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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

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

Interview - Jim Willbanks: Tet's Truths, Myths and Mysteries

dnewbold — Wed, 05 Dec 2012 20:14:45 +0000

Military historian and author James Willbanks discusses how the 1968 Tet Offensive developed and changed the course of the Vietnam War and offers new understandings about the nature of intelligence.

Vet Spotlight - Michael Cody

dnewbold — Tue, 04 Dec 2012 17:33:25 +0000

"I didn't know what I was taking pictures of at the time." (Credit: MidHudsonNews.com)Michael Cody

Age: 67
Hometown: Wallkill, N.Y.
Career: Truck Driver, Wallkill Highway Garage
In-country: 1968-69

Michael Cody took more than 1,000 photos during and after the World …

Vet Spotlight - Daryl Paulson

dnewbold — Mon, 26 Nov 2012 16:13:01 +0000

"We just built a new facility and moved into it in May 2012."Daryl Paulson

Age: 64
Hometown: Bozeman, Mont.
Career: President and CEO, BioScience Laboratories, Inc.
In-country: July 1968-Aug. 1969

In 1991 Daryl S. Paulson, Ph.D., started BioScience Laboratories, …

My War - Ken McGwin

dnewbold — Mon, 19 Nov 2012 22:25:58 +0000

McGwin, a Navy 2nd class petty officer, was serving aboard Wesco the night it was attacked in the Mekong Delta, Nov. 1, 1968

My War - POW Jay Hess

dnewbold — Tue, 13 Nov 2012 21:24:06 +0000

Lt. Col. Jay Hess was shot down in an F-105, captured and held prisoner for nearly six years during the Vietnam War

Chuck Hagel Nomination: An Interview With Senator Hagel on His Vietnam Combat Experience and Vision for the War's Commemoration

dnewbold — Fri, 12 Oct 2012 20:54:44 +0000

Chuck Hagel, a Vietnam veteran and former Nebraska senator, talks about his combat experience, serving alongside his brother Tom, and his recent selection to lead an advisory committee for the 50th anniversary events commemorating the Vietnam War

My War - Prof. Charles R. Carr

dnewbold — Tue, 10 Jul 2012 17:09:13 +0000

On his first helicopter assault, he jumped and ran the wrong way; his company was 30 ft. away, facing the other direction