Provides insight into the adaptation of man and equipment to an exceptional combat environment in Vietnam, where volunteers for clearing tunnels could come from infantry, engineers, armored cavalry or elsewhere.
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Review – Embers of War: The Fall of an Empire and the Making of America’s Vietnam
An encompassing account of the 40-year arc in which America’s Southeast Asian adventure became inevitable.
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Review – Marble Mountain: A Vietnam Memoir
Willis’ skill as a Huey pilot in 1966 is surpassed by his humorous storytelling, incisive commentary on the Vietnam War, wars in general and the warriors who wage them
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Just Right: the B-17/P-51 Combination
Put these two aircraft together and what do you get? You get victory.
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Ploesti Air Raids?
The link you sent me of the 98th Bomb Group, 343rd Bomb Sq forum, […]
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Daily Quiz for July 10, 2012
This leader completed the Visigoth conquest of Hispania, the area of modern Spain and Portugal.
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Daily Quiz for July 9, 2012
After serving in the Confederate Army, this man was appointed to the U.S. Supreme Court by President Grover Cleveland. Later, he became the first associate justice to be appointed Chief Justice.
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Daily Quiz for July 8, 2012
Dr. Crawford W. Long’s removal of a tumor from a boy’s neck on March 30, 1842, was historical because of this.
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Daily Quiz for July 7, 2012
The original Gutenberg Bible, now worth $25 – $35 million, was printed in this language.
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Pedal Power – Bicycles in Wartime Vietnam
The humble bicycle proved to be a critical and unstoppable weapon in the 30-year Indochina war