United States to help search for Ukrainian veterans of Vietnam War

Ukraine and the United States will jointly search for Ukrainian veterans of Soviet times who fought or served in Vietnam.

This is stipulated by the Memorandum of Understanding signed between the Ministry for Veterans Affairs of Ukraine and the U.S. Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency.

"I want to announce that another international document has been signed! It is a memorandum of understanding between the Ministry for Veterans Affairs of Ukraine and the U.S. Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency. According to the document, the participants intend, within the framework of Ukrainian and American legislation, as well as using available resources, to engage in the search for Ukrainian veterans of Soviet times, who participated in the Vietnam War in 1959-1975 or did military service in Vietnam in 1975-1986," Ukrainian minister for veterans’ affairs Iryna Friz posted on Facebook.

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