He may have looked frail, but he was the driving force behind the end of French colonialism and the erection of a Vietnamese state.
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The Battle of An Loc (Book Review)
Reviewed by Captain Carl O. Schuster, U.S. Navy (ret.) By James Willbanks Indiana University […]
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Sense of Duty: My Father, My American Journey (Book Review)
Reviewed by Lt. Col. James H. Willbanks, U.S. Army (ret.) By Quang X. Pham […]
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Rick Rescorla: Ia Drang Hero
British-born Rick Rescorla was a hero of the Ia Drang and both terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center.
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Interview: Richard Jellerson / A Huey Pilot’s Insights
Filmmaker Richard Jellerson flew helicopters in Vietnam long before he made his acclaimed documentary about the helicopter war.
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USS Frank E. Evans: Disaster in the South China Sea
On the morning of June 3, 1969, 74 American sailors died when the destroyer USS Frank E. Evans was cut in two by an Australian aircraft carrier in the South China Sea.
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Richard E. Byrd and the 1925 MacMillan Arctic Expedition
The MacMillan Arctic Expedition marked the first productive use of aircraft in Arctic exploration by Americans and brought Richard Byrd into the national limelight.
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Curtiss SB2C Helldiver: The Last Dive Bomber
The Curtiss SB2C was the most heavily produced dive bomber in history, but it did not represent much of an improvement over the Douglas SBD Dauntless it was designed to replace.
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Interview: Sergeant Terry Buckler / the Son Tay Prison Camp Raid
Almost flawless in execution, the daring rescue raid at the Son Tay prison camp deep within North Vietnam lacked only one essential ingredient—POWs.
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Leland Smith: American POW in 1899 During the Philippine Insurrection
Captured by Filipino Insurrectos in 1899, Leland Smith endured three months of hunger, exposure and disease. But what he heard from his commander in chief afterward may have been the unkindest cut of all.