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The Vietnam War: Facts, Dates, and Information About America’s Most Controversial Conflict
How many fought? How many died? Why did it drag on so long? And who ultimately won the bitter battle?
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Why is the Vietnam War called Johnson’s War?
Why is the Vietnam War referred to as the Johnson war? Is this justifiable? […]
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Review – Armed With Abundance: Consumerism & Soldiering in the Vietnam War
Shows that the majority of those who served in the U.S. military in the Vietnam War were actually support troops
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The Vietnam War 50th Anniversary Commemoration Kicks Off at Annual Memorial Day Ceremony at The Wall
The Department of Defense 50th Anniversary Commemoration of the Vietnam War is slated to […]
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Review – In Country: Remembering the Vietnam War
Essential bits of the warrior’s reality for a stunningly vivid portrait of the Vietnam War
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Requiem for a Vietnam War Reporter – George Esper, 1932-2012
Esper doggedly covered the war from 1965 to its end, as North Vietnamese soldiers shuttered his Saigon AP bureau
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Interview: Lt. Gen. “Mick” Kicklighter / Vietnam War’s 50th
Retired Army Lt. Gen. Kicklighter is heading up the Vietnam War 50th Anniversary Commemoration.
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Reviews – The Vietnam War from the Rear Echelon: An Intelligence Officer’s Memoir, 1972-1973
The Vietnam War from the Rear Echelon, by Timothy J. Lomperis, who served two tours of duty, is both memoir and history, offering a “mid-level” perspective of the rear-echelon war in Saigon