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Staunton native Clarence “Bo” Obie III is remembered as a hero who gave his life in the Vietnam War, but to his siblings, Emily, John and George, they remember him as their “Bubba” who loved baseball, ...
This year marks 50 years since the end of the Vietnam War. On Wednesday, Iowans came together for the annual Vietnam Veterans ...
Most importantly, the war was not only between Vietnamese and Americans, but rather between two independent Vietnams locked ...
Leaving aside the larger issues of why we never should have intervened in Vietnam in the first place, it was hard to watch ...
On April 29 and 30, 1975, as North Vietnamese forces closed in on Saigon, U.S. Marine Corps pilots evacuated more than 7,000 ...
But in 1967, over a decade into the Vietnam War, he was drafted. Dow jumps nearly 1,000 and S&P 500 climbs 2.6% following a 90-day truce in the US-China trade war Jury is chosen for Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs ...
Army and Marine veterans recently found out on an emotional journey back to Vietnam, marking the 50th anniversary of ...
Two local Marine veterans ... The evacuation began on the final days of the war in Vietnam. McDonald said he could see the approaching tanks and troops of the North Vietnamese Army from his ...
“We thought it was impossible, but before long, there were North Vietnamese jets strafing Saigon and tanks ... was a Marine helicopter door gunner during the height of the fighting in Vietnam ...
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Here, a Marine threw a grenade during the Battle of Hue, part of the Tet offensive, in February 1968. Policy mattered, too. In Vietnam ... after tanks seized Independence Palace in Saigon.
Victorious North Vietnamese soldiers roll into the city in tanks, on their way to sack the ... America’s involvement in Vietnam began with realpolitik and ended in shame. It started covertly ...