John Cleary, Wounded in Kent State Shooting, Dies at 74

A photo of him lying on the ground and bleeding made the cover of Life magazine after the 1970 shooting.

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Paul Ignatius, 104, Navy Secretary and Vietnam-Era Defense Official, Dies

He oversaw supplies for the war effort under Lyndon B. Johnson and later had a brief, rocky tenure as president of The Washington Post during the Pentagon Papers case.

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Duke Cunningham, 83, Congressman Convicted in Corruption Scandal, Dies

A war hero turned politician, he was first elected to the House in 1990 but stepped down in 2005 after pleading guilty to tax evasion and conspiracy to commit bribery.

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Tran Trong Duyet, John McCain’s Captor at the ‘Hanoi Hilton,’ Dies at 93

Mr. Duyet endorsed Mr. McCain’s presidential bid in 2008 after insisting no Americans were tortured under his watch in the Vietnam War.

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Vietnam Aches for Its M.I.A.’s. Will America Stop Funding Science to Identify Them?

New breakthroughs in DNA analysis offer a chance to identify more of the lost from wars and disasters stretching back decades — if the U.S. helps.

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50 Years After Saigon’s Fall, ‘the Wall’ Reflects and Collects a Nation’s Trauma

The Vietnam Veterans Memorial is a place of unexplainable power, many visitors say. Volunteer guides often speak of it as “Wall magic.”

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Who Took the ‘Napalm Girl’ Photo?

Questions about the credit for a famous photograph from the Vietnam War have divided the photojournalism community for months.

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America’s Vietnam War Opponents Who Fled to Canada Reflect on the Past and Future

Some of the United States’ Vietnam War opponents found refuge in Canada. Fifty years after the end of the war, they’re still worried about the future.

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Have You Left a Keepsake at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall?

Visitors to “the Wall” in Washington, D.C., often leave mementos in honor of friends and family who died during the war. We want to hear your story.

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50 Years After the U.S. Left Vietnam, Another Retreat Is Shaking Asia

Even among former enemies, the new American withdrawal from aid and democratic ideals is stirring deep feelings and confusion.

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