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Why Symbols Were Essential To Battle Shields

by Zita Ballinger Fletcher1/4/20241/4/2024

A North Vietnamese poster from 1968 shows VC fighters “determined to beat the American enemy.” A shot-down U.S. pilot lies in the foreground while an American jet crashes in the distance.

During the Vietnam War, These Colorful Posters Aimed to Win Hearts and Minds

by Larry Porges1/3/20241/3/2024

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Top 10 Game-Changing Weapons That Debuted In the 19th Century

by Jon Guttman1/3/20241/3/2024

Photo of a LCS fairly bristled with guns, including the twin Bofors 40 mm L/60 antiaircraft guns and Mark 22 3-inch/50-caliber bow gun shown here in action off the Philippines in 1945.

These Fighting ‘Mighty Midgets’ Packed Big Guns

by Ron Soodalter12/29/20231/12/2024

Photo of Vietnamese students sit in a courtyard at City University in Paris, Aug. 27, 1963, at the start of a proposed 24-hour hunger strike against actions of the government in South Viet Nam. The government has put the country under martial law to quell protests of Buddhist monks and students.

How Did World Media View the War in Vietnam?

by Zita Ballinger Fletcher12/28/20231/4/2024

Meet the Norwegian Warrior Who Fought in Vietnam

by Zita Ballinger Fletcher12/26/202312/26/2023

Photo of Little Round Top, at Gettysburg National Military Park, Pa., offers a sweeping view. From this hill, on the left end of the Union line, Lt. Col. Joshua Chamberlain led the 20th Maine Volunteers in a bayonet counterattack against the 15th Alabama Infantry and other Confederate units on July 2, 1863.

The World’s Most Visitor-Friendly Battlefields

by David T. Zabecki12/22/202312/28/2023

An Inside Look At 100 Years of Honoring America’s War Dead

by Zita Ballinger Fletcher12/19/202312/19/2023

Photo of James Vaughn in Vietnam.

No Rules For Generals in Vietnam?

by James Vaughn12/18/202312/18/2023

Illustration of a Mark VII Mod 2 SDV, with labels.

This Underwater Vehicle Was Used by Navy SEALs in Vietnam

by Carl O. Schuster12/14/202312/14/2023