Relations between top Army and Marine commanders became testy in early 1968 as generals with clashing views attacked not only the enemy but also each other.
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‘Digital Dunkirk’: How Social Media was Used to Evacuate Afghan Allies
Amid the chaos in Afghanistan, those in need of saving aren’t relying on boats, but texts and social media posts
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The Real Story Behind That Iconic Saigon Evacuation Photograph
‘One of the best-known images of the Vietnam War shows something other than what almost everyone thinks it does’
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Ambush in the Ia Drang Valley: The 1st Cavalry’s Grim Fight
Soldiers of the 1st Cavalry were ambushed by the North Vietnamese after returning to the Ia Drang Valley
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The American Woman Who Sculpted New Faces for Battle-Scarred WWI Vets
‘I owe you great gratitude…for I wear and will always…wear the marvelous device that you created’
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Ode to a Patriot: Poetry of the Spanish Civil War
‘Fatherlands called to you with all their banners’
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Leading from the Front: A Helicopter Pilot’s Distinguished Valor in Vietnam
John Charles ‘Doc’ Bahnsen earned a Distinguished Flying Cross and five Silver Stars for his heroism in Vietnam
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Red Tape: Inside the Viet Cong’s Revolutionary Bureaucracy
Communist fighters in Vietnam relied on a complex network of agents behind the scenes to carry out their plans
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The Gun That Started World War I: The Browning M1910
On June 28, 1914, Gavrilo Princip, a Bosnian Serb nationalist, used an M1910 to shoot Archduke Franz Ferdinand.
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How Marvel Comics in the 1980s Refought the Vietnam War
Marvel’s The ’Nam was a highly realistic war comic written from the perspective of the average infantryman.