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Effort to honor Vietnam veterans is sputtering

50th anniversary has few events set

By Bryan Bender

 |  Globe Staff  

  May 18, 2012

Congress empowered the Pentagon to develop a series of events across the nation - in big cities and small towns - to honor Vietnam veterans this year on the 50th anniversary of the war’s start. That effort, officials say, is sputtering. This Memorial Day was supposed to be the curtain-raiser for months of commemorative celebrations. Instead, few events are planned and crucial corporate sponsorship is nearly nonexistent. Most veterans have not even heard of the commemoration.

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