Posted by Irish Veterans on Wednesday 17 December 2014
JEROME REILLY AN Irish hero of the Vietnam War who won a handful of Purple Hearts after being drafted into the US army is campaigning for an official memorial to the 23 Irish men and one Irish woman who died in the conflict in South East Asia.
Michael Coyne's fascinating account of his role in an armoured division of the US army during the Vietnam War comes as the world prepares to remember the 30th anniversary of the Fall of Saigon on April 28.
Mick Coyne's life began in Cornamona in Connemar ...
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