In 1962, the CIA, U.S. Special Forces and Vietnam’s Montagnards developed counterinsurgency tactics that live on today
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The Night the Viet Cong Stopped the War
Two days before Christmas 1966, a miracle of sorts unfolded in a small South Vietnamese village
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My War – Fredrick Pumroy
Pumroy yearned to be a fighter pilot, but it was his duty as an FAC in Vietnam that led him to the Ho Chi Minh Trail and to a Distinguished Flying Cross in 1970
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My War – Larry Miller
In 1967, Miller was the only forward observer left in the 1/3 Marines, and taking on more duties than he could handle. Outnumbered 3-to-1 by NVA crossing the Ben Hai River, not only did Larry Miller beat the odds during Operation Buffalo, he came out on top.
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When Schwarzkopf Met Westmoreland
Maj. Norman Schwarzkopf’s high expectations are instantly deflated after a brief encounter with the general in 1965
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Interview: Gideon Rose / How Wars End
Foreign Affairs editor Gideon Rose dedicates his book How Wars End, “To “the victims of bad planning.”
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Rise of the Helicopter During the Korean War
Used primarily for search and rescue in the Korean War’s early days, choppers had become an essential battlefield tool by the conflict’s end.
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Interview: Don Lomax / Vietnam Journal
Don Lomax in an exclusive interview talks about his critically acclaimed graphic novel series Vietnam Journal, his work in comics, his kids, and why his father’s flashlight always needed batteries.
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Letter from Vietnam magazine – December 2010
Ap Bac, Ia Drang, and roads not taken Two legendary battles had outcomes that […]
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My War – Marine Corporal Daniel Pierce
Following his tour in 1967, Daniel Pierce was assigned to Marine Barracks, but soon afterward he volunteered to go back to Vietnam, where he felt he could actually make a difference. Only it was a whole different war when he went back in January 1968