||| FROM PATRICIA (PAT) AYERS, COMMANDER OF AMERICAN LEGION POST #93 |||
The American Legion Post #93 will host a National Vietnam Veterans Day ceremony at the Legion (793 Crescent Beach Road) on Tuesday, 29 March 2022 at 11 a.m. All are welcome to attend, especially Vietnam veterans and their families. A luncheon will be served immediately following the ceremony. Please join us in recognizing our Vietnam veterans in the community and nationwide.
The public is invited to the observance.
The Vietnam War Veterans Recognition Act of 2017 was signed into law by former President Donald J. Trump, designating every March 29 as National Vietnam War Veterans Day.
The special day joins six other military-centric annual observances — Armed Forces Day, Memorial Day, Independence Day, National Korean War Veterans Armistice Day, Navy Day and Veterans Day.
March 29 was chosen to be observed in perpetuity because March 29, 1973, was the day United States Military Assistance Command, Vietnam, was disestablished, and also was the day the last U.S. combat troops departed Vietnam. In addition, on and around this same day Hanoi released the last of its acknowledged prisoners of war.
The United States of America Vietnam War Commemoration honors all veterans who served on active duty in the U.S. Armed Forces at any time from Nov. 1, 1955 to May 15, 1975, regardless of location.
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