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Author Archives: David T. Zabecki

Painting of a chief centurion.
Posted inStories

Was This Centurion the Most Decorated Roman Soldier of All Time?

by David T. Zabecki8/4/20237/24/2023
Photo of German offensive at Riga.
Posted inFeature

As Russia Tottered on the Brink of Collapse in WWI, Germany Debuted Fire-Support Tactics That Still Inform Warfare

by David T. Zabecki6/9/20235/2/2023
A 1873 photograph by Timothy H. O'Sullivan captures the fortresslike canyon from the ground as both Spanish and American invaders would have seen it.
Posted inStories

Attacked by Both Spanish and American Invaders, This Sandstone Navajo Stronghold Was Built for Defense

by David T. Zabecki6/2/20236/9/2023
Photo of Warrant Officer Class II, (WO2), Kevin (Dasher) Arthur Wheatley VC, a member of the Australian Army Training Team, Vietnam, (AATTV) standing on the roadside near Saigon. WO2 Wheatley was awarded a Victoria Cross (VC) posthumously for action against the Viet Cong. He moved a wounded soldier, WO2 R. J. Swanton, from the open paddy fields into a wooded area and remained with him knowing the Viet Cong were moving in on their position.
Posted inStories

He Went AWOL to Save a Stray Dog and Refused to Leave His Comrades. Meet Australia’s First VC Recipient in Vietnam

by David T. Zabecki5/15/20235/16/2023
Photo of evacuation of a firebase, Vietnam 1968.
Posted inStories

What Was the Concept Behind Fire Bases in Vietnam?

by David T. Zabecki5/9/202311/21/2023
The Battle of Breitenfeld. From a private collection.
Posted inFeature

You Can Thank the Swedes for Combined Arms Theory

by David T. Zabecki3/17/20233/20/2023
Photo of Retired U.S. Army Maj. Gen. David T. Zabecki is Vietnam magazine’s editor emeritus.
Posted inStories

How the ‘Galloping Major’ of Australia Earned Both a Silver Star and a Victoria Cross

by David T. Zabecki2/15/20232/15/2023
Photo of John Henry Parker
Posted inStories

This 51-Year-Old Was the Only Foot Soldier of WWI to Earn 4 Distinguished Service Crosses

by David T. Zabecki1/20/20233/30/2023
Roman castellum Nigrum Pullum
Posted inStories

Why Did This Line of Roman Fortifications Have to Be 4 Times Longer Than Hadrian’s Wall?

by David T. Zabecki10/19/202210/19/2022
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)
Posted inPortfolio

Vietnam War Armored Cavalry in Photos

by Jon Guttman and David T. Zabecki10/4/202210/4/2022

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