Boxed in by the Enemy
Marine reconnaissance team Box Score’s fight for survival.
He Put Himself First—In the Line of Fire
While most units of the 1st Division saw only limited engagements in their search-and-destroy missions during Operation Abilene, Company C was “hung out there as a tempting target,” as troops in Vietnam would say
China’s Tank in the Vietnam War
This latecomer to the Vietnam War did not arrive from the Soviet Union, however. It came from the People’s Republic of China.
Two Thanksgivings––50 Years Apart
One as a U.S. soldier in 1967, the other as a tourist in 2018.
R&R on the Beaches of South Vietnam
Troops in Vietnam blow off some steam during their one-year tour of duty
From German Waffen SS to American Green Beret
The fierce anti-communism of Finland’s Larry Thorne put him on different sides in two wars
The ‘Green Dragon’ Puts the Scare in the Viet Cong
A new infantry transport changed the nature of firefights in Vietnam—and for generations to come
When an Ambush Nearly Destroyed a Combined Marine and Army Group
The Ambush of Task Force Robbie
The Man Behind the Topgun Fighter Pilot School
Just back from Vietnam, a Navy pilot was given a new mission: Start a school
One of the Most Decorated Veterans of All Time: David H. Hackworth
The record for combat decorations in Vietnam
The M107 Shelled the Enemy Deep Inside North Vietnam
The M107, which entered production in 1963, arose from the desire for a family of artillery weapons that were self-propelled (drivable), transportable by air and based on the same chassis. The result was two systems: the M107 gun and M110 howitzer.
America’s ‘Last Battle’ of the Vietnam War was a Fiasco
The humiliating April 29, 1975, image of U.S. helicopters evacuating Americans and Vietnamese from Saigon rooftops as North Vietnamese troops overran South Vietnam to win the Vietnam War was a political-military disaster damaging America’s global prestige. Two weeks later, the U.S. endured another humiliation in Southeast Asia.
How North Vietnam Claimed More Aces Than It Really Had
North Vietnam racked up fewer aerial victories than it claimed
