Capturing the Embassy Sapper
An Army photographer's story of triumph and tragedy behind one of the war's most iconic images from Tet
View ArticleKeeping a Date with Chris Noel
How a million GIs in Vietnam seduced one Hollywood starlet who was talking to them over the airwaves
View ArticleThe Cadaver Connection
A former DEA agent lays to rest rumors that a flood of heroin entered the U.S. with the remains of servicemen from Vietnam
View ArticleRequiem for a Vietnam War Reporter - George Esper, 1932-2012
Esper doggedly covered the war from 1965 to its end, as North Vietnamese soldiers shuttered his Saigon AP bureau
View ArticleGoing Home
Just as he'd done on his medevacs flying Hueys, Bud Willis tried to not look back when he left the Vietnam War
View Article"A Walk in the Sun" Student Film
Ohio high school students make a documentary about the 1965 Ia Drang Battle at LZ Albany
View ArticleVenturing into the Memorial's Vault on The Wall's 30th Anniversary
Duery Felton gives author Don Hirst a personal tour of the Museum Resource Center in suburban Maryland, where the National Park services catalogs and stores all the objects left at the Vietnam Veterans...
View ArticleFarewell to CSM Basil Plumley
In tribute to Command Sgt. Maj. Basil Plumley, who died in October 2012, journalist Joe Galloway reflects on the three-war career of Plumley, with whom he forged a deep bond during the desperate 1965...
View ArticleAir Cav: How Soldiers in the Sky Reshaped Combat on the Ground
In the Vietnam War, adapting old principles of traditional cavalry to the new capabilities of the helicopter created an unprecedented fighting force
View ArticleThe Rise of North Vietnam’s Air Defenses
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 The post The Rise of North...
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