of Mom & Pop: Air Force pioneers
June 19, 2019 — Three wars. World War II, the Korean War and the Vietnam War. For some, these conflicts that shook the world may be hard to imagine, but for 92-year-old Gwyneth Johnson, all three were nothing less than reality. ... MORE

(Courtesy Photo) Gwyneth and Robert Johnson when Robert was nominated for Outstanding Airman of the Year in 1970.

Veterans, families turn out for San Antonio stop of ‘The Wall That Heals’
March 1, 2019 — On a cool, rainy morning at the Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery Feb. 28, dozens of Vietnam War-era veterans, their families and many others turned out to pay tribute to those who never came home. The Daughters of the American Revolution’s Alamo Chapter hosted “The Wall That Heals,” a traveling representation of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, at the cemetery Feb. 28 through March 3. ... MORE

A veteran searches for the name of a friend at "The Wall That Heals" display Feb. 28 at the Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery. Dozens of Vietnam War-era veterans, their families and many others turned out to pay tribute to those who never came home. The Daughters of the American Revolution’s Alamo Chapter hosted “The Wall That Heals,” a traveling representation of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, at the cemetery Feb. 28 through March 3.

New AMEDD Museum exhibit honors only U.S. nurse killed by enemy fire in Vietnam
January 25, 2019 — The life of 1st Lt. Sharon Lane, the only U.S. nurse killed by enemy fire in Vietnam, and her legacy of service is the subject of a new exhibit at the U.S. Army Medical Department Museum at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston... MORE

1st Lt. Sharon Lane, a U.S. Army nurse, was killed by enemy fire while trying to protect patients at the 312th Evacuation Hospital in Chu Lai, South Vietnam in June 1969. She was the only U.S. military nurse killed by enemy fire during the Vietnam War.

Green Beret missing for 47 years laid to rest at Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery
May 14, 2018 — The family of Army Maj. Donald G. Carr got some long-awaited closure as the remains of the Green Beret were laid to rest at Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery May 11... MORE

Members of the Fort Sam Houston Honor Guard carry the casket of Army Maj. Donald G. Carr into the Gift Chapel at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston May 11. The Special Forces officer was lost while on a forward air controller mission July 6, 1971. Carr's remains were found in 2014 and verified in 2016. He was buried at Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery with full honors.

Veterans gather to commemorate 50th anniversary of Vietnam War
March 28, 2018 — Their hair is grayer and their gait is not as spry as it used to be, but there was no slowing down the pride Vietnam War veterans showed during the 50th Anniversary of the Commemoration of the Vietnam War at the Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery March 27... MORE

A Vietnam veteran pays his respects during the posting of the colors by the Fort Sam Houston Memorial Services Detachment at the beginning of the ceremony for the 50th Anniversary of the Commemoration of the Vietnam War at the Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery March 27.