It looked like curtains for the crew of the lumbering Spectre gunship as the surface-to-air missiles closed in for the kill
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Westy’s Regrets
My brief respite in Hong Kong seemed to have gone by in a heartbeat, […]
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The 174th Ordnance Detachment had an often risky job handling tons of ammo and explosives
It was late September 1968 and the heat and humidity were oppressive as I […]
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Night Sweats at Kham Duc
Officially classified as an operation with ‘indifferent’ results, Elk Canyon I was a bloody […]
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Arsenal | M72 LAW: The Disposable Tank Killer
While rocket-propelled grenades (RPGs) gave the Viet Cong and North Vietnamese an “equalizer” against […]
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Advisers Targeted for Destruction
A small advisory team’s success at ‘clear and hold’ in the most hostile district […]
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Mini-Tet Madness
The Tet Offensive had just petered out when the wounded Viet Cong, bolstered by […]
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Arsenal | The Claymore: A compact killer
Naming his invention after the famous Scottish two-handed Claymore sword, Norman MacLeod applied the […]
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Wandering Souls
A chance encounter on a steamy jungle trail begins a 40-year odyssey for tormented […]
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Arsenal | UH-1 Iroquois “Huey” Helicopter
At 10:48 a.m. on Nov. 14, 1965, UH-1B helicopters delivered the lead units of the 1st Battalion, 7th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), to Landing Zone X-Ray in South Vietnam’s Ia Drang Valley