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Tag: South Vietnam

Photo of a soldier in the U.S. Army 1st Air Cavalry holds his rifle above his head as he serves as a 'traffic cop' for helicopters landing in a field during an operation north of Saigon in the Vietnam War, South Vietnam. The helicopters were bringing members of the unit to the area that they were to patrol.

When a Vietnamese Ally Was Wounded, Two American Soldiers Had to Choose Obedience or Compassion

by John B. Haseman and John M. Harris10/16/202310/16/2023

There was a time when U.S. helicopters were forbidden from rescuing wounded South Vietnamese soldiers.

President Richard Nixon and South Vietnam's President Nguyen Van Thieu Making a Joint Statement at Midway Island 6 8 1969. (Photo by: HUM Images/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)

How Corrupt Was the South Vietnamese Government?

by Erik Villard9/13/20229/14/2022

A South Vietnamese Paratrooper Shares His Story

by Zita Ballinger Fletcher5/19/20225/19/2022

Did Vietnamese Beer Contain Formaldehyde During the War?

by Dr. Erik Villard5/2/20225/2/2022

How US Airstrikes Defeated North Vietnam in the 1972 Battle of An Loc

by James H. Willbanks4/11/20224/14/2022

How South Vietnam Won the Vietnam War’s Longest Battle

by John D. Howard4/8/20223/9/2023

How Nixon’s Operation Linebacker Countered North Vietnam’s All-Out Bid to Conquer the South

by Carl O. Schuster4/5/20225/23/2022

Transporting Troops And Evacuating Babies, Pan Am Was in Vietnam From Beginning To End

by Jim Trautman2/1/20221/31/2023

Explore the Life of a U.S. Infantryman in Vietnam

by Zita Ballinger Fletcher1/18/20224/26/2022

How CIA and Special Forces Tested Counterinsurgency Strategy in Vietnam’s Central Highlands

by J. Keith Saliba1/8/20225/24/2022

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