The secretary's first stop on this Asia trip was in Hawaii, where he recalled going on leave with his brother Tom during the middle of their Vietnam war tour.

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"We're hoping that will get us a nice wave from him and we'll get some people singing along with us, " says McGowan, who served in the Marines from 1964-68, including a tour in Vietnam.

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Hagel described volunteering for Vietnam, serving a 12-month tour that included the Tet Offensive in 1968 a series of surprise North Vietnamese attacks on South Vietnam and its U.S. ally during a holiday cease-fire and rising to the rank of infantry sergeant.

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On June 23, 1970, I had just been mustered out of the Army after completing my one-year tour of duty in Vietnam.

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In search of a definition of "home, " the writer sets off on a bicycle tour of the Mexican desert, Japan and Vietnam.

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The Bridgend golfer, who also finished tied second at last year's Vietnam Masters, was chasing his maiden victory on the Asian Tour.

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The last 10 days of the trip, I went on a tour of five cities from Hanoi to the centre of Vietnam.

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Hunter is a decorated Vietnam veteran, and his son a Marine reservist was recently reactivated for a third tour of duty in Iraq.

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It seems ominously consistent, moreover, with the sort of person who just might have done what it has been alleged Kerry did in order to secure undeserved medals in Vietnam and a trip home after only four-and-a-half months of his year-long tour of duty: manufacturing recommendations for decorations and end-running other officers who declined to approve them.

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