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Oregon Parks and Recreation Department holds online town hall Jan. 20 on proposed State Capitol State Park Vietnam War memorial

The Oregon Parks and Recreation Department will hold an online question-and-answer session at 6 p.m. on January 20 to collect public feedback on a nonprofit organization’s proposal to construct a Vietnam War Memorial on the grounds of the State Capitol State Park in Salem. The session will include a presentation by the proposer, the Vietnam War Memorial Fund (http://vietnamwarmemorialfund.org).

January 13, 2021 3:44 pm

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Lake Oswego resident publishes third book about Vietnam War

Novel ‘Searching for Gurney’ follows lives of four soldiers, the effects of war. Views: 325

December 20, 2020 12:00 am

Korean veterans

COVID-19 continues to delay Honor Flights for CO veterans

(KTVZ) — For the past five years, Dane Prevatt of Honor Flight Central Oregon has been organizing cross-country trips to honor America’s veterans. Views: 310

November 11, 2020 7:45 pm

Korean veterans

The pandemic canceled Honor Flights for 2020, now they fear World War II veterans may not go …

The World War II Memorial, The Vietnam Veterans Memorial and the Korean War Memorials are just … There are just over 5,000 living in Oregon.

November 11, 2020 5:32 pm

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VA’s collaboration with NARA digitizes Vietnam-era deck logs

The Blue Water Navy Vietnam Veterans Act of 2019 gave VA an opportunity to consider new and previously submitted Blue Water Navy claims. Now, thanks to

September 30, 2020 6:00 am

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VA finishes digitizing deck logs for blue water Vietnam veterans, should speed disability claims

In a move that should speed up disability claims for some Vietnam veterans, officials announced Monday they have completed digitizing thousands of deck logs from ships

September 28, 2020 7:58 am

aging veterans

Caregivers stipends set to expand to Vietnam veterans, older generations this fall

Veterans Affairs officials are planning to expand caregivers stipends to additional families starting this October, one year after advocates had originally hoped for the financial assistance to

July 31, 2020 9:48 am

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Vietnam era Medal of Honor recipient loses his battle to COVID-19

On April 17, 2020 this country lost one of its greatest defenders to COVID-19. Although fighting bravely for weeks to overcome the virus, it took

April 18, 2020 2:02 pm

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Vietnam Women’s Memorial sculptor dies

Glenna Goodacre, sculptor of the Vietnam Women’s Memorial in Washington, D.C., died April 13 at 80. Diane Carlson Evans, founder of the memorial and a

April 16, 2020 5:00 am

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Vietnam War Veteran Sam Morris

In our weekly War Stories series, we introduce you to the stories of Central Oregon war veterans, some who made it back from their war

April 13, 2020 5:29 pm

Vietnam veterans

Blue Water Navy Veterans received $140M in retroactive benefits in January, February

Blue Water Navy Veterans and survivors who filed compensation claims in January and February 2020 have so far received over $140 million in retroactive benefits.

March 30, 2020 6:00 am

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Governor Brown Proclaims March 30 “Welcome Home Vietnam Veterans Day” in Oregon

Governor Brown Proclaims March 30 “Welcome Home Vietnam Veterans Day” in Oregon.

March 20, 2020 10:30 am

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