We've Got The County Covered
We've Got The County Covered
March 30 was designated as Welcome Home Vietnam Veterans Day in 2011 by the U.S. Senate and, the same year, by the Montana State Legislature. The date, based on the 1973 Peace Accords signing, recognizes the day the remaining American troops in Vietnam arrived back home. This is the 40th anniversary of the Peace Accords and a number of celebrations are planned nationwide and at the Montana state capital building.
Some 36,000 Montanans served during the Vietnam War, from 1959-1975. 268 Montanans were either killed in action or died from non-hostile causes during that period. Twenty-two were rec...
