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Profile in Courage: The Most Decorated Enlisted Sailor in Navy History
In the history of the United States Navy, only seven men have earned all of the big three valor awards: Medal of Honor, Navy Cross, and Silver Star. Six were World War II officers, including one...
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The New Guy (Guest Post)
By Michael P. Walsh The Washington, D.C., Vietnam Veterans Memorial is inscribed with 58,272 names – each a story of lost opportunity and heartache; ultimate sacrifices that, with time, are known by...
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The Kent State Incident – 1970
Kent State, just hearing those two words conjures up images of unarmed college students, teenagers laying about on the campus Commons – all shot by Ohio National Guardsmen who proclaimed they acted in...
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Games amidst a Faraway War (Guest post)
This article originally posted on my friend, Joe Campolo’s website and is published here with his permission. It was Joe, who prodded Rene’ to write about her experiences, and then helped to put her...
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“Fragging” during the Vietnam War
During its long withdrawal from South Vietnam, the U.S. military experienced a serious crisis in morale. Chronic indiscipline, illegal drug use, and racial militancy all contributed to trouble within...
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Music During the Vietnam War
The Vietnam conflict has been called “America’s first rock-and-roll war” because of the predominance of rock music that permeated the American experience there. As draft quotas were raised and...
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Chapter outtake from “When can I Stop Running”
This particular chapter was originally written for “When Can I Stop Running” and cut out completely from the final copy by my editor. It’s a chapter that tells of a frightening tale from our childhood...
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VC/NVA Terrorist Doctrine
Warning: Many of the written and visual examples shared within this article are graphic, disturbing and sometime revolting – if descriptions and photos of brutalized human beings bother you, then I’d...
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Calling home during the Vietnam War
During the Vietnam conflict, there were no individual personal cellular or landline telephones available for soldiers or sailors to use for calling family members back home. To address this, United...
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The Solitary World of a Vet (Guest Post)
This author’s description of a veteran will most likely describe most if not all veterans who read this. For non-vets, here’s a way to find out what makes us tick! This article was written by Ray...
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Care Packages from Home
During the Vietnam War, those of us in the bush, carried everything we owned on our backs and were always on the move. The water in our canteens had a bitter after-taste from both the plastic canteen...
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Discovering the hidden places of the Vietnam War
This is a guest post from my friend, Jonas Thorsell, a Swede, who routinely travels to Vietnam on business. He and two other partners have visited former war sites over the past few years and recently...
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African Americans in the Vietnam War
When I was a kid in the Marines, I remember the first place I saw the WHITE ONLY, COLORED ONLY signs. They were on the wall in this train station in Rocky Mountain, North Carolina. . . . I’ll never...
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Old Vets (Guest Post)
Happy New Year Everyone!!! Here is my first post of 2018 – many more interesting stories are in the works with planned releases weekly. If you haven’t already, be sure to sign up above and we’ll...
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Vietnam C-Ration Cook Book
Tabasco C-Ration Cookbook Shane K. Bernard Ph.D. Historian & Curator for the McIlhenny Company (makers of Tabasco hot sauce) kindly provided the following copy of their C-Ration Cookbook. I hope...
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The Day I Went from Bride to Widow (Guest Post)
This short story was published by CJ Heck on May 23, 2013 on Goodreads.com. Ms. Heck is a published Poet, Writer, Freelance Editor, Author of 5 books, and a Vietnam War Widow. Her blog address is...
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Rare Vietnam Photos You Never Knew Existed
The Vietnam War was one of the most controversial and bloody wars in U.S history. It carried on for twenty years (1955-1975) and the total amount of deaths ranged from 2.5 to 3.5 million people. Almost...
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The 1968 TET Offensive in Saigon (Guest Post)
This article was forwarded to me by my friend, R J Del Vecchio via e-mail. Its’ author, Don Taylor, originally posted this on 1/29/2018 on Free Republic dot com and didn’t include photos…those you’ll...
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How much did you Trust your “Inner Voice” in Vietnam?
Just like the commercial for Dos Equis Beer, Rev. Bill McDonald is a most interesting man. He is a Vietnam Veteran and was a crew-chief/door-gunner on a Huey helicopter for the famed “Tomahawks” –...
View ArticleReaction to Ken Burns’“The Vietnam War” documentary
My friend, RL Del Vecchio, contacted me after posting my article about the NVA / VC atrocities of the Vietnam War to inform me that none of what I posted was even mentioned in Ken Burns’ documentary...
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