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Posted inFeature

How 9th Cavalry Hueys Saved a Downed Crew at An Loc

by Thomas Ward5/4/20225/4/2022

The crew of an Air Force C-130 transport plane had a narrow escape after they crashed near An Loc.

Posted inUncategorized

Defying death again on a nighttime Huey rescue mission

by Jim Eskildsen 12/5/2018

It was October 5, 1968. My Huey crew and I had just finished a […]

Posted inStories

Marine Generals Discuss Lessons Learned at Hue, 1968

by Valerie O’Berry5/25/2018

The Battle of Hue has come to be regarded as one of the most […]

Posted inStories

Arsenal | UH-1 Iroquois “Huey” Helicopter

by Carl O. Schuster4/10/20183/28/2022

At 10:48 a.m. on Nov. 14, 1965, UH-1B helicopters delivered the lead units of the 1st Battalion, 7th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), to Landing Zone X-Ray in South Vietnam’s Ia Drang Valley

Posted inVideo

VIDEO: Navy Cross Recipient Talks About Battle of Hue

by Melissa Winn2/26/20185/17/2019

The Battle of Hue City was a difficult lesson in urban operations for U.S. […]

Posted inReview

Pinned Down in Hue

by Mark Bowden12/19/201711/13/2017

After enemy forces stormed the city, U.S. Marines were dispatched to relieve a besieged American base

Posted inReview

Book Review: Hue 1968

by HistoryNet staff8/31/2017

Mark Bowden, author of Black Hawk Down, examines the victory that sparked the political debate that lost the Vietnam War

Posted inInterview, Video

Interview: ‘Black Hawk Down’ Author Mark Bowden on his new book ‘Hue 1968’

by Melissa Winn6/13/20176/13/2017

Author Mark Bowden discusses the Vietnam War and his new book Hue 1968.

Posted inVideo, Weapons & Gear Manual

Tiger I and Sturmgeschuetz III

by Amy Chan1/29/20164/13/2016

The Sturmgeschütz III, nicknamed StuG III, and the Panzerkampfwagen VI Tiger Ausführung E, nicknamed Tiger I, were […]

Posted inWeapons & Gear Manual

AH-1 Huey Cobra Gunship (Snake)

by kjohnson10/1/20154/13/2016

Click for larger image To see past Arsenals, click here. This infographic originally appeared in […]

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