BOSTON (AP) — The USS Constitution sailed into Boston Harbor on Friday and fired a 21-gun salute in honor of Vietnam War veterans on board. Old Ironsides, as the warship is known, took more than 300 ...
Old Ironsides then fired off a 21-gun salute off Castle Island's Fort Independence. A USS Constitution crewmember, Seaman William Cooke, was the first American service member to be buried in Vietnam ...