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Veterans find release through writers workshop

By ETHAN FORMAN - Associated Press

Man going to prison after false claim of military service

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In this Wednesday, Nov. 15, 2017 photo, Lisa Willoughby, of Long Beach Island, flies a kite on the beach. Willoughby is one of the best kite flyers in the world. (Danielle Parhizkaran/The Record via AP)

NJ kite runner dominates sport worldwide

By CHRISTOPHER MAAG - Associated Press

FILE - This combination of file photos provided by their families shows some of the hundreds of U.S. veterans of the Vietnam War who suffered from cholangiocarcinoma, a rare bile duct cancer believed to be linked to liver fluke parasites in raw or poorly cooked river fish. This cancer takes decades to manifest itself. Top row from left are Andrew G. Breczewski, Arthur R. Duhon Sr., Clarence E. Sauer, Dennis Anthony Reinhold, Donald Edward Fiechter, George Jardine, Horst Alexander Koslowsky, Hugo Rocha and James Robert Zimmerman. Second row from left are James Vincent Kondreck, John J. Skahill Jr., Johnny Herald, Leonard H. Chubb, Louis A. DiPietro, Mario Petitti, Mark M. Lipman, Marvin H. Edwards and Michael Kimmons. Third row from left are Mike Brown, Paul Smith, Pete Harrison, Peter D. Antoine, Ralph E. Black, Ricardo Ortiz Jr., Richard Anthony Munoz, Robert J. Fossett Jr. and Robert L. Boring. Fourth row from left are Robert Lee Phelps, Ronald Lee Whitman, Thomas F. Brock, Thomas Michael Cambron, Thomas R. Kitchen Jr., W. Roy Leuenberger, Wayne Lagimoniere, William Boleslaw Klimek and William Francis Hanlon Jr. (AP Photo)

VA study shows parasite from Vietnam may be killing vets

By MARGIE MASON and ROBIN McDOWELL - Associated Press

After 3 Purple Hearts, man remembers fallen soldiers

By HERMAN FUSELIER - Associated Press

In this Nov. 7, 2017 photo, from left, Val Hunter, holding paperwork given to Gertrude Hunter McDonald who served in World War 1, Michael Hunter, holding a Distinguished Service Award issued to David Hunter, Jr, and Kris Sommer, holding a picture of David Hunter, Jr and his Distinguished Service Cross, pose with the family's military awards in Rockford, Ill. The Hunter family has a long history of military service stretching back to the Civil War. (Arturo Fernandez/Rockford Register Star via AP)

EXCHANGE: Illinois family’s service spans generations

By ADAM POULISSE - Associated Press

Russian President Vladimir Putin reminded the West a couple of weeks ago, in effect, "We have weapons that you can't defend against." (Associated Press/File)

The Latest: Vietnam wants peaceful end to sea disputes

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At National Archives, Vietnam vet orders up exhibit on war

By MICHAEL E. RUANE - Associated Press

In this Oct. 5, 2017 photo, Bill Hamilton, who received a purple heart during his time in service during the Vietnam War, poses at his residence in Nampa, Idaho. (Chris Bronson /The Idaho Press-Tribune via AP)

The silent soldier

By ERIN BAMER - Associated Press

Vietnam veteran denied for benefits

By DONALD BRADLEY - Associated Press

Chicago White Sox catcher Carlton Fisk, left, chases Baltimore Orioles Al Bumbry toward first base after a dropped third strike in the first inning of Game 3 of the American League playoffs in Chicago, Oct. 7, 1983. Fisk tagged Bumbry out. (AP Photo/Bob Daugherty) **FILE**

Al Bumbry, former Oriole, learned lessons in Vietnam

By Thom Loverro

In this late-1960s photo released by the U.S. Coast Guard Academy, Lt. j.g. Kent Williams stands aboard the U.S. Coast Guard cutter Point Ellis in the waters of Vietnam. On Thursday, Nov. 9, 2017, the 74-year-old Williams is being inducted into the Hall of Heroes at the academy. He spent 32 years in the Coast Guard and retired as a vice admiral. (U.S. Coast Guard via AP)

Coast Guard Academy honors grad for combat role in Vietnam

By MICHAEL MELIA - Associated Press

Vietnam strong market for some Texas cattle flown overseas

By ANDREA RUMBAUGH - Associated Press

American Legion increases outreach as numbers dwindle

By AMY BICKEL - Associated Press

USMC Ret. Master Gunnery Sgt. Bob Verrell of Tupelo, Miss., takes a moment to honor those at a replica Vietnam Memorial Wall following its opening ceremonies at Veterans Park in Tupelo, ,on Thursday, Nov. 2, 2017. The 60 percent replica cost $1 million to build and features granite produced by the same company who etched the original wall in Washington. (Thomas Wells/Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal via AP)

Mississippi city dedicates its own Vietnam Veterans Memorial

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ADVANCE FOR USE SUNDAY, OCT. 29 On Oct. 10, 2017, veteran Tommy Swearingen donated dog tags to the LBJ Presidential Library. The dog tags did not belong to him. He discovered them in his belongings nearly 50 years after he was seriously wounded in the Vietnam War. The tags were stamped in capital letters with a name Swearingen did not recognize, D.A. JONES. Unable to find the original owner, the tags finally found a home about 19 months after his initial discovery. (Reshma Kirpalani/Austin American-Statesman via AP)

Vietnam War helped U.S. win the Cold War

By Paul Davis

Texas vet gives other dog tags to LBJ Presidential Library

By RALPH K.M. HAURWITZ - Associated Press

President Donald Trump, right, salutes retired Army Capt. Gary M. Rose, left, before bestowing him with the nation's highest military honor, the Medal of Honor, during a ceremony in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Monday, Oct. 23, 2017. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Ghosts of Vietnam stirring as Trump preps for Asia trip

By JONATHAN LEMIRE - Associated Press

In this Aug. 15, 2015, file photo, North Korean soldiers stand guard at the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) in North Korea, on Liberation Day, the anniversary of the end of World War II in 1945 and the Korean Peninsula's liberation from Japanese colonial rule. (AP Photo/Dita Alangkara, File)

Donald Trump’s Asia trip to skip Korean Demilitarized Zone

By S.A. Miller and Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

President Donald Trump sits for a radio interview in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building in the White House complex in Washington, Tuesday, Oct. 17, 2017. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Donald Trump issues warning to John McCain after senator’s tough speech on ‘spurious nationalism’

By Ken Thomas - Associated Press