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Nick Turse, Kill Anything That Moves
More than 10 years of research and 80 pages of references testify to the comprehensiveness of Nick Turse’s journalistic history of the Vietnam war, Kill Anything That Moves (Picador, 416 pages, $17)....
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A very brief history of the U.S. use of chemical weapons
During the The Vietnam War (1955-1975), the US used Napalm and Agent Orange as their major chemical weapons between 1965 and 1972. The US dropped more than 400,000 tons of Napalm on mostly civilian...
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US General Westmoreland: Troop Butcher or Not?
He was in command of the Military Assistance Command, Vietnam (MACV) for four years, between 1964 and 1968. At the time he was criticized for his approach, for insisting on adopting massive...
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40 Years Later: Skin Cancer is Still a Linger Effect of Agent Orange
On January 28, 2014, the Medical Press ran a story that linked Agent Orange to skin cancer. Veterans of the Vietnam War who may have been exposed to the herbicide, Agent Orange, could be at a higher...
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USS Forrestal, First US Supercarrier, Begins Trip to Scrapyard
The USS Forrestal, the U.S. Navy’s first supercarrier, headed out Tuesday for a Texas scrapyard. After failing to sell the long-decommissioned Forrestal, the Pentagon paid a penny for the ship to be...
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Dr. Leveque Sheds Light On US War Veterans
First Sergeant Cory Remberg is one of the best (or worst?) examples of how America has betrayed some of the best troops who fought in our most eye-brow raising wars. Sergeant Remberg attended...
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Medic Geoffrey Morris, awarded Silver Star for saving lives in Vietnam
Don Moores War Tales report: Geoffrey Morris of Venice. Fla. was a consciousness objector who volunteered to become a medic with the 237th Medical Detachment. He flew out of Quang Tri, Vietnam in...
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Vietnam’s Eternal Flames: The Zippo as Much More Than a Keepsake
It could be argued that the Vietnam War was one of the most controversial events in all of American history–with all of its political and personal upsets. This war was fought between the communist...
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2,4-D Herbicide, a chemical used in Agent Orange, could fuel the upsurge of...
The Agent Orange made a mark in history owing to the employment of the chemical during the Vietnam War. It is one of the nine Rainbow Herbicides used to raze forests and farmlands all over Vietnam....
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Museum seeking Vietnam War artifacts
The Besser Museum for Northeast Michigan needs some assistance. News Photo by Diane Speer Facilities and Exhibits Manager Randy Shultz is in the process of putting together an exhibit that pays...
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Kim Phuc: Life after Napalm
The woman in this photograph is Kim Phuc. The name may not sound familiar; but when you see the iconic photograph from her childhood, you will remember her. It can be very difficult to find...
View ArticleThis Centurion tank first survives a nuclear test and went to fight a war
The test was codenamed Operation Totem, and was one of a number of British atomic tests carried out in remote areas of Australia during the 1950s. While the primary focus of these tests was the...
View ArticleVietnam War F-105 jet almost finished
A veteran of the Vietnam war, this F-105 Thunderchief is finally retiring. “It’s to honor them and their time that they served for the United States, and their sacrifices for them and their families,”...
View ArticleThe Australian Film, The Rocket, Banned in Laos
The Rocket, an Australian film, is banned in Laos—the country in which the film takes place. This sheds an odd light on the story that is depicted. Throughout The Rocket, the CIAs 1960s mysterious war...
View ArticleA Look Into the Vietnam Tunnels
Huyh Van Chia was only 17 years old when he began to fight as a guerilla soldier in the Vietnam War. When he turned 21, he lost both an eye and a arm when he was shot by the enemy after shooting at a...
View ArticleVietnam calls for international help in clearing wartime UXOs
Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has asked international sponsors to join Vietnam’s efforts to rid the country of unexploded ordnance (UXO) that still kills and injures thousands of people every year....
View ArticleUS Vietnam War veteran with cancer receives claims for exposure to Agent...
Loaded: A U.S. Marine Corps helicopter sits by unidentified barrels at Naha Military Port in the late ’60s. | COURTESY OF MICHAEL JONES Another former service member was granted compensation for...
View ArticleVietnam, US inspect site for search of US MIA
Vietnamese and US representatives inspected an excavation site to search for US troop remains from the Vietnam War in the Central Highlands province of Kon Tum Tuesday. Representatives from Vietnam’s...
View ArticleBusting myths about the Vietnam War
This column is in response to the letter to the editor submitted by Jerry McKay “Soldier spitting likely a myth,” published Tuesday, March 11, on the Calaveras Enterprise Opinion page. As a Vietnam War...
View ArticleLas Vegas veteran helps tell Charlie Company story of Vietnam War
“There’s one thing worse than death. That’s when you anticipate dying every step you make.” That’s how Willie McTear summed up the year he endured Vietnam’s Mekong Delta in 1967 with Charlie Company,...
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