In 1966, resistance to the Saigon government almost sparked a South Vietnamese civil war.
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Korean War: CIA-Sponsored Secret Naval Raids
If you think the U.S. Navy’s activities off Korea were limited to offshore bombardment and carrier strikes, you don’t know CIA’s front organization, Joint Advisory Commission, Korea (JACK).
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General Maxwell Taylor’s Mission to Vietnam
President John F. Kennedy’s tentative response to the report by General Maxwell Taylor had unintended consequences for the course of the war.
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Bone Dealers in Vietnam
More than 90 percent of the supposed remains of U.S. military personnel missing in Vietnam that are brought in by local villagers turn out to be bogus.
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Vietnam: The Battle Of Hamburger Hill
Information On The Battle of Hamburger Hill During The Vietnam War, also known as Hill 937, and as depicted in the 1987 Movie “Hamburger Hill.”
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America’s Bitter End in Vietnam
It was the Vietnam War in microcosm—Good intentions marred by fatally flawed follow-through.
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Korean War: A Fresh Perspective
Forty-five years after shipping out to fight in Korea, Harry Summers got new insight into what the war had been all about.
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Interview: Lt. Joe Kingston / Korean War
A year after leaving West Point, Lt. Joe Kingston was en route to Korea, where he, like a lot of others, found himself retreating and advancing in a single day.
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McDonnell F-4 Phantom: Essential Aircraft in the Air Warfare in the Middle East
To Israel, it was a technical marvel. To Iran, it was the means to dominate the Persian Gulf. The F-4 Phantom’s introduction to the region in 1969 had a dramatic impact.