Although best known as one of the finest light infantry forces in the world, the French Foreign Legion had many specialized units in Indochina.
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Joe Devlin: The Boat People’s Priest
Jesuit priest Joe Devlin became the champion of the Vietnamese boat people who fled to Thailand.
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The Refugees of Duc Pho
Despite the best intentions of a young CORDS officer, a tragic friendly fire incident brought more suffering to the very people he was trying to help.
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Interview: Colonel Lewis L. Millett / MoH Recipient
In the course of his 35-year military career, Lewis L. Millett received the Medal of Honor, the Distinguished Service Cross, the Silver Star, two Legions of Merit, three Bronze Stars, four Purple Hearts, three Air Medals, the Army Commendation Medal and numerous foreign awards—until he stopped accepting them.
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Sergeant Alfredo ‘Freddy’ Gonzalez: Marine’s Sacrifice in the Battle of Hue
With the 1996 commissioning of the guided-missile destroyer USS Alfredo Gonzalez, a Marine Medal of Honor recipient’s legacy lives on.
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The Assassination of Ngo Dinh Diem
Did the bloody downfall of South Vietnamese President Ngo Dinh Diem put the United States on a slippery slope into a quagmire?
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The Hoa Binh Campaign
At Hoa Binh, the watershed of the First Indochina War, the Viet Minh succeeded in bottling up the French in the Red River Delta.
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Book Review: Custer Redeemed
George Armstrong Custer, the controversial Civil War cavalier and perennial bad boy of Western […]