Thanksgiving in Saigon
How two Iowa boys celebrated Thanksgiving in Vietnam, not the typical scene for an American holiday
Top Five Vietnam Books to Read this Winter
With the holidays approaching, we've pulled together 5 of our favorite books from fall and winter 2020 about the Vietnam War and those who served.
“Controlled Chaos”: Photos from U.S. Aircraft Carriers
From 1965 to 1967, Navy photographer Patrick Althizer took photos that vividly show the “controlled chaos” of aircraft takeoffs and landings.
The Unexploded 1968 Election-Eve Bombshell
Did Richard Nixon secretly try to scuttle President Johnson’s peace-talk plan days before the 1968 presidential election? Recent evidence supports an unpublished story that he did
M1903 Springfield
American gun designers modeled this combat rifle after the Mauser M1893 used by enemy troops during the 1898 Spanish-American War
Book Review: Battle for Skyline Ridge
Vietnam veteran and former agency operative James Parker examines the CIA’s leading role in the fight in northern Laos
Famed doctor Tom Dooley secretly helped CIA
Celebrity doctor and humanitarian was secretly involved in CIA’s anti-communist ‘disinformation’ campaign
The Mysterious Death of Mike Turpin
The fate of a military broadcaster in Vietnam in 1972 still leaves doubts and questions
Night Rescue on Tiger Mountain
Volunteers risked it all to save their 7th Cavalry comrades in the A Shau Valley
The Day We Lost Charlie: a Secret Mission and a Sudden Death
How a secret mission in Vietnam brought an inexperienced helicopter pilot into a Viet Cong ambush
