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Photo of a O-2A Super Skymaster, used as a FAC aircraft, fires a smoke rocket at an enemy stronghold. The smoke rocket will mark the area for strike aircraft. Fast reaction time and increased time over target, plus the safety factor of its two engines make the O-2 ideal for both psychological warfare and FAC missions.

This Plane Made all the Difference in Vietnam — So Did its Aviators

by Barry Levine6/12/20235/15/2023

Photo of, author Paul Ingevaldson working on an M18 Field Artillery Digital Automatic Computer (FADAC) used for gun targeting in Vietnam.

The FADAC Was Used to Calculate Artillery Firing Data. Was it One of the First Personal Computers?

by Paul Ingevaldson5/22/20235/15/2023

Photo of author Jerry Dallape (right) and his buddy Gordon “Gus” Gustafson had an unusual adventure in Vietnam.

This Marine Used a Gunny Outhouse Without Permission. Then He Accidentally Burned It Down.

by Jerry Dallape5/22/20235/23/2023

Photo of U.S. Marines are being fired upon as they charge entrenched troops of North Vietnam’s 2nd division on hill 441, near Hiep Duc Valley, South Vietnam on August 26, 1969.

Inspired by His Family Military Tradition, This Lakota Served as a Medic in Vietnam

by Dave Kindy5/18/20235/18/2023

Read Henry Kissinger’s Secret Message on the Fall of Saigon

by HistoryNet Staff5/17/202311/29/2023

Photo of Warrant Officer Class II, (WO2), Kevin (Dasher) Arthur Wheatley VC, a member of the Australian Army Training Team, Vietnam, (AATTV) standing on the roadside near Saigon. WO2 Wheatley was awarded a Victoria Cross (VC) posthumously for action against the Viet Cong. He moved a wounded soldier, WO2 R. J. Swanton, from the open paddy fields into a wooded area and remained with him knowing the Viet Cong were moving in on their position.

He Went AWOL to Save a Stray Dog and Refused to Leave His Comrades. Meet Australia’s First VC Recipient in Vietnam

by David T. Zabecki5/15/20235/16/2023

Illustration of a KC-135A Stratotanker refueling a plane.

The Flying Gas Station: How the KC-135 Stratotanker Saved Planes When They Were in a Pinch

by Carl O. Schuster5/15/20235/16/2023

Photo of evacuation of a firebase, Vietnam 1968.

What Was the Concept Behind Fire Bases in Vietnam?

by David T. Zabecki5/9/202311/21/2023

Billy Waugh, Famed Special Forces Warrior and CIA Legend, Dies At 93

by Larry Porges4/10/20234/10/2023

The ‘Puerto Rican Rambo’ Who Went on 200 Combat Missions in Vietnam

by Jon Simkins3/29/20233/29/2023