The recent Honor Flight traveler spent 1969-70 among bugs, reptiles, and enemy ambushes, coming home with physical and psychological scars.
The V-100 Commando became one of the Vietnam War’s most important convoy protection vehicles, helping ARVN forces survive ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The first Ambush trailer for Saban Films’ upcoming Vietnam War movie has been released, showing stars Jonathan Rhys Meyers and ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Markus Egolf/Getty Images I had the opportunity to visit the Cu Chi Tunnels, which are just outside Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. The ...
On January 2, 1967, the U.S. Air Force launched one of the most brilliant aerial traps in military history. Robin Olds and ...
Walking across a dike of a South Vietnamese rice paddy at about 1 p.m. May 14, 1966, 19-year-old Richard T. Nelson and dozens of other Marines suddenly found themselves ambushed by the Viet Cong.
Rollo Tomasi is a Connecticut-based film critic, TV show critic, news, and editorial writer. He will have a MFA in Creative Writing from Columbia University in 2026. Rollo has written over 700 film, ...
In Mark Burman’s Vietnam War men-on-a-mission thriller, performances by a dedicated supporting cast outrank the work of his would-be lead actors. Paolo plays Cpl. Ackerman, the educated but ...
Douglas Kirn served in the U.S. Army from 1969 to 1971. He was raised in Poplar. This is part of his Vietnam story. For the full version, please go to billingsgazette ...
A Claymore is described as “a directional anti-personnel mine” capable of being detonated by remote control or a trip wire. When it exploded, 700 steel balls were shotgunned out 300 feet in a ...
Near the Cambodian border, South Vietnam, June 1966: Medics treat squad leader Sgt. John Smith who got hit while on patrol. The 12-man squad of the 3rd Brigade, 25th Infantry Division was winding its ...