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People Archives:Lyndon B. Johnson

Photo depicts West Point Military Academy in New York. Cadets Standing in Formation at West Point Academy

From Korea to Vietnam, This West Pointer Was An Inspiration To All Who Knew Him

by John D. Howard2/12/20242/12/2024

Chuck Butler followed the code of “Duty, Honor, County,” sacrificing his life in Vietnam.

A Requiem for Daniel Ellsberg

by Larry Porges6/27/20236/27/2023
south-korean-army-day-parade-seoul-1968

How North Korean Assassins Slipped By American Patrols and Almost Started a Coup

by John D. Howard1/24/20231/24/2023

Thomas Hughes, Vietnam War Advisor And Foreign Policy Expert, Dies At Age 97

by Zita Ballinger Fletcher1/12/20233/31/2024
Photo of Barbara Robbins in South Vietnam, enjoys a day with friend Bill McDonald on a rented fishing boat off the coast of Nha Trang in fall 1964.

This Young Woman Was the First CIA Agent Killed in Vietnam

by Cathryn J. Prince12/13/202212/13/2022
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

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The Grieving Mother Who Took the Vietnam War To LBJ

by Zita Ballinger Fletcher11/14/202211/15/2022
SA-2 surface to air missile F-105 trailing smoke just after interception by an SA-2. The SA-2 did not actually hit an aircraft—the fuse automatically went off when it neared the target, throwing deadly fragments over a wide area. (U.S. Air Force photo)

How White House Interference And Enemy Intelligence Cost American Airmen Their Lives In Vietnam

by Mark Carlson10/11/202211/22/2022
President Lyndon Johnson, right, poses May 14, 1968 at the White House with four winners of the nation's highest award, the Medal of Honor. Decorated for valor in Vietnam, they are, from left: Air Force Capt. Gerald O. Young, of Anacortes, Wash.; Navy Bosn"s Mate James E. Williams, of Rock Hill, S.C.; Marine Sgt. Richard A. Pittman, of Stockton, Calif. and Army Spc. 5 Charles C. Hagmeister, of Lincoln, Neb. Others are unidentified. (AP photo)

Is the Medal of Honor Overrated?

by Jerry D. Morelock9/6/202212/14/2022

North Vietnam Tried to Exploit American Racism with POWs. It Didn’t Work

by Daniel Ramos5/13/20224/25/2024

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