U.S. Marine tanks and ARVN troops unload on a North Vietnamese battalion. One of […]
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Soaring Over Vietnam in the Flying Banana
Before the ubiquitous ‘Huey,’ an unsung hero brought mobility to Vietnam’s battlefields.
The Lost Patrol of Da Nang
Outnumbered and outgunned, Marines courageously fought for their lives on a killing ground near Da Nang.
The Attack that Shook the World
The Viet Cong’s 1965 bombing of Saigon’s My Canh restaurant killed scores of people […]
The Ragged Edge of Vietnamization
The failings of a U.S. plan to turn the war over to the South Vietnamese were revealed on the battlefields of An Loc and Quanc Tri when rapport degenerated into rancor
Colin Powell’s Vietnam and the Making of an American Statesman
Colin Powell on lessons learned while serving in America’s second-longest war in an exclusive 2016 interview with HistoryNet’s Vietnam editor Chuck Springston
The First Battle of Khe Sahn
A year before the famous 1968 siege of the remote American outpost, Marines fought […]
They Came and Died, to Keep the Past Upon its Throne
A Naval Reserve officer, David Greenway started his career as a Time magazine war […]
Somehow Blow the Bridge
U.S. Marine advisors undertake a herculean task to stem the onrushing tide of the […]
He Drove Trucks During the Vietnam War. It Was No Easy Task.
These U.S. Army drivers in Vietnam named their total mileage, “Two Million Miles of Bad Road.” Yet somehow they got the job done.