In 2012, President Barack Obama signed a presidential proclamation declaring March 29, 2012 Vietnam Veterans Day.
Now each year on March 29, Vietnam vets are honored.
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March 29 is also the day in 1973 that the final troops returned to the U.S. from Vietnam, marking the end of U.S. involvement in the war.
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