Tom Edwards, Author at HistoryNet

A nurse helps prepare a patient for an operation at the 7th Surgical Hospital, a mobile army surgical hospital (MASH), at Blackhorse base camp near Saigon in 1968. Nurses were among the earliest U.S. service members to arrive in Vietnam.

Nurses in Vietnam: Putting Themselves in Danger to Keep Men Alive

by Tom Edwards9/20/20222/27/2023

Among the first Americans to go over for the war, these women were in constant danger but are still often forgotten.

Feature, Interview

USS Midway on Display

by Tom Edwards4/8/20214/8/2021

From Swift Boats to Spacecraft: What small boats and big rockets had in common

by Tom Edwards7/22/20207/22/2020

Navy Seabees Built and Fought in Vietnam

by Tom Edwards11/6/201810/30/2020