The day marks the anniversary of the departure of the last U.S. combat troops from Vietnam.
March 29th was also the day Vietnam War POWs were returned to freedom.
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The anniversary was established for americans to mark the date the last u-s combat troops departed vietnam.
March 29th, 1973 was also the day the remaining u-s prisoners of war were returned to freedom.
The president of the local chapter of the vietnam veterans of america says its important to never forget what a troops went through and sacrificed.
Tom buono 10:16:37: it's like a welcome home day every year we reflect back 50 years ago when weid come homand we weren't recognized.
Today it's a lot better it's a lot easier and again we want to remember our 58,000+ they gave the ultimate sacrifice.
Congress passed "the vietnam war recognition act" in 2017... formalizing march 29th each year as "national vietnam war veterans day."
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For the first time ever, veterans gathered this afternoon at Veterans Memorial Park to observe National Vietnam War Veterans Day.
