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Photo of 1967: A Platoon Commander from the United States 1st Marine Division using a radio during operations in Vietnam. (Photo by Three Lions/Getty Images)

They Assumed the Enemy in Vietnam Was Incapable of Intercepting Radio Communications. They Were Wrong

by David M. Fiedler11/23/202212/13/2022

Senior U.S. commanders thought the NVA and Viet Cong were too “primitive” to make deadly use of radio intel. Careless communications cost American lives.

A narrow gap between the protestors and the riot police during a demonstration against the Vietnam War in Washington DC, 21st May 1972. 173 demonstrators were later arrested during a violent confrontation with the police. (Photo by Archive Photos/Getty Images)

When Did the US Lose the Vietnam War? Here Are Some Dates

by Jerry D. Morelock11/17/20224/26/2024

These Female Journalists Broke Barriers During the Vietnam War

by Zita Ballinger Fletcher6/22/20222/27/2023

How Vietnam Veterans Are Making a New Home for Old Huey Helicopters

by Jessica James6/15/20227/12/2022

A South Vietnamese Paratrooper Shares His Story

by Zita Ballinger Fletcher5/19/20225/19/2022

Why Were Australian Vietnam Veterans Treated Shamefully?

by Zita Ballinger Fletcher5/12/20225/12/2022

How Nixon’s Operation Linebacker Countered North Vietnam’s All-Out Bid to Conquer the South

by Carl O. Schuster4/5/20225/23/2022

How to Fight in Caves and Fend Off ‘Sapper’ Commandos: Tactical Lessons the U.S. Army Learned in Vietnam

by Chris McNab4/4/202210/19/2022

Blackhorse Regiment Rode Steel Steeds to the Rescue in Vietnam

by Marc Leepson3/4/20223/4/2022

‘Ho Chi Minh Trail 1964-73’ Review

by Jon Guttman11/9/202111/9/2021

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