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All 8 Bodies Recovered From U.S. Helicopter Crash In Nepal

2:02pm May 18, 2015

by L. Carol Ritchie

The bodies of six U.S. Marines and two Nepali soldiers were recovered near the crash site in remote mountains northeast of Kathmandu where the helicopter was delivering earthquake relief aid.

Nguyen Tien, second from right, stands on the beach where he saw American troops first arrive 50 years ago. Standing with Nguyen are a fellow Viet Cong veteran and three U.S. Marines veterans who served in the Vietnam War.

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In Danang, Where U.S. Troops First Landed, Memories Of War Have Faded

5:38pm May 02, 2015

by Michael Sullivan

U.S. Marines were deployed to the coastal Vietnamese city 50 years ago last month. Now, 40 years after the war's end and amid great change, former Viet Cong and an American reflect on that time.

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