A North Vietnamese Army battalion was ordered to free captured Viet Cong so they could join the fight during Tet, but U.S. gunships and the 173rd Airborne had other plans for the intruders
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M998 Humvee: The All-Terrain Tactical Vehicle
Production kicked off in April 1984 at AM General’s plant in Mishawaka, Ind., and the first Humvees entered service in October 1985.
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Best Books of 2017: A dozen can’t-miss military reads
This was the year of reading voraciously. Why? Because literary fiction by veterans continues […]
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Media Digest | Myth-Busting the Tet Offensive
Fought across the length and breadth of South Vietnam, the 1968 Tet Offensive ended in a military defeat for the Communists but, according to conventional wisdom, crippled President Lyndon B. Johnson politically and undermined public support for the war because of its scale and casualties
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Really Reading the Riot Act
A hoary English law often invoked in America has a revolting backstory.
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Death Dance in the Dark
James Gillam’s most terrifying moments in Vietnam came in the pitch-black darkness of an […]
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The ‘Suicide’ Mission That Wasn’t
U.S. Embassy attackers reemerge from the fog. The 1968 Tet attack on the U.S. […]
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One Wild Ride to Destiny
A Marine helicopter pilot reveals new insights into the legendary 1965 mission chronicled in […]
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Garcia’s Cadillacs
Although he stood less than 5 feet tall, Marine Salvador Garcia was a giant. […]
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A U.S. Traitor’s Odd Twist of Fate
How an American deserter’s murder may lead to war crimes convictions for former Khmer […]