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American History Magazine
Society comes off the hinges. Fear and hatred swirl out of control. Violence erupts. Outbursts of aggressive behavior attempt to regain control or to restore justice. We live in such times. Precedent offers a chance to reflect on how...
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American History Magazine
In January 1968, U.S. Marine Ron Kovic was fighting near My Loc, Republic of Vietnam, when an enemy bullet paralyzed him from the chest down. He became one of the war’s best-known opponents. In 1976, the Massapequa, New York, resident...
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American History Magazine
The American Betrayal of Ngo Dinh Diem, President of Vietnam...
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Audio, Vietnam
Ronald Lawrence "Ron" Kovic, who was wounded and paralyzed in the Vietnam War, recalls the events behind his famous memoir 'Born on the Fourth of July'....
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Ask Mr. History, Vietnam
Specific Questions Regarding the Vietnam Draft Lottery...
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HistoryNet, Vietnam, Vietnam Point of View
Rapid mobilization of Communist anti-aircraft guns, missiles and jet fighters provided Hanoi with a potent resistance to U.S. bombers in the early years of the Vietnam War...
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Mag: Vietnam Hero, Personalities, Politics, Rolling Thunder, Vietnam, Vietnam First Person, Vietnam Personalities
How author Maggie Ruth learned the fate of the MIA on her POW bracelet, and changed her view of Vietnam veterans...
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Gear, HistoryNet, Vietnam, Vietnam Missions
Piasecki Helicopter Corp. developed the H-21 as an arctic rescue helicopter, and in Vietnam it flew under less than perfect conditions....
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Personalities, Vietnam, Vietnam First Person, Vietnam Personalities
Former Marine Walt Sides explains his views on the Vietnam War and social history...
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Military History Book Reviews
Dick Couch relates the gripping stories of Navy SEALs Tom Norris and Mike Thornton, their Medal of Honor actions and the tie that inextricably binds them...
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Audio
An argument for the return of the ship's bell and silverware to the USS Iowa. ...
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Military History Magazine
China determined that Vietnam, heady with its victory in the American War, must be taught a lesson. Deng Xiaoping, China’s diminutive leader, had good reason by late 1978 to view Vietnam’s victory in the American War (1959-75) as a...
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Ask Mr. History
What Happened to the French During the Vietnam War?...
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Mag: Vietnam Personalities, Personalities, Vietnam Magazine
Out of 9 million U.S. veterans who served worldwide during the Vietnam War, 7 million are still living. It’s retired Maj. Gen. James Jackson’s job to make sure the country honors them during the war’s 50th anniversary. In May 2015...
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Gear, Mag: Vietnam Hero, Vietnam Magazine
Just seconds before a B-52 released its bombs over North Vietnam, the crew found itself in the bulls eye of a surface to air missile traveling at 2,400 mph...
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Mag: Vietnam Personalities, Personalities, Vietnam Magazine
Four-star general Richard Myers, who served in Vietnam as an Air Force fighter pilot, became familiar to millions of TV viewers as chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff during the initial phase of the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq....