Patrick Hamilton, ex-AP and Reuters photographer who covered Central American wars, dies at 74
Patrick Hamilton, a combat veteran of the Vietnam War who covered civil wars in Central America as a photojournalist for The Associated Press,and later worked at Reuters covering the first Gulf War in Iraq, has died after a long struggle with cancer.
Activists back French-Vietnamese woman's Agent Orange case
Tran To Nga, a 78-year-old former journalist, attends a gathering in support of people exposed to Agent Orange during the Vietnam War, in Paris, Saturday Jan. 30, 2021. Activists gathered Saturday in Paris in support of people exposed to Agent Orange during the Vietnam War, after a French court examined a case opposing a French-Vietnamese woman to 14 companies that produced and sold the toxic chemical. U.S. forces used Agent Orange to defoliate Vietnamese jungles and to destroy Viet Cong crops during the war. Between 1962 and 1971, the U.S. military sprayed roughly 11 million gallons of the chemical agent across large swaths of southern Vietnam. AdโThatโs where lies the crime, the tragedy because with Agent Orange, it doesnโt stop.
Virginia Tech remembers life of Alumni Medal of Honor recipient
BLACKSBURG Va. โ More than five decades have passed since lieutenant Gary Lee Miller made the ultimate sacrifice in the Vietnam War. Friday, Virginia Tech leaders honored Miller, who died when he jumped on a grenade to save those around him during the Vietnam War in 1969. โItโs a sad reminder of the sacrifices that these brave people made but it enriches the culture of Virginia Tech and adding that story is a phenomenal step forward in students understanding where the came from and why they have the freedoms they have,โ Virginia Tech President Tim Sands said. It was only recently discovered that Miller, a Covington native, attended a branch of Virginia Tech before being deployed. After making the ultimate sacrifice to protect more American lives than just his own, Millerโs name will stay etched on the cenotaph for those to honor his life for decades to come.
Tribute 51 years overdue for fallen Vietnam War hero
Drafted to serve his country in the Vietnam War, Russell Milberry arrived there two days before his 20th birthday and died five days later. - Drafted to serve his country in the Vietnam War, Russell Milberry arrived there two days before his 20th birthday and died five days later. This wasn't their idea of going to war and this was right in their own community," said Stambaugh. And it fulfills the longtime wish of Charlie Stambaugh one of his fellow comrades from the same small town. "He's with me every day and I get signs all the time and I know he's really happy about this."
Airport comes to a halt to honor remains of returning Vietnam veteran
DALLAS - When Bryan Knight was 5 years old, he said goodbye to his father at an airport in Dallas, Texas, just before he was sent off to the Vietnam War. A few months later, US Air Force Maj. Roy A. Knight, Jr., 36, went missing in action. Earlier this year, the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency informed Knight that his father's remains had been found. On Thursday, Knight -- a pilot for Southwest -- flew his father's remains back to the place where he last saw him more than 50 years ago, Dallas Love Field Airport. The photos showed the honor guard waiting for and then carrying the casket, while the ground crew stood at attention.