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Vietnam Book Review: The Remains of War

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Vietnam Book Review: Bernard Fall

Vietnam War

Interview: An Adviser Takes Command

Vietnam War

Birds vs Cong

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Personality: Dale Richey

Vietnam Battles

Arsenal: The river patrol boat was the backbone of the Brown Water Navy

Vietnam War

3rd Tactical Dispensary Volunteers

Vietnam War

A 10-year-old American child in 1963 Saigon

Vietnam

Vietnam Book Review: Military Justice in Vietnam

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Vietnam Book Review: Triumph Forsaken

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Death on the Airwaves

2000s

Ghosts of the Ia Drang: A Firsthand Account

Military History

Two Yeats-loving GIs met on a Vietnam mountaintop

Military History

The Mig-17 Produced North Vietnam’s First Jet Air-To-Air Victories

The obsolescent fighter entered Soviet service in 1953

Military History

E Flight crews flew sanitized C-130 ‘ghost planes’

Asia

Was Vietnam the most successful war ever fought by the United States?

Today in History: Born on August 9

1554

Gregory XV, Roman Catholic Pope.

1890

Karel Capek, Czech writer and playwright, best remembered for his play R.U.R., which contained the first use of the word "robot."

1913

Richard Nixon, 37th President of the U.S. and first President to resign from office.

1941

Joan Baez, American folk singer and activist.

1944

Jimmy Page, musician, songwriter, producer; member of The Yardbirds, Led Zeppelin and other bands.

1963

Michael Everson, American and Irish linguist; a leading expert in the computer encoding of scripts.

1967

Dave Matthews, singer, songwriter, guitarist, actor; leader of Dave Matthews Band and Dave Matthews & Friends.

1982

Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge (Catherine Elizabeth "Kate" Middleton); wife of Prince William, Duke of Cambridge. Upon William's assumption of the British throne, the Duchess would become queen consort.

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My War – Ken McGwin

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A closer look at the F-8E Crusader, the last U.S. fighter plane with guns as its primary armament.

Vietnam Arsenal

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Vietnam Missions

Vietnam Missions

Moshe Dayan Sounds the Alarm in Vietnam

On a 1966 tour of Vietnam, the legendary Israeli military leader came to some stunning conclusions about the U.S. war strategy

Vietnam Missions

Life and Death on a Long Range Recon Patrol

Two veteran LRRPs were tapped for one last mission taking them deep into enemy territory

Vietnam Point of View

Vietnam Point of View

Final Fiasco – The Fall of Saigon

Newly declassified documents and fresh insight from Frank Snepp, the CIA's chief analyst in Vietnam during 1975, present a revealing new picture of the chaotic final days of U.S. involvement in Vietnam, before enemy forces captured Saigon on April 30

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The Rise of North Vietnam’s Air Defenses

Rapid mobilization of Communist anti-aircraft guns, missiles and jet fighters provided Hanoi with a potent resistance to U.S. bombers in the early years of the Vietnam War

Vietnam Letters

Vietnam Letters

Vietnam Letters from Readers- December 2009

Vietnam Letters

Letter from Vietnam magazine – Feb. 2013 – on becoming a partner with the war’s 50th anniversary commemoration

Vietnam Dispatches Video

Vietnam Dispatches Video

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Vietnam Dispatches Video

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Vietnam Gallery

Vietnam Gallery

Vietnam Vet Mike Bowen Runs 58,282 Miles

Mike Bowen ran a total of 58,282 miles, one mile for every soldier killed or missing in the Vietnam war.

Vietnam Gallery

Veterans Working to Restore Huey Helicopter

New Jersey veterans restore a Huey helicopter for the Vietnam Era Museum and Education Center in Holmdel.

Rolling Thunder

Rolling Thunder

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The Search for Billy Laney, the Guy on My POW Bracelet

How author Maggie Ruth learned the fate of the MIA on her POW bracelet, and changed her view of Vietnam veterans

Vietnam Personalities

Vietnam Personalities

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Vietnam

‘Getting Home Alive’: Alpha 6 remembers Vietnam

During periods of inaction, Harvey and his men drilled for encounters with elusive Viet Cong guerillas who stalked the forests.

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Military History

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