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Army Spc. 4 Leslie Sabo Awarded Medal of Honor Posthumously in White House Ceremony on May 16

dnewbold — Tue, 22 May 2012 18:42:30 +0000

Loaded with gear, infantryman Leslie Sabo poses with his M-60. (Photo: James Bemus)Leslie H. Sabo Jr., the nation's newest Medal of Honor recipient, died in a Cambodian jungle on May 10, 1970, after a daylong battle in which he …

The Vietnam War 50th Anniversary Commemoration Kicks Off at Annual Memorial Day Ceremony at The Wall

dnewbold — Tue, 22 May 2012 17:29:56 +0000

The Department of Defense 50th Anniversary Commemoration of the Vietnam War is slated to get its official kickoff at the annual Memorial Day ceremony held at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington D.C.

The decade-long commemoration is under the direction …

My War - James John Magner

dnewbold — Thu, 17 May 2012 19:37:34 +0000

As an artist, I understood that I would have to wade the rivers and face death to get beyond surface appearances

Tapes Give New Voice to JFK's Vietnam Doubt

dnewbold — Tue, 15 May 2012 21:14:44 +0000

The last 45 hours of more than 248 hours of declassified conversations of President John F. Kennedy, taped in the White House shortly before his death, reveal a president worried about where the war in Vietnam was headed. On the …

Going Home

dnewbold — Mon, 14 May 2012 16:33:59 +0000

Just as he'd done on hundreds of medevac missions, this Huey pilot tried to not look back when he left the Vietnam War

Chewing Up Charlie in the Renegade Woods

dnewbold — Wed, 09 May 2012 20:36:28 +0000

With Lt. Col. George Armstrong Custer III in a helicopter above, orchestrating air and artillery support, Yellow Hair rode again

Interview With War of 1812 Historian J.C.A. Stagg

David Lauterborn — Fri, 04 May 2012 02:20:09 +0000

J.C.A. Stagg addresses the War of 1812 in his latest book, looking at the causes of the war, the performance of U.S. forces, and the winners and losers of the conflict.

War of 1812: ‘Swarms of Privateers’

David Lauterborn — Thu, 03 May 2012 20:47:55 +0000

During the War of 1812 flotillas of well-armed U.S. privateers stalked the world’s oceans for fat British prizes

Book Review: Front Burner, by Kirk S. Lippold

David Lauterborn — Thu, 03 May 2012 18:51:51 +0000

In Front Burner, Kirk Lippold, former commander of the guided missile destroyer USS Cole, reviews the October 2000 terrorist strike on his vessel in Aden, Yemen, and the aftermath, both military and personal.

Book Review: After Custer, by Paul L. Hedren

David Lauterborn — Thu, 03 May 2012 18:22:51 +0000

Paul L. Hedren, author and retired NPS superintendent, considers the decline of the Sioux nation in the wake of their 1876 victory over George Armstrong Custer on the Little Bighorn.