The United States of America Vietnam War Commemoration

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As we continue to celebrate the U.S. Marine Corps during their birthday month, we salute and honor Dan Bullock, the youngest person KIA during the Vietnam War. Read more about his life here: https://www.vvmf.org/stories/Dan-Bullock/

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To every veteran, we thank you for your strength, sacrifice, and love of country.

HAPPY 250TH birthday to the U.S. Marine Corp!
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In this video, John Mullan, former Marine staff sergeant, tells the story of his tour in Vietnam with Charlie Company, 1/5 Marines during the Tet Offensive and the horrific wounds he sustained in Hue, February 1968.
FULL VIDEO:
https://www.vietnamwar50th.com/history_and_legacy/oral_history/mullan,-john/

Vietnam War Commemoration Director Major General Edward J. Chrystal, Jr., U.S. Army, attended and spoke before a NJ VFW Vietnam Veteran Recognition ceremony at the Kenilworth Veterans Center in Kenilworth, NJ, October 23, 2025.

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The Navy commissioned Bobbi Hovis in 1947. As a flight nurse, she cared for Korean War wounded aboard aircraft bound for Japan and Hawaii. In 1963, at the age of 38, she volunteered to go to Vietnam during the U.S. advisory period. She was one of only seven Navy women nurses in Vietnam at the time.

VIDEO: https://www.vietnamwar50th.com/history_and_legacy/oral_history/hovis,-bobbi/

In this video, Michael Mullen, former chief of naval operations and former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, describes his time as a young ensign and lieutenant JG on Yankee Station with USS Collett, 1969-1970.

https://www.vietnamwar50th.com/history_and_legacy/oral_history/mullen,-michael/

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In today’s post, retired Navy Captain Sharon Reinke describes some of the highlights of her time serving as the first woman officer assigned to a Navy fighter squadron beginning in 1966.

https://www.vietnamwar50th.com/history_and_legacy/oral_history/reinke,-sharon/

In this video, Raul Herrera speaks candidly about life as a Navy Swift Boat crewman during the Vietnam War in 1967-68, including an insightful description of Operation MARKET TIME and the part his crew played in interdicting a North Vietnamese trawler hauling weapons and materiel to the Viet Cong.

FULL VIDEO:
https://www.vietnamwar50th.com/history_and_legacy/oral_history/herrera,-raul/

As we celebrate the U.S. Navy’s 250th birthday this month, on this we salute the brave women who served during the Vietnam war. Thank you for your service and WELCOME HOME.