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Author Archives: Zita Ballinger Fletcher

Zita is the editor of both Military History Quarterly and Vietnam Magazine. She is currently pursuing a master’s degree in military history. She received an award from the National Federation of Press Women in 2022 for her editing work on Vietnam Magazine. She has written numerous military history books, articles and book reviews and is also an award-winning author. Her book “Bernard Montgomery’s Art of War” won a Silver Medal from the Military Writers Society of America. She is fluent in German and is a member of the U.K. Military Historical Society. Her areas of interest include the Vietnam War and World Wars I and II, with a focus on Great Britain, Germany and Eastern Europe.

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What it Was Like to March in the Procession for Queen Elizabeth II’s 1953 Coronation

by Zita Ballinger Fletcher6/3/20225/5/2023
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This British Military Cap Was So Ugly It Drove One Man to Suicide

by Zita Ballinger Fletcher6/1/20229/20/2022
Lt. Gen. Hal Moore, shown here as a colonel during the Vietnam War
Posted inStories

Confederate-Named Bases to Be Renamed for Vietnam War Heroes

by Zita Ballinger Fletcher5/27/20229/3/2022
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The Many Times Rommel Escaped Death or Capture During World War II

by Zita Ballinger Fletcher5/25/20225/25/2022
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A South Vietnamese Paratrooper Shares His Story

by Zita Ballinger Fletcher5/19/20225/19/2022
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Book Review: ‘SOG: A Photo History of the Secret Wars’

by Zita Ballinger Fletcher5/18/202210/26/2022
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Why Were Australian Vietnam Veterans Treated Shamefully?

by Zita Ballinger Fletcher5/12/20225/12/2022
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Interview: Frank Scaturro / Ulysses S. Grant May Receive a Promotion—Nearly 140 Years After He Died

by Zita Ballinger Fletcher5/6/20224/26/2024
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US, UK Must Decide Fate of Discovered Revolutionary War Cannons

by Zita Ballinger Fletcher5/3/20225/4/2022
Posted inStories

Kenneth Stumpf, Vietnam War Medal of Honor Recipient, Dies at 77

by Zita Ballinger Fletcher4/29/20225/10/2022

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