History Net: Where History Comes Alive - World & US History Online » Vietnam Extra http://www.historynet.com From the World's Largest History Magazine Publisher Wed, 15 Feb 2012 00:01:01 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 New Nixon Audio Tape Reveals Details of His Late Night Visit with Protestors at the Lincoln Memorial http://www.historynet.com/new-nixon-audio-tapes-reveal-details-of-his-late-night-visit-with-protestors-at-the-lincoln-memorial.htm?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=new-nixon-audio-tapes-reveal-details-of-his-late-night-visit-with-protestors-at-the-lincoln-memorial http://www.historynet.com/new-nixon-audio-tapes-reveal-details-of-his-late-night-visit-with-protestors-at-the-lincoln-memorial.htm#comments Tue, 06 Dec 2011 21:30:00 +0000 dnewbold http://www.historynet.com/?p=13684764 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 …

]]> http://www.historynet.com/new-nixon-audio-tapes-reveal-details-of-his-late-night-visit-with-protestors-at-the-lincoln-memorial.htm/feed 0 Vietnam Vets Screened Footage for “Vietnam in HD” Film Project http://www.historynet.com/vietnam-vets-screened-footage-for-%e2%80%9cvietnam-in-hd%e2%80%9d-film-project.htm?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=vietnam-vets-screened-footage-for-%25e2%2580%259cvietnam-in-hd%25e2%2580%259d-film-project http://www.historynet.com/vietnam-vets-screened-footage-for-%e2%80%9cvietnam-in-hd%e2%80%9d-film-project.htm#comments Tue, 15 Nov 2011 22:17:25 +0000 dnewbold http://www.historynet.com/?p=13684605
Vietnam veteran Sonny Silva, lower left, reviews war footage of "Vietnam in HD" with Lou Reda Productions senior editor Sammy Jackson. (lehighvalleylive.com)
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 …

]]> http://www.historynet.com/vietnam-vets-screened-footage-for-%e2%80%9cvietnam-in-hd%e2%80%9d-film-project.htm/feed 1 Nov. 17 - Dec. 10: Connecticut artist exhibits 242 Vietnam war casualty portraits inspired by 1969 Life magazine story http://www.historynet.com/nov-17-dec-10-connecticut-artist-exhibits-242-vietnam-war-casualty-portraits-inspired-by-1969-life-magazine-story.htm?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=nov-17-dec-10-connecticut-artist-exhibits-242-vietnam-war-casualty-portraits-inspired-by-1969-life-magazine-story http://www.historynet.com/nov-17-dec-10-connecticut-artist-exhibits-242-vietnam-war-casualty-portraits-inspired-by-1969-life-magazine-story.htm#comments Tue, 15 Nov 2011 21:40:47 +0000 dnewbold http://www.historynet.com/?p=13684602 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 …

]]> http://www.historynet.com/nov-17-dec-10-connecticut-artist-exhibits-242-vietnam-war-casualty-portraits-inspired-by-1969-life-magazine-story.htm/feed 2 'Vietnam in HD' Premiers on HISTORY http://www.historynet.com/vietnam-in-hd-premiers-on-history.htm?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=vietnam-in-hd-premiers-on-history http://www.historynet.com/vietnam-in-hd-premiers-on-history.htm#comments Sat, 05 Nov 2011 03:36:29 +0000 Gerald Swick http://www.historynet.com/?p=13684565 http://www.historynet.com/vietnam-in-hd-premiers-on-history.htm/feed 0 Opens Oct. 14: "The 1968 Exhibit" in St. Paul Begins with a Huey That Has Landed in a Living Room http://www.historynet.com/the-1968-exhibit-in-st-paul-begins-with-huey-that-has-landed-in-a-living-room.htm?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-1968-exhibit-in-st-paul-begins-with-huey-that-has-landed-in-a-living-room http://www.historynet.com/the-1968-exhibit-in-st-paul-begins-with-huey-that-has-landed-in-a-living-room.htm#comments Fri, 21 Oct 2011 17:40:00 +0000 dnewbold http://www.historynet.com/?p=13684450 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 …

]]> http://www.historynet.com/the-1968-exhibit-in-st-paul-begins-with-huey-that-has-landed-in-a-living-room.htm/feed 1 “Call for Photos” Continues, as NBA Owners Donate Millions to The Education Center at The Wall http://www.historynet.com/%e2%80%9ccall-for-photos%e2%80%9d-continues-as-nba-owners-donate-millions-to-the-education-center-at-the-wall.htm?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=%25e2%2580%259ccall-for-photos%25e2%2580%259d-continues-as-nba-owners-donate-millions-to-the-education-center-at-the-wall http://www.historynet.com/%e2%80%9ccall-for-photos%e2%80%9d-continues-as-nba-owners-donate-millions-to-the-education-center-at-the-wall.htm#comments Wed, 21 Sep 2011 20:05:26 +0000 dnewbold http://www.historynet.com/?p=13684311 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 …

]]> http://www.historynet.com/%e2%80%9ccall-for-photos%e2%80%9d-continues-as-nba-owners-donate-millions-to-the-education-center-at-the-wall.htm/feed 0 Obit - George Cressy: Wrote personal account of Dak To for Newsday http://www.historynet.com/obit-george-cressy-wrote-personal-account-of-dak-to-for-newsday.htm?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=obit-george-cressy-wrote-personal-account-of-dak-to-for-newsday http://www.historynet.com/obit-george-cressy-wrote-personal-account-of-dak-to-for-newsday.htm#comments Wed, 21 Sep 2011 19:50:48 +0000 dnewbold http://www.historynet.com/?p=13684308 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 …

]]> http://www.historynet.com/obit-george-cressy-wrote-personal-account-of-dak-to-for-newsday.htm/feed 0 Rolling Thunder XXIV http://www.historynet.com/rolling-thunder-2011-2.htm?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rolling-thunder-2011-2 http://www.historynet.com/rolling-thunder-2011-2.htm#comments Mon, 13 Jun 2011 19:37:14 +0000 Scokeley http://www.historynet.com/?p=13683770 http://www.historynet.com/rolling-thunder-2011-2.htm/feed 1 Notorious Madame Nhu Dies http://www.historynet.com/notorious-and-glamorous-madame-nhu-dies.htm?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=notorious-and-glamorous-madame-nhu-dies http://www.historynet.com/notorious-and-glamorous-madame-nhu-dies.htm#comments Wed, 27 Apr 2011 16:46:37 +0000 Scokeley http://www.historynet.com/?p=13683578 http://www.historynet.com/notorious-and-glamorous-madame-nhu-dies.htm/feed 0 Rise and Fall of the Dragon Lady http://www.historynet.com/rise-and-fall-of-the-dragon-lady.htm?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rise-and-fall-of-the-dragon-lady http://www.historynet.com/rise-and-fall-of-the-dragon-lady.htm#comments Wed, 27 Apr 2011 15:06:56 +0000 Scokeley http://www.historynet.com/?p=13683576 http://www.historynet.com/rise-and-fall-of-the-dragon-lady.htm/feed 0