Vietnam

There's a movement underway to make sure the murder of former New Bedford Veterans Agent Donald DePina will not be forgotten. Childhood friend and community activist John "Buddy" Andrade is planning to honor DePina later this month during a vigil for Homicide Awareness Month...

Cecil Hickman served in the Vietnam War from 1968 - 1971. He currently lives in Acushnet, MA and is the founder of Dog Tag Navigators. (Photo of Hickman not available)

Local Vietnam veterans were remembered outside New Bedford City Hall Sunday afternoon as part of the city's Memorial Day Weekend services.

Longtime "60 Minutes" correspondent Bob Simon, who covered riots, Academy Award-nominated movies and wars and was held captive for more than a month in Iraq two decades ago, died in a car crash on Wednesday. He was 73. A town car in which Simon was a passenger hit another car stopped at a Manhattan traffic light and then slammed into metal barriers separating traffic lanes, police said .

A Vietnam War veteran from Fairhaven has been named the Southeastern Massachusetts Veteran of the Year. Gerry Payette received the award Friday night at the Century House in Acushnet. Payette has coordinated the Letter Carrier Food Drive in Fairhaven for 20 years, and is the primary fundraiser for Sheperd's Pantry...

The New Bedford City Council honored dozens of Vietnam veterans outside City Hall Thursday evening.