National Vietnam War Veterans Day
Published on Mar 29, 2019
National Vietnam War Veterans Day joins six other military-centric national holidays codified in Title 4 of the United States Code §6 (i.e., Armed Forces Day, Memorial Day, Independence Day, National Korean War Veterans Armistice Day, Navy Day, Veterans Day). March 29 was chosen to be celebrated in perpetuity as March 29, 1973 was the day Military Assistance Command Vietnam was deactivated.
Published on Mar 29, 2019
The South Carolina Military Department observed National Vietnam Veterans Day with a motorcycle ride led by U.S. Army Maj. Gen. Van McCarty, the adjutant general for South Carolina, from the South Carolina Military Museum to the South Carolina State House in Columbia, South Carolina March 29, 2019, to join South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster for a special ceremony honoring Vietnam veterans. (U.S. Army National Guard video by Capt. Jessica Donnelly, South Carolina National Guard)