US Vietnam War and foreign policy expert dies age 88
A US foreign policy expert who documented political interactions during the US Vietnam War has died earlier this month at the age of 88. William Conrad Gibbons worked at the Library of Congress in...
View ArticleRefused To Abandon A Dying Comrade. Pulled The Pins From 2 Grenades & Calmly...
An amazing story of courage, bravery and total sacrifice. Kevin Arthur Wheatley, VC (13 March 1937 – 13 November 1965) was an Australian recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most...
View ArticleUnexploded ordnance more prevalent in the US than previously thought
Unexploded ordnance from World War Two is a common find in Germany, France and Britain, but it is rarely seen on the beaches of Florida. Nevertheless, an unexploded bomb has been discovered beached on...
View ArticleHow Vietnam War POW Doug Hegdahl Tricked His Captors by Playing a Fool and...
Learn how very convincing Vietnam War POW Doug Hegdahl was at acting his “stupidly stupid” character while at the hands of his Vietnamese captors leading them to give him an almost free run of the POW...
View ArticleCOME ON!! Want to Own a Warbird from WWII, Vietnam or the Gulf War? Take your...
Always dreamt of owning a warbird? What happens to military aircraft once then have come to the end of their service life? Many go into the melting pot, many go into museums and some become ‘gate...
View ArticleThe Iconic ‘Vietnam’ Zippo Lighters – Used so Often in Search & Destroy...
George G. Blaisdell founded Zippo Manufacturing Company in 1932, and produced the first Zippo lighter in early 1933, being inspired by an Austrian cigarette lighter of similar design made by IMCO. It...
View ArticleHe Managed to Convey the Truth by Blinking “TORTURE” in Morse Code During the...
Prisoner Of War Jeremiah Denton, who survived 7 years locked in a tiny windowless cell in Hanoi during the Vietnam war, has passed away in his Virginia home, aged 89. The veteran famously alerted the...
View ArticleCBS News report that turned the Vietnam War
On 5th August a little known Vietnam War anniversary took place. The date marked 50 years since US forces in Vietnam set fire to the village of Cam Ne on the south central coast. In 1965, US Marines...
View ArticleThe Threat of Nuclear War
As Japan commemorates 70 years since the dropping of atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the threat of nuclear weapons is ever present. Since the beginning of time, threats to civilisation have...
View ArticleVeteran awarded Medal of Honor nearly 100 years too late
Sergeant Henry Johnson, a World War One veteran, is to receive the US military’s highest honor – the Medal of Honor. Henry actually died in 1929 and it is not until now that President Obama has...
View ArticleHollywood’s portrayal of the Vietnam War
Hundreds of Hollywood movies have documented the Vietnam War. Some are very powerful in educating the general public and younger generations about the war. However, there is a risk that they may be...
View ArticleThe Making Of We Were Soldiers
This is “the making off” We Were Soldiers, which includes original footage from the battle. We Were Soldiers is a 2002 war film that dramatizes the Battle of Ia Drang on November 14, 1965. The film is...
View ArticleMoH: a veteran of THREE wars – Lewis Millett Led the last major U.S. Bayonet...
Lewis Lee Millett Sr. (December 15, 1920 – November 14, 2009) was a United States Army officer who received the Medal of Honor during the Korean War for leading the last major American bayonet charge....
View ArticleWorst Battles In The History Of War
World War Two is certainly one of the worst wars for casualty numbers in recent memory. Here are five of the worst battles in the history of war. Attack on Gallipoli – 1915 [Via] British General Sir...
View Article10 Things You Probably Didn’t Know About ‘Full Metal Jacket’
When it comes to pop-culture allure and romanticized brutality, Stanley Kubrick’s “Full Metal Jacket” is arguably the most influential of all Vietnam War movies. R. Lee Ermey’s iconic portrayal of the...
View ArticleUsing Nukes in Vietnam? The US Military Considered And Rejected It!
In the middle of the Vietnam War, the US was considering using atomic bombs in order to end the frustration with being unable to control and overcome the Communist forces. But in 1966, a group of...
View ArticleOPEN ARMS, CLOSED MINDS AND EYES: CHIEU HOI, PSYOP, AND THE INTELLIGENCE...
This paper will explore the uses of Psychological Warfare (PSYOP) and efforts made to gain acceptance within the US military during the Cold War, and in particular the Vietnam conflict. Vietnam...
View ArticleThe Bell UH-1 Huey Gunship – Amazing Pictures and Assault Videos
The Bell UH-1 Iroquois (unofficially Huey) was the famous helicopter from the Vietnam War. The helicopter was developed by Bell Helicopter to meet the United States Army’s requirement for a medical...
View ArticleTop Vietnam War Movies – have you seen them all?
1. Apocalypse Now (1979) Not only one of the best Vietnam war movies, seems a long drawn out film but one of the best war movies full stop. 2. Full Metal Jacket (1987) One of the best from the late...
View ArticleA Vietnam War Sniper Crawled for 3 Days Across 2000m of Open Field, Killed...
“She was a bad woman,” Carlos Hathcock once said of the woman known as ‘Apache.’ “Normally kill squads would just kill a Marine and take his shoes or whatever, but the Apache was very sadistic. She...
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