SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (Dakota News Now) - A pinning ceremony for Vietnam War veterans was held at the South Dakota Military Heritage Alliance in Sioux Falls on Friday.

The US Vietnam War Commemoration Program officially launched in 2012 under the Department of Defense, and it honors the 50th anniversary of the war. The program must end on November 11, 2025, concluding after 13 years.

“The conversations during the ceremony are powerful. But honestly, those that happen once we’re done are even more impactful for me,” said Representative Dusty Johnson. “The wives who comes up and tells me that this is the first time that their husband has talked in any detail about his service. The first time that someone from the federal government has thanked him for that service.”

On Friday, there were exac

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