In exchange for waving a white flag, Benjamin Prentiss
was hailed as the savior of the “Hornets’ Nest.”
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A Huey’s Wild Duel with a .50-cal Gunner During Tet
It seemed all South Vietnam was ablaze in the early hours of the 1968 Tet Offensive as a Huey helicopter gunship pilot performed a death-defying aerial maneuver to rescue an Australian unit ambushed and pinned down by a Viet Cong .50-caliber gunner.
Daily Quiz for August 17, 2008
U.S. Senators Wayne Morse of Oregon and Ernest Gruening of Alaska share this distinction.
Daily Quiz for May 25, 2008
This American military advisor, who achieved outstanding tactical results in the field, retired from the Army and then returned to Vietnam in 1965 as a civilian advisor.
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Tet Offensive: The Battles of Bien Hoa and Long Binh
At the beginning of the Tet Offensive, one rifle company was ordered to to clear the village of Ho Nai, a Bien Hoa suburb. No infantry school tactic fit the situation; improvisation became the order of the day.
Daily Quiz for November 19, 2007
This American military advisor, who achieved outstanding tactical results in the field, retired from the Army and then returned to Vietnam in 1965 as a civilian advisor.
Hessians: The Best Armies Money Could Buy
No account of the American Revolution is complete without reference to the Hessians, but soldiers of the German mercenary state Hesse fought many wars under many flags.
Daily Quiz for August 30, 2007
The son of a poor scholar, this Asian leader led the nationalist movement of his country for three decades, until his death in 1969.
