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Media Digest | Vietnam War Officer’s Ideas Changed Postwar Army

Former U.S. Army armor officer Mike Guardia has made the most of his second career as an insightful military biographer. The talented author of a 2013 book about Vietnam War...
Vietnam’s Wild Weasels

A band of daring fliers team up in a classified program to take out the radars guiding their biggest threat—Soviet SA-2 Guideline missiles. Like many American boys who had grown...
VIDEO: Ken Burns and Lynn Novick Discuss New Vietnam Documentary

The Vietnam War, a documentary by Ken Burns and Lynn Novick, premieres Sunday, Sept. 17, at 8 p.m. on PBS. In an interview with Vietnam magazine, Burns and Novick...
Valor | John Lee Levitow

Air Force AC-47 gunships, called “Spooky” and “Puff the Magic Dragon,” prowled the skies over South Vietnam during the dangerous hours of darkness when grunts on the...

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‘They Gave Me the Last Rites’

Seriously wounded Army infantryman Doug Greenlaw now leads the Purple Heart organization, dedicated to all who spilled blood for their country....
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North Vietnamese Bridge Took Seven Years to Destroy

The road and railway bridge at Thanh Hoa south of Hanoi spanned the Ma River and was a vital link in the movement of communist troops and supplies. For the better part of a decade, U.S. Navy, Marine and Air Force aviators braved the...
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The Revolt of the Montagnards

South Vietnam’s treatment of its largest minority after a 1964 uprising weakened an alliance crucial to defeating the communists...
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The Doom Patrol: Eight Marines on a Suicide Mission in Vietnam

In February 1968, eight Marines volunteered for a suicide mission...
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Bullets From the Rear

The adventures of U.S. Army ammo officer and the legacy of a 19th century British quartermaster Many articles and books about the Vietnam War, and other wars, understandably emphasize the feats of frontline fighting troops. While...
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LBJ and the Descent into War

‘I do not have a parachute’ By the time Lyndon B. Johnson became president after the assassination of John F. Kennedy on Nov. 22, 1963, the United States had already made a significant commitment to South Vietnam’s struggle...
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Vietnam War Officer’s Ideas Changed Postwar Army

Former U.S. Army armor officer Mike Guardia has made the most of his second career as an insightful military biographer. The talented author of a 2013 book about Vietnam War battalion commander Hal Moore, subtitled A Soldier Once…and...
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Hall of Valor | Cau Le

Combat leadership earned officer South Vietnam’s top honor...


	
	
		
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