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Members of the Air Force Honor Guard hold American flags to be presented to family members during a burial service July 9, 2012, at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Va., for six men killed in 1965 when an Air Force plane carrying the men crashed after leaving Vietnam for a combat mission.

U.S. military to bury airmen killed in 1965 crash

By Matthew Barakat - Associated Press

BOOK REVIEW: ‘Rather Outspoken’

By Sandra McElwaine - Special to The Washington Times

Parents stampede over a crashed gate May 12 at Thuc Nghiem primary school in a dash to grab coveted application forms for their children in Hanoi. The school is one of Vietnam's only public institutions emphasizing American-style instruction rather than rote memorization. Roughly 600 kindergartners from around the capital are vying for about 200 spots available this fall. (Associated Press)

Vietnamese parents panicky about nation’s poor schools

By Mike Ives - Associated Press

SGT. SHAFT: Vietnam vet says he was not able to visit memorial because of security

By Sgt. Shaft - The Washington Times

AP staff photographer Huynh Cong “Nick” Ut (right) renews acquaintances Saturday in Buena Park, Calif., with Kim Phuc, now 49, and Dr. My Le, who treated her two days after a napalm attack in Vietnam 40 years ago. His 1972 photo of a 9-year-old Ms. Phuc won a Pulitzer Prize. (Associated Press)

Vietnam ‘napalm girl,’ 40 years later

By Margie Mason - Associated Press

U.S. Secretary of Defense Leon E. Panetta (right) talks with Chief Mate Fred Cullen as he takes a boat out to the USNS Richard E. Byrd in Cam Ranh Bay, Vietnam, on Sunday, June 3, 2012. (AP Photo/Jim Watson, Pool)

Panetta wants more U.S. access to Vietnam harbor

By Lolita C. Baldor - Associated Press

Nine-year-old Kim Phuc (center) runs down Route 1 near Trang Bang, Vietnam, on June 8, 1972, after an accidental aerial napalm attack as South Vietnamese forces from the 25th Division walk behind. With her (from left) are her younger brothers Phan Thanh Tam, who lost an eye, and Phan Thanh Phouc and her cousins Ho Van Bon and Ho Thi Ting. (AP Photo/Nick Ut)

AP ‘napalm girl’ photo from Vietnam War turns 40

By Margie Mason - Associated Press

President Barack Obama, right, Defense Secretary Leon Panetta, center, and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Martin Dempsey, stand during the singing of the National Anthem at the Memorial Day Observance at the Memorial Amphitheater at Arlington National Cemetery, Monday, May 28, 2012. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

Obama honors veterans, vows end to Afghan war

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

New veterans fight new battles after coming home

By MARILYNN MARCHIONE - Associated Press

AP IMPACT: Almost half of new vets seek disability

By MARILYNN MARCHIONE - Associated Press

Danny Gutherie, 62, who served in the Army's 82nd Airborne, and John Pippin, 61, who served in the 101st Airborne, in the Vietnam War, salute their comrades as they cross Memorial Bridge into the District. Both men hail from Fayetteville, N.C.

ROBBINS: Signing America’s ‘thank you’ card

By James S. Robbins - The Washington Times

The Washington Times

TURNER: ‘Welcome home’ Vietnam veterans

By Robert F. Turner

Marine Cpl. Joe Coaxum whispers something to Air Force Chief Master Sgt. Daryl Web as Rolling Thunder's Maryland chapter holds a general membership meeting at the Harley-Davidson motorcycle shop in Fort Washington on May 12 to plan its Memorial Day weekend events. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

Vets, supporters find solace, camaraderie in Rolling Thunder’s roar

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

An Army carry team moves a transfer case containing the remains of Staff Sgt. Israel P. Nuanes after arrival at Dover Air Force Base, Del. Nuanes died in Afghanistan supporting Operation Enduring Freedom. (Associated Press)

Military diligent in quest to locate its missing

By Kristina Wong - The Washington Times

Actress Deborah Mailman, left, Shari Sebbens, Miranda Tapsell and Jessica Mauboy pose during a photo call for The Sapphires at the 65th international film festival, in Cannes, southern France, Sunday, May 20, 2012. (AP Photo/Lionel Cironneau)

Aboriginal musical ‘The Sapphires’ is a project O’Dowd sought

By Jake Coyle - Associated Press

In this March 31, 2012 photo, items meant for Akira-Li, a child Sharon Brooks was planning to adopt, are shown at her house in New York. Brooks, 56, waited three and a half years for the release of a little girl in Vietnam after the U.S. froze adoptions there in 2008 amid serious fraud concerns. Finally, in January, Brooks learned the child she had named Akira-Li would instead be adopted by a Vietnamese family. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)

International adoptions plummet globally

By Margie Mason - Associated Press

**FILE** Children waiting for adoptions are seen June 12, 2006, in a house held by a lawyer specialized in adoptions in Guatemala City, Guatemala. (Associated Press)

International adoptions plummet globally

By Margie Mason - Associated Press

Illustration by Alexander Hunter for The Washington Times

JENNINGS: Vietnam: The stealth commemoration

By Phillip Jennings

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: In war, presidential indecision costs lives

The Washington Times

Vietnam asks WHO to help identify killer disease

By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Associated Press