Local U.S. Navy veterans from Woodstock & ArlingtonHeights honor memory of war's final battle this VietnamWarVeteransDay Wednesday. VietnamWar50th
On Wednesday the nation recognizes Vietnam War Veterans Day on the 50th anniversary of the end of ground operations in the war. But two local Navy veterans are among those with experience in the war who say the final battle came nearly 26 months later.
Art Ellingsen of Arlington Heights poses with his Navy uniform. He served aboard the U.S.S. Henry B. Wilson before the ship's involvement in the final battle of the Vietnam War and has since become a historian of both the battle and his old ship. - John Starks | Staff Photographer Telling the tale Art Ellingsen of Arlington Heights had left the Henry B.
Honoring the veterans This year's Vietnam War Veterans Day marks 50 years since U.S. ground operations ended on March 29, 1973, halting the long warfare in the Southeast Asian country. But as the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington attests, American involvement in combat in the region lasted another 26 months. The Mayaguez incident sparked the final battle.
Apart from having to refuel and resupply in the Philippines, it rushed to Kho Tang island, where faulty intelligence believed the Mayaguez crew was being held. Stewart said a ship like the Wilson would normally have tried to soften up enemy ground forces before such a Marine invasion but couldn't get there before the go-ahead to begin the land and helicopter assault.
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