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Author Archives: John D. Howard

Photo depicts West Point Military Academy in New York. Cadets Standing in Formation at West Point Academy
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From Korea to Vietnam, This West Pointer Was An Inspiration To All Who Knew Him

by John D. Howard2/12/20242/12/2024

Chuck Butler followed the code of “Duty, Honor, County,” sacrificing his life in Vietnam.

Photo of three American advisers, who had to abandon the Quang Tri base camp 19 miles south of the DMZ in face of enemy offensive, crouch in ditch for protection against incoming North Vietnamese Artillery. The soldiers were making their way to nearby city of Quang tri, South Vietnam on April 3, 1972.
Posted inFeature

As US Troops Withdrew From Vietnam in 1972, This City Refused to Surrender to Communist Invaders

by John D. Howard10/9/202310/9/2023
Photo of British Army officer General Sir John Greer Dill (1881-1944), Chief of the Imperial General Staff, studies a globe in his office in London during World War II in January 1941.
Posted inFeature

Disdained by Churchill, Respected by Marshall, This Brit Proved the Essential Liaison Between the Western Allies During WWII

by John D. Howard3/31/20234/7/2023
Photo of South Vietnam: Failed Coup In Saigon Against President Ngo Dinh Diem. Saigon- 17 novembre 1960- Lors du coup d'état manqué contre le président NGO DINH DIEM, des jeunes gens (révolutionnaires) accourent dans une rue, lâchant leur bicyclette pour se protéger de coups de feu, un camion militaire derrièer eux dans une rue, une demeure en arrière-plan.
Posted inFeature

The First Coup: President Diem’s Own Paratroopers Attempted to Overthrow His Regime

by John D. Howard3/21/20233/21/2023
south-korean-army-day-parade-seoul-1968
Posted inFeature

How North Korean Assassins Slipped By American Patrols and Almost Started a Coup

by John D. Howard1/24/20231/24/2023
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How South Vietnam Won the Vietnam War’s Longest Battle

by John D. Howard4/8/20223/9/2023
Posted inStories

Going to War in 1965 with the Army You Have

by John D. Howard12/17/201912/20/2019
Posted inStories

Shadows of Indochina

by John D. Howard10/29/20193/29/2023
Posted inStories

The Revolt of the Montagnards

by John D. Howard2/26/20199/30/2019
Posted inStories

The Rocky Road to Reconciliation

by John D. Howard5/1/20183/28/2018

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