At the Bloody Dawn of the Vietnam War
Neil Sheehan is a former correspondent for The New York Times, and the author of “A Bright Shining Lie: John Paul Vann and America in Vietnam.” This article was published by Neil Sheehan – Nov. 13,...
View ArticleInappropriate Behaviour and Punishment in the Nam
Here’s another guest article by TJ McGinley “Free Bird”, who gives us a look at his rebellious side while serving in Vietnam. As an infantry soldier who spent most of his time living in the jungle,...
View ArticleGhost Warriors – Guest Blog
Ghost Warriors by: TJ McGinley This article originally appeared on the following website: http://www.war-stories.com/ and is printed here with the author’s permission. In November of 1968, I was...
View ArticleHow much do you know about the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier and its Sentinels?
Interesting facts about the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier and the sentinels of the United States Infantry Regiment “Old Guard” How many steps does the guard take during his walk across the Tomb of the...
View ArticlePhotographs from Vietnam That Changed a Veteran’s Life
This article was originally written by Lily Rothman @lilyrothman and published on the TIME – History website on April 27, 2015. Chris Gaynor is a friend and this article is reposted here with his...
View ArticleVietnam Veteran Died With No Family to Lay Him to Rest. Watch what happened…
US Vietnam Veteran Died With No Family to Lay Him to Rest. Just Watch What Happens on the Day of His Funeral. Posted in TheBlaze.com on Dec. 18, 2015 by Dave Urbanski James Beavers, a staff sergeant...
View ArticleTunnel Rats in Vietnam
This story originally appeared in: Thebrigade.com on January 14, 2016 by Chuck My FB friend, Richard Bradley, recently posted the link to this story on his page with the following note: Me and my...
View ArticleThis Marine Was The ‘American Sniper’ Of The Vietnam War
Long before Chris Kyle penned “American Sniper,” Carlos Hathcock was already a legend. He taught himself to shoot as a boy, as did Alvin York and Audie Murphy before him. He had dreamed of being a US...
View Article“Dead Men Flying” Heroic as Hell – The Dustoff Pilots of The Vietnam War...
There was no more welcomed sound of to a wounded soilder in Vietnam than the whop-whop-whop of the “dustoff Huey” coming to get them out of hell. Anyone that has ever flown in a Dustoff Huey will never...
View ArticleA Remembrance of Hue, Vietnam 1968
Guest article by Nathan Nguyen During the North Vietnamese Army’s surprise 1968 Tet Offensive, a fierce battle raged in the city of Hue. Pitting North Vietnamese Army regulars and Vietcong against...
View Article8 Facts about the Vietnam War from a Former Viet Cong Soldier
This article was originally published on Cracked.com, March 27, 2015. Author Evan V. Symon wrote this article based on his interview with a former Viet Cong soldier, Nguyen Hoa Giai, during the...
View ArticleMontagnards – Friend or Foe in the Vietnam War?
Two generations ago, Americans went to a strange land to fight a strange war. In many ways this war’s rules were much like the French & Indian War more than 200 years before. In this war, a small...
View Article17 wild facts about the Vietnam War
Dutch National Archives via Wikimedia Commons Jane Fonda The American experience in Vietnam was a long and painful one for the nation. For those against the war, it appeared to be a meat grinder...
View ArticleVietnam War MOH Recipients – Oral Interviews
The Medal of Honor is the highest military decoration presented by the United States government to a member of its armed forces. The recipients must have distinguished themselves at the risk of...
View ArticleDid Westerners Fight alongside VC/NVA in Vietnam War?
In August, 1970, when I served with the 25th Division Wolfhounds outside of Dau Tieng near the Black Virgin Mountain, our company once spotted a blond caucasian male with a squad of NVA soldiers. He...
View ArticleThe Aussie Battle of Long Tan: Victory Against Overwhelming Odds.
Bruce Fletcher’s oil on canvas “Long Tan Action.” During the Vietnam War, 108 Australian soldiers stood against some 1,500 to 2,500 Vietnamese forces near the village of Long Tan. When the battle was...
View ArticleThe Failed Son Tay Prison Raid
Shortly after 2:00 am on the morning of November 21, 1970, the night sky near Hanoi was shattered by the roar of planes on their way to undertake one of the most carefully planned and executed rescue...
View ArticleThe Morning After, The Night Before (Guest Blog)
John E. Harrison, a Vietnam Veteran, has his own website and publishes a variety of articles – some relate to his experiences during the War. John entsome of his workered the U.S. Army as a private...
View ArticleThe Frightened Vietnamese Kid Who Became A U.S. Army General
FORT HOOD, Texas (Aug. 8, 2014) – “In 1975, when I was 9 years old, we had to make that escape from Vietnam, and my family got out of South Vietnam the day before the fall of Saigon,” said Brig. Gen....
View ArticleFate of Marines left behind in Cambodia in 1975 haunts Comrades
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