Veterans reflected on their service and friends they lost decades ago as the nation honored Vietnam War Veterans Day.

Tay Ninh Province during the Vietnam War. He was posthumously awarded the Distinguished Service Cross — the Army’s second-highest military decoration for extraordinary heroism in combat, below only the Medal of Honor — in addition to the Purple Heart and other military honors.

In his strongest attack yet on President Johnson's Vietnam policies, Kennedy said "it is time for the truth - time to drop the mask of official illusion" which he said had been shattered by Communist attacks in Saigon and cities and towns all across South Vietnam.

More than 10 years after the project was first envisioned, the City of Atlanta officially opened a new Vietnam Veterans War Memorial in Piedmont Park on Sunday to honor local soldiers who made the ultimate sacrifice.

Among the veterans who will be there is a group that recently visited Vietnam for the first time since the war.

From Full Metal Jacket to Platoon, these Vietnam War movies are simply perfect.