History Net: Where History Comes Alive - World & US History Online » Vietnam Letters http://www.historynet.com From the World's Largest History Magazine Publisher Sat, 18 May 2013 00:45:20 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 Letter from Vietnam magazine - Feb. 2013 - on becoming a partner with the war's 50th anniversary commemoration http://www.historynet.com/letter-from-vietnam.htm http://www.historynet.com/letter-from-vietnam.htm#comments Wed, 09 Jan 2013 19:15:02 +0000 dnewbold http://www.historynet.com/?p=13687596 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 …

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I've been reading Vietnam magazine for several years. This is my first letter. The October 2012 account of the brave men in the article "Last Stand at Landing Zone Hereford" is excellent, one of the best articles I've …

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The article "Last Stand at LZ Hereford" by Michael Christy (October) had me living that experience as if I were there. I served in Vietnam with the Marines, including 40 days under siege at Con Thien in …

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Some stories are harder than others. Harder to unwind, harder to absorb. Such is the story that played out over the course of about an hour one sweltering afternoon in May 1966 near Vinh Thanh in Binh …

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Although 45 years have passed, I remember some facts that are not quite in agreement with Richard Camp's fine article "Rescue in Death Valley" (April). I was a member of HMM-163 from November 1965 through June 1966. …

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In the June "Letter From Vietnam," you wrote about retired Army colonel and founding editor of Vietnam Harry G. Summers Jr. and featured the cover of the premier issue of Vietnam published in 1988. I retrieved my first …

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Reading "Rescue in Death Valley" (April) relating to Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 163, the "Evil Eyes," took me back to Aug. 8, 1966. I was a platoon sergeant with E Company, 2nd Battalion, 4th Marines, 3rd …

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The February article by Rod Paschall about Tet 1968 in Saigon ("The Center of the Storm") notes the United States "swiftly crafted a crushing counterattack" that "quickly overwhelmed" the Viet Cong in the battle for Saigon. U.S. …

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Following up on General Stanley Cherrie's article (December, "Case of the Mysterious Lob Bomb"), I was a first lieutenant in the 3rd Battalion, 11th Marines, headquartered on Hill 55 southwest of Da Nang in the …

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When Bill Beck saw the December 2010 issue of Vietnam and our presentation of sketches by North Vietnamese Army combat artist Le Duc Tuan, he asked if we would be interested in taking a look at some sketches …

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