McGinnis’s book, named for his recon team, Romeo 1-1, is literally a diary he wrote during his deployment. One story in his ...
As a young man, Lon Holmberg was a staunch critic of the Vietnam War, even protesting America’s involvement in the conflict. But when Holmberg was called to duty via the military draft, despite his ...
READING, Pa. - This year marks the 37th anniversary of Reading's Vietnam War Memorial, which the city recently helped get some upgrades. Last fall and earlier this year the city refurbished the ...
A memorial to Vietnam War veterans who became ill or died after exposure to the infamous herbicide Agent Orange will be dedicated this month in Des Plaines. The freestanding, granite memorial was ...
In 1946, tensions in Indochina explode into full-scale war. As France struggles to reclaim its empire, Ho Chi Minh’s Viet Minh fight for independence, setting the stage for a brutal conflict that will ...
The April 1975 effort matched more than 2,800 infants and children evacuated from Vietnam with adoptive families. Today, the adoptees are searching for clues to their past—and reflecting on the ...
Protests swept campuses after the war began. But tough discipline, pushed by Republicans, curbed a student movement that was one of the largest since the Vietnam War. By Anemona Hartocollis ...
For the war in Vietnam, there’s arguably no more important event than the Tet Offensive. In 1968, the Vietnamese celebrated Tet, or The Festival of the First Day, on January 30. It was also the day ...
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HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - For the first time, The Wall That Heals is coming to Oahu next year. The traveling exhibit is a three-quarter scale replica of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D ...
HONOLULU (KHON2) – Fourteen Vietnam War veterans from Hawaiʻi are heading to Washington, D.C., next week for a once-in-a-lifetime trip with Hawaiian Islands Honor Flight. The group will travel today, ...