{"id":30910,"date":"2021-03-29T23:07:37","date_gmt":"2021-03-29T23:07:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/uncategorized\/2021\/03\/29\/bidens-pay-tribute-at-vietnam-veterans-memorial\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T06:43:43","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T06:43:43","slug":"bidens-pay-tribute-at-vietnam-veterans-memorial","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/military-honor\/2021\/03\/29\/bidens-pay-tribute-at-vietnam-veterans-memorial\/","title":{"rendered":"Bidens pay tribute at Vietnam Veterans Memorial"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">WASHINGTON \u2014 President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden paid tribute Monday at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/military-honor\/vietnam-vets-rolling-thunder\/2017\/03\/24\/the-wall-is-turning-35-and-the-man-behind-it-wants-to-honor-this-generations-fallen\/\" target=_blank>the Vietnam Veterans Memorial<\/a> to mark the 48th anniversary of the departure of the last U.S. combat troops from the war zone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">March 29 is <a href=\"https:\/\/rebootcamp.militarytimes.com\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2017\/03\/29\/president-trump-signs-law-declaring-national-vietnam-war-veterans-day\/\" target=_blank>National Vietnam War Veterans Day<\/a>, which commemorates the date in 1973 when the U.S. Military Assistance Command in Vietnam was disestablished.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2017\/03\/29\/president-trump-signs-law-declaring-national-vietnam-war-veterans-day\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"210\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/635906474234007045-15195922103-81f525e13a-kjpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">President Trump signs law declaring National Vietnam War Veterans Day<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">Vietnam veterans commemorated with Vietnam War Veterans Day <\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Bidens made an unannounced trip and walked alongside one of the memorial\u2019s famed long black granite walls, polished to a high finish and etched with the names of more than 58,000 Americans who died in the war.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP21088792215359.jpg.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-61995\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP21088792215359.jpg.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP21088792215359.jpg.jpg?resize=300,200 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP21088792215359.jpg.jpg?resize=768,512 768w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP21088792215359.jpg.jpg?resize=1024,682 1024w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP21088792215359.jpg.jpg?resize=1536,1024 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden pause after laying flowers as they visit the Vietnam Veterans Memorial to commemorate Vietnam War Veterans Day, Monday, March 29, 2021, in Washington. 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