Friday, January 21, 2011

American Vietnam Veterans And Their Vietnamese Foes Find Common Ground

Former Foes Build Friendship Over Lost Soldiers In Vietnam -- FOX News

American Vietnam veterans have helped their former enemies find the remains of 81 soldiers in a mass grave, in the latest sign that the U.S.-Vietnamese relationship is as strong as it’s been since the end of the war.

The Vietnamese military said the U.S. vets helped them locate the grave of soldiers who died over 40 years ago, during what was believed to be a Vietnamese attack on an American base in the Central Highlands. U.S. veterans who served at the base gave the Vietnamese government a map of where they buried the soldiers, and the remains of four of them have been returned to their families. The remaining 77 unidentified remains have been buried in a local military cemetery.

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My Comment: It only took 35 years for the scars to go away .... better late than never.

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