From Roger Donlon in 1964 to Roy Benavidez in 1981, the Medal of Honor was awarded to 239 Americans who served in Vietnam.
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Casualty Evacuation Helicopters: Reevaluating the Role of the Dustoff in the Vietnam War
While it improved the survival rate and confidence level of troops in Vietnam, medevac often distorted the tactical shape of battles.
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Alfred Rascon: A Case of Forgotten Valor During the Vietnam War
In February 2000, 33 years after medic Alfred Rascon saved two lives in action in War Zone D, he finally received the Medal of Honor.
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Casualty Evacuation Helicopters: Re-evaluating the Role of the ‘Dustoff’ in the Vietnam War
While it improved the survival rate and confidence level of troops in Vietnam, medevac often distorted the tactical shape of battles.
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Doctors in the Vietnam War: The Ultimate Training Ground
Western doctors who served in Vietnam, whether military or civilian, returned with a deeply altered perspective of their own professions.
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The Vietnam War: Why It Was Impossible for the U.S. to Stay Uninvolved
U.S. complicity in the overthrow of South Vietnam’s president made it impossible to stay uninvolved in the war.
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USS Westchester County: Attacked During the Vietnam War
When VC frogmen struck USS Westchester County, they inflicted the Navy’s greatest single-incident combat loss of the war.
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Isaac ‘Ike Camacho: Escaped from Captivity During the Vietnam War
Captured during a November 1963 attack by VC on the CIDG camp at Hiep Hoa, Isaac Camacho managed to escape from Cambodia after 20 months of captivity.
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Don North: An American Reporter Witnessed the VC Assault on the U.S. Embassy During the Vietnam War
An American reporter witnessed the attack on the U.S. Embassy in Saigon during the Tet Offensive — and experienced firsthand the strain between the press and the military.
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The Blood Road: The Ho Chi Minh Trail and the Vietnam War
With the Ho Chi Minh Trail as his stage, historian John Prados plays out […]