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Interview - Everett Alvarez - A Vietnam POW for the Duration

dnewbold — Thu, 11 Apr 2013 19:56:39 +0000

A few hours after the Gulf of Tonkin incident in August 1964, Navy A4 pilot Everett Alvarez was shot down on a bombing mission near Hanoi, the first U.S. aviator taken captive during the Vietnam War

A Combat Brotherhood That Makes a Difference - Military Order of the Purple Heart

dnewbold — Wed, 10 Apr 2013 17:53:23 +0000

Wounded veterans continue to serve comrades and country in the Military Order of the Purple Heart

Rolling Thunder 2013 Special Issue

dnewbold — Wed, 10 Apr 2013 17:47:58 +0000

You can order this June 2013 issue with the Official Rolling Thunder Guide

Wild Duel: Weasels vs SAMs Over Dong Hoi

dnewbold — Tue, 19 Mar 2013 17:58:35 +0000

During the Vietnam War, the Wild Weasels flew as a protection screen in specially equipped F-105F Thuds into a target area to sweep and destroy surface to air missile (SAM) sites, to protect "strike packages" or a flight of fighters that followed on

Dark Clouds Over Junction City

dnewbold — Wed, 13 Mar 2013 19:37:02 +0000

In Operation Junction City, Vietnam War's biggest operation, Feb. 21-May 14, 1967, including the largest paratroop jump since World War II, Gen. William Westmoreland won his big-unit campaign but lost confidence that the war could be won

Extended Interview- Scholar Lien-Hang T. Nguyen: Hanoi's Secrets

dnewbold — Mon, 25 Feb 2013 21:53:42 +0000

Lien-Hang T. Nguyen, author of Hanoi's War: An International History of the War for Peace in Vietnam, gives insight into the war's final chapter, in this interview with Vietnam magazine about her life and her work

My War - Elizabeth A. Allen

dnewbold — Tue, 22 Jan 2013 16:59:38 +0000

During the Vietnam War, Capt. Elizabeth Allen joined the U.S. Army with a master's degree in psychiatric nursing and served in the Nurse Corps on the front lines at the 71st and 12th Evac Hospitals tending to the injured and dying

Letter from Vietnam magazine - Feb. 2013 - on becoming a partner with the war's 50th anniversary commemoration

dnewbold — Wed, 09 Jan 2013 19:15:02 +0000

Counting the Years

Last Memorial Day at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, President Barack Obama launched the Department of Defense program to mark the 50th anniversary of the Vietnam War. On the stage that day were Defense Secretary Leon Panetta and …

Chuck Hagel speaks about his Vietnam war experience

kholland — Wed, 09 Jan 2013 15:00:47 +0000

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Review - Republic F-105 Thunderchief

dnewbold — Tue, 08 Jan 2013 22:26:18 +0000

In Republic F-105 Thunderchief, author Peter Davies guides readers through the plane's technical details, with photos and illustrations to show everything from ordnance to the dual option of refueling that was unique