Home at last, Capt. Fred Hall is now at rest

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Friday, 13/10/2023

The four of them lumbered along the logging road until finally reaching the old fox hunting cabin about a mile below the crest of Big Stomp Mountain, an unassuming woody knob sloping gently towards the heavens from the floor of Ratcliff Cove.

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‘We never leave anybody behind:’ Vietnam veteran’s remains returned to Waynesville

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Tuesday, 10/10/2023

For the first time in nearly 55 years, a Waynesville native and Air Force captain who didn’t return from his mission over Quàng Nam Province in South Vietnam is finally back among his family, friends and loved ones. 

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A hero comes home

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Wednesday, 20/09/2023

America reckons with its legacy in Vietnam, one soldier at a time

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