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When the enemy attacked, Army 1st Lt. Brian Miles Thacker knew the troops at his small Vietnamese firebase would be overrun, but he refused to let them get trapped.
National Vietnam War Veterans Day marks the day U.S. Military Assistance Command, Vietnam was disestablished in 1975. That same day was when the last U.S. combat troops departed Vietnam.
Retired Army Maj. Dave Paris defended freedom on the Korean Peninsula and served in the Vietnam War, Operation Desert Storm and Operation Iraqi Freedom during his more than 42 years of active-duty and Army reserve service.
When Army Spc. 4th Class Edward Allen DeVore Jr.'s company was attacked in the jungles of Vietnam, he did everything in his power to beat the enemy back and ensure his soldiers could get to safety.