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New Nixon Audio Tape Reveals Details of His Late Night Visit with Protestors at the Lincoln Memorial

Debra Newbold | Published: December 06, 2011 at 5:30 pm
The Dictabelts The Nixon Presidential Library is releasing the second installment of Presidential dictabelts, which include President Nixon's recollections of his surreal early morning surprise visit to the Lincoln Memorial on May 9, 1970, when he met with anti-Vietnam War …

Vietnam Vets Screened Footage for “Vietnam in HD” Film Project

Debra Newbold | Published: November 15, 2011 at 6:17 pm
Vietnam veteran Sonny Silva, lower left, reviews war footage of "Vietnam in HD" with Lou Reda Productions senior editor Sammy Jackson. (lehighvalleylive.com)A small group of Vietnam vets joined a film production crew as "interns" last summer to help edit …

Nov. 17 - Dec. 10: Connecticut artist exhibits 242 Vietnam war casualty portraits inspired by 1969 Life magazine story

Debra Newbold | Published: November 15, 2011 at 5:40 pm
The Bridgeport University Gallery in Connecticut will be exhibiting Peter Konsterlie's 242 portraits of U.S. soldiers who died in one week in Vietnam, an artistic undertaking inspired by the June 27, 1969, Life magazine cover and article, "Faces of …

'Vietnam in HD' Premiers on HISTORY

HistoryNet | Published: November 04, 2011 at 11:36 pm
HISTORY presents a new three-part, six-hour series "Vietnam in HD," which premiers November 8 at 9:00 p.m. Eastern Time.

Opens Oct. 14: "The 1968 Exhibit" in St. Paul Begins with a Huey That Has Landed in a Living Room

Debra Newbold | Published: October 21, 2011 at 1:40 pm
A new traveling exhibit that looks back at the tumultuous year of 1968 debuts Oct. 14, 2011 at the Minnesota History Center in St. Paul, Minn. "The 1968 Exhibit" traces the escalating war in Vietnam and its growing opposition, the …

“Call for Photos” Continues, as NBA Owners Donate Millions to The Education Center at The Wall

Debra Newbold | Published: September 21, 2011 at 4:05 pm
Nationwide, the "Call for Photos" for The Education Center is picking up steam. The Honolulu Star Advertiser recently ran a full page ad, "Never forget a face," designed to urge islanders to help locate photographs of Hawaii's Vietnam veterans whose …

Obit - George Cressy: Wrote personal account of Dak To for Newsday

Debra Newbold | Published: September 21, 2011 at 3:50 pm
George Cressy, a Bronze Star recipient at Dak To who went on to write famously about the battle for Newsday in 1996, died on July 16, 2011, in Long Island, N.Y., at the age of 68. He began writing …

Rolling Thunder XXIV

Published: June 13, 2011 at 3:37 pm
Watch Vietnam magazine's highlights from Rolling Thunder 2011

Notorious Madame Nhu Dies

Vietnam magazine | Published: April 27, 2011 at 12:46 pm
Through intrigue and ruthlessness, Madame Nhu became South Vietnam’s most powerful woman—and ultimately its most hated

Rise and Fall of the Dragon Lady

Peter Brush | Published: April 27, 2011 at 11:06 am
Madame Ngo Dinh Nhu's venom and vengeance set the stage for disaster and quagmire.

Babylift Vietnam Cover Spurs Search on New Oprah Show

Vietnam magazine | Published: April 12, 2011 at 3:53 pm
Find out who cover babe Jennifer Nyugen Noone was looking for

Ned Seath Awarded Navy Cross

Vietnam magazine | Published: March 30, 2011 at 5:58 pm
Marine lance corporal receives citation for action 45 years ago, in ceremony on Feb. 11, 2011, at Marine Corps Museum in Quantico

Rumsfeld's Challenge to Johnson on the Vietnam War

Vietnam magazine | Published: March 29, 2011 at 5:57 pm
After a briefing with LBJ on Vietnam in 1966, Rep. Rumsfeld wrote that the president was “up and down like a yo-yo”

Zippo Lighter Photo Gallery

Vietnam magazine | Published: March 29, 2011 at 5:57 pm
While the austere Zippo lighter was ubiquitous among GIs during WWII, it became a cultural icon in Vietnam

Senate Sets March 30 as Welcome Home Vietnam Vets Day

Vietnam magazine | Published: March 28, 2011 at 4:36 pm
Post your Comments: This year marks the 38th Anniversary of the withdrawal of U.S. combat and combat-support units from Vietnam

Name Those Dollies

Vietnam magazine | Published: February 09, 2011 at 1:06 pm
More than 600 Red Cross Donut Dollies brought smiles to thousands of GIs in Vietnam
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