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 | 25th anniversary of the end of the Vietnam War: A Vietnamese woman rests on the remains of a U.S. cargo plane at Khe Sanh in central Vietnam in Quang Tri province Thursday, April 20, 2000. Khe Sanh formerly the site of a U.S. military base is now mostly a coffee plantation. Vietnam is preparing to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the end of the war. click to open  |  | 25th anniversary of the end of the Vietnam War: Le Mi Nhan offers prayers at the grave of her husband Le Von Coi Monday, April 24, 2000, at a military cemetery in Hue, central Vietnam. Le Von Coi, a soldier in the National Liberation Front, was killed in action against U.S. forces near Hue. Many in Vietnam are remembering their war dead as the southeast Asia nation prepares to celebrate its 25th anniversary of liberation on April 30. click to open |  | 25th anniversary of the end of the Vietnam War: Le Mi Nhan burns incense and offers prayers Monday, April 24, 2000, at the graves of Communist soldiers killed during the battle for Hue, Vietnam, in 1968. Nhan's husband, Le Von Coi, was killed in action during the fighting in Hue in 1968. Many in Vietnam are remembering their war dead as the Southeast Asian nation prepares to celebrate its 25th anniversary of liberation on April 30. click to open |  | 25th anniversary of the end of the Vietnam War: Le Mi Nhan burns incense and offers prayers at the grave of her husband Le Von Coi Monday, April 24, 2000, at a military cemetery in Hue, central Vietnam. Le Von Coi, a soldier in the National Liberation Front, was killed in action against U.S. forces near Hue. Many in Vietnam are remembering their war dead as the southeast Asia nation prepares to celebrate its 25th anniversary of liberation on April 30. click to open |  | 25th anniversary of the end of the Vietnam War: Le Cong, 65, watches tourists as they leave a Hue restaurant in central Vietnam Monday, April 24, 2000. Cong, a soldier with the South Vietnamese Army, lost his left arm and both legs during the Tet offensive in 1968. Vietnam is preparing to celebrate its 25th anniversary of liberation on April 30. click to open |  | 25th anniversary of the end of the Vietnam War: Founding CEO and chairman emeritus of America Online Inc. James Kimsey, (L) a Vietnam War veteran, receives a bouquet from a Vietnamese woman upon his arrival at Hanoi's Noi Bai airport Monday. A quarter century after the communist victory in Vietnam, U.S. veterans who rose to the top in business after their war experiences have arrived in Vietnam to offer tips on survival in a capitalist world. On Sunday, Vietnam will celebrate the 25th anniversary of the communist victory over allied forces in 1975. click to open |  | 25th anniversary of the end of the Vietnam War: My Lai massacre survivors, from left, Pham Thi Thuan, 62, Truong Thi Le, 71, and Ha Thi Qui, 75, recall their memories of the massacre in My Lai, Vietnam Friday, April 21, 2000. The 25th anniversary of the end of the Vientam war is reviving the memories of the killing of hundreds of villagers by U.S. soliders that became synonymous with shame and cover-up and tilted public opinion against the war. click to open |  | 25th anniversary of the end of the Vietnam War: Ha Thi Qui, 75, left, who survived three family members killed in the 1968 My Lai massacre by U.S. soldiers recounts her story in My Lai, Vietnam Friday, April 21, 2000. Truong Thi Le, 71, right, lost nine of 11 family members. The 25th anniversary of the end of the Vientam war is reviving the memories of the killing of hundreds of villagers by U.S. soliders that became synonymous with shame and cover-up and tilted public opinion against the war. click to open |  | 25th anniversary of the end of the Vietnam War: A Vietnamese vendor carries traditional French bread and breakfast in front of a billboard celebrating the 25th anniversary of the end of Vietnam War in Ho Chi Minh City Tuesday, April 25, 2000. The former capital of South Vietnam holds ceremonies and parade to celebrate the fall of Saigon on April 30. click to open |  | 25th anniversary of the end of the Vietnam War: A Vietnamese worker steps down a bamboo ladder after painting a huge '1975' sign near the presidential palace in Ho Chi Minh City, Monday. Former Republican presidential candidate John McCain arrived in Vietnam on Tuesday on a trip that will take the U.S. senator down memory lane to his past as a prisoner of war in Hanoi. A series of celebrations have been under way across the country for weeks as Vietnam gears up to mark the 25th anniversary of the fall of Saigon and the end of the Vietnam War on April 30. click to open |
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