From a now-regretted counter-counterculture anthem to an oft-misunderstood ’80s hit to the song that allegedly got its singer ...
Few Americans born after the Tet Offensive know even the barest facts about the Vietnam War. I aim this generalization not at the oft-underrated Joe Sixpack but at graduates of our finest ...
April marks 50 years since the fall of Saigon, and the wounds of the Vietnam War remain open ‒ not just for Americans who fought there, but also for those who lost everything when the war ended ...
The Clovis Veterans Memorial District held a commemoration to honor Vietnam War veterans and their service, with a replica of ...
The USA would ultimately drop three million tonnes of bombs in Vietnam - more than all the bombs dropped in Europe during World War Two. However, bombing was highly inaccurate due to the jungle ...
More than forty years after its conclusion, the Vietnam War is a persistent wound on the American psyche. It is a war that divided families and communities, and sparked massive protests on college ...
For U.S. Air Force combat cameramen who served in Vietnam ... d go over there to make some pictures. I said okay.” For two months, Hackman wandered around the war zone, hitching rides on ...
Dewey, an employee of the CIA's precursor agency, the Office of Strategic Services, is shot and killed on his way to the Saigon airport, becoming the first American casualty of the Vietnam War.
It meant that the USA was beginning the process of withdrawing troops from Vietnam, while helping to strengthen the South Vietnamese army with the aim of getting it to take over the war against ...
Many became victims of the increasingly brutal Vietnam War. If the average American had to name a hero of recent history off the top of their head, the name John McCain would probably be high on ...
Community members, veterans, and volunteers filled Mt. Pleasant’s Veterans Hall for an evening of heartfelt tributes, ...