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Tag: Vietnam

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.

by Jerry D. Morelock11/17/202211/18/2022
5/18/1969-A Shau Valley, South Vietnam: A quartet of U.S. 101st Air Division troopers keep low as they rush a stretcher-borne wounded comrade to a medical aid station during the battle for Hamburger Hill. New fighting erupted about the controversial hill on May 23.

At Hamburger Hill in Vietnam, a Can of Peaches Meant Life or Death

by Arthur Wiknik Jr.11/16/202211/16/2022
Year of the Hawk: America’s Descent into Vietnam, 1965 book cover. Troopers in the 173rd Airborne Brigade carry men wounded in a battle at a Viet Cong stronghold about 40 miles north of Saigon in early November 1965. That year was one of the war’s most consequential, with the first major combat against enemy forces.

‘America’s Descent into Vietnam, 1965’ Review: A Good Vietnam War Primer

by Zita Ballinger Fletcher11/15/202211/15/2022
Extraordinary Valor: The Fight for Charlie Hill in Vietnam book cover.

‘The Fight for Charlie Hill in Vietnam’ Review: The Story Behind Maj. John Duffy’s Medal of Honor

by John Howard11/8/202211/8/2022
A tank offers support to a group of U.S. Marines awaiting signal to advance on trapped North Vietnamese unit near Da Ha near the DMZ, June 24, 1968. (AP Photo/Dana Stone)

They Were Told to Wait. They Didn’t — and Saved Dozens of Marines

by Samuel N. Thomas Jr.10/25/202211/15/2022
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
Armored Personnel Carriers with troops of the 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment aboard grind their way through underbrush in Tay Ninh Province, about a mile and a half away from the Cambodian border on March 18, 1970, as they proceed towards an enemy base camp. The troops were checking the area to determine effectiveness of a recent B-52 bomber strike on the base camp. (AP Photo/Charles Ryan)

Vietnam War Armored Cavalry in Photos

by Jon Guttman and David T. Zabecki10/4/202210/4/2022
ARLINGTON, VIRGINIA - DECEMBER 5: Army soldiers guard the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at Arlington National Cemetery on December 5, 2009 in Arlington, Virginia. (Photo by Jeff Hutchens/Getty Images)

Why Is No One Buried in the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier for Vietnam?

by James H. Willbanks9/27/20229/27/2022
A nurse helps prepare a patient for an operation at the 7th Surgical Hospital, a mobile army surgical hospital (MASH), at Blackhorse base camp near Saigon in 1968. Nurses were among the earliest U.S. service members to arrive in Vietnam.

Nurses in Vietnam: Putting Themselves in Danger to Keep Men Alive

by Tom Edwards9/20/20222/27/2023
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

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