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Daily Quiz for May 26, 2010

by HistoryNet Staff5/26/2010

Among the top-selling PX items in the Vietnam War was this common American commodity.

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Daily Quiz for May 20, 2010

by HistoryNet Staff5/20/2010

In psychological warfare operations during the Vietnam War, O-2 observation planes played this from loudspeakers.

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Daily Quiz for May 9, 2009

by HistoryNet Staff5/9/2009

He granted a full pardon to Vietnam War draft evaders, as long as they had not been involved in violent acts.

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Gen. William Westmoreland / Westy’s Regrets

by Charles Newcomb2/14/20096/11/2024

Gen. William Westmoreland, in his last interview, expressed surprising regrets and perspectives on U.S. military strategy and the controversy surrounding the Vietnam War.

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Daily Quiz for March 30, 2007

by HistoryNet Staff3/30/2007

He granted a full pardon to Vietnam War draft evaders, as long as they had not been involved in violent acts:

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Interview: General William C. Westmoreland

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General William C. Westmoreland—widely identified as the embodiment of the American experience in Vietnam—recounts his military career and the Vietnam war during an interview in 1990.

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The Withdrawal from Khe Sanh

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Two months after withstanding the most ferocious siege of the Vietnam War, Khe Sanh was abandoned to the enemy.

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Drones have added a new wrinkle to air combat.

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Is Gerald R. Ford’s Legacy Deserving of a Reassessment?

by Carl Zebrowski2/20/20242/12/2024

Author Richard Norton Smith believes he does.

Painting of, In the summer of 1521 the culminating battles in the seesaw siege of Tenochtitlán (present-day Mexico City) pitted Cortés’ Spaniards and a host of Indian allies against the once dominant Aztecs.
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The Old World Soldier Who Conquered the New

by John Walker1/12/202411/8/2023

In 1519 Hernán Cortés set out to invade the Aztec capital of Tenochtitlán, his boldness earning Spain a foothold in the Americas.

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