In the wake of the Communist Tet Offensive, LBJ’s point man on pacification policy, […]
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Last Letter Home: The Story of Michael Momcilovich Jr.
A young pilot’s letter to a newspaper columnist started a story that ended 45 […]
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Trench Foot, Wild Boars, and Bad Hair Days
A newly minted company commander had to deal with all those things and more […]
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One Man’s Tet
Jan Patronek, a young U.S. Army lieutenant, finds himself leading South Vietnamese troops in […]
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Purple Heart Group Official Tells How He Earned 3
Wounded veterans have problems most veterans don’t experience. They may be so seriously hurt […]
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Book Review: Last Stand at Khe Sanh
Last Stand at Khe Sanh: The U.S. Marines’ Finest Hour in Vietnam by Gregg […]
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In ’66 Johnson Slips and Nixon Hits
Richard Nixon’s political career seemed to be dead after he lost two big elections, but he discovered a way to resurrect it: a harsh attack on LBJ’s war policy.
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Terror in the Night: The Victoria Hotel
When a truck bomb explodes at the Victoria Hotel officers quarters in Saigon, the […]
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‘Big Ears Three’ and the Battle of Bien Hoa
A 19-year-old sentry assigned to a listening post at a U.S. air base gets […]
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M29A1 81mm Medium Mortar
Shortly before midnight on July 12, 1970, Alpha Company of the 2nd Battalion, 501st […]