News | This Vietnam War Veterans Day, these two Navy veterans remember the real final battle, and rescue

Vietnam War Veterans Day marks the 50th anniversary of the event on which it was based -- the end of ground operations in the war -- but two local Navy veterans point out that the final battle came 26 months later.
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