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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

Photo of R. Steve Ritchie

The Air Force’s Only Ace Pilot of the Vietnam War Might Well Be the Last Ace Pilot Ever

by Jon Guttman8/30/20228/30/2022

Illustration of M54-Gun Truck with labels

M54 Gun Truck: The Savior of the Support Convoy

by Carl O. Schuster8/16/20229/16/2022

MEDALS INSIGNIA BOOK COVER BACKGROUND

South Vietnamese Forces Honored in Catalog of Medals

by Zita Ballinger Fletcher8/12/20228/15/2022

Book Review: ‘UH-1 Huey Gunship vs NVA/VC Forces’

by Jon Guttman8/11/20228/17/2022

War’s Boston Buddies

by Jon Guttman8/10/20227/29/2022