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Deputy Defense Secretary Patrick M. Shanahan speaks while standing near a wreath in front of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

Commemoration Remarks

Deputy Defense Secretary Patrick M. Shanahan delivers remarks during a wreath-laying ceremony at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C., March 29, 2018, to commemorate National Vietnam War Veterans Day. DoD photo by Air Force Tech. Sgt. Vernon Young Jr.

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