The conflict in Vietnam seemed to encompass all aspects of modern combat in the 1960s and 70s. From guerrilla fighting to armoured warfare. From technologically advanced air power to small four-man boats with machine guns.
The Vietnam War was a prolonged, expensive and divisive conflict between the communist government of North Vietnam and South Vietnam whose main ally was the United States. Yet it often gets overlooked and is referred to as a “pointless war” that took the lives of over 3 million people including over 58,
Keith Saliba talks about the importance of documenting the Vietnam War and preserving its stories. He's written a new book "Crucible 1972" on the war.
When President Jimmy Carter was inaugurated in 1977, he wasted little time fulfilling one of his most controversial campaign promises: pardoning those who evaded the Vietnam War draft. Carter ...
Not so many people realize that even the “kinder, gentler” U.S. Air Force had its own band of rough and ready ground-pounders who took the fight to the Communist enemy in Vietnam. We now recognize the USAF’s Combat Security Police units.
Vietnamese netizens call to boycott 'Squid Game' for 'whitewashing of atrocities committed by South Korean soldiers'
WASHINGTON — At a White House ceremony on Friday, January 3, 2024, President Joe Biden presented Medals of Honor to seven Soldiers who served in either the Korean War or the Vietnam War.
We got a lot of attacks during that time. When a rocket came in we’d just dive to the ground and my chain might have broken and the tag came off.”
U.S. President Joe Biden on Friday recognized seven veterans of the Korean and Vietnam wars with the Medal of Honor and awarded eight law enforcement officers the Medal of Valor for acts of extreme courage that went "beyond the call of duty.
A long-time advocate for military women, Diane Carlson Evans received one of the nation’s highest civilian honors during recent White House ceremony.
Veterans of the Vietnam War Post 52’s Saturday dinners for this week include baked or beer-batter haddock, spaghetti and meatballs, or shrimp baskets. The featured dinner will be chicken wings
For Spencer Matteson, the memories of a battlefield "covered with dead bodies" are still painful. But with his help, Vietnamese excavation teams found the remains of approximately 60 soldiers, who were buried properly at the Tang Bạt Ho Town Martyrs’ Cemetery, in a "solemn ceremony" attended by state leaders and thousands of veterans.