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Tuesday, May 28, 2013  As ceremonies across the nation pay tribute to veterans and our fallen soldier this Memorial Day, in Ottumwa Park, the skies weren’t the only source of mist in the atmosphere.

Thursday, May 23, 2013  The multi-million-dollar project has come a long way in just under a year.

Tuesday, March 19, 2013  U.S. war costs last for more than a century, monthly payments to Civil War vet families

Wednesday, August 08, 2012  US starts landmark cleanup of Agent Orange nearly 4 decades after Vietnam War's end

Wednesday, July 11, 2012  Six years ago, a $2.5 million had not a penny to its name, but now, the Welcome Home Soldier Memorial is already a sight to behold.

Monday, June 13, 2011  40 years after explosive leak of Pentagon Papers, secret Vietnam war study coming out in whole

Thursday, February 17, 2011  Boat filled with sleeping tourists sinks in Vietnam's Ha Long Bay; 12 dead from 9 countries.

Tuesday, January 04, 2011  A military expert who helped get the Vietnam Veterans Memorial was found dead in a landfill

Tuesday, November 16, 2010  Soldier humbly accepts honor

Friday, July 23, 2010  North Korea on Friday threatened the United States and South Korea with a "physical response" to planned weekend naval exercises as tensions with the communist nation rose in the aftermath of the sinking of a South Korean warship.

Saturday, July 17, 2010  The original drop was rained out on from the Fourth of July Ceremony.

Sunday, July 04, 2010  They honored those lost giving our country its freedom. They also dedicated a new eagle monument.

Thursday, July 01, 2010  The annual ceremony honors veterans from all the wars and pays tribute to those who gave their lives. A new eagle monument will be dedicated Sunday.

Wednesday, June 09, 2010  Vietnam veteran is biking from South Carolina to California.

Tuesday, December 01, 2009  AIDS In Vietnam: Where it once waged war, America now saves lives