Vietnam | War History

Why The RAH-66 Comanche Was Doomed From The Start

The RAH-66 mid-flight

The RAH-66 Comanche was a twin-turbine, two-seat armed reconnaissance helicopter that couldn’t meet its high expectations. With intended missions of armed reconnaissance, light attack, and…

A Look at Vietnam War Movies

Hollywood always had trouble with the Vietnam War. The conflict divided the nation and had no easy story line for the screen. In 1968, John…

Recognizing the Women Who Served in Vietnam

In 1963, Claire Brisebois Starnes enlisted in the Signal Corps of the US Army. She was 17 years old and so skinny that she was…

Unclaimed Remains of Veterans Interred in Ceremony

A funeral service was held at Fort Logan National Cemetery in Denver, Colorado, for thirty veterans whose remains were never claimed after wars stretching back…

Bombed & Strafed By Friendly Fire This USCG Chief Took Charge and Saved Lives

War is always full of tragedies, but friendly fire incidents are often the worst. In 1966, while off the coast of Vietnam, a United States…

Vietnam Helicopter Exhibit Helps PTSD Veterans

Shot down in Vietnam in 1969; a “Huey” helicopter has found new life in Michigan as the canvas for a project by Kalamazoo native Steve…

Michael Herr Died – His Dispatches Brought The Vietnam War Home

“Dispatches is beyond politics, beyond rhetoric, beyond ‘pacification’ and body counts and the ‘psychotic vaudeville’ of Saigon press briefings. Its materials are fear and death,…

Volunteer Searches For Photos of Vietnam Veterans

Bobby Ray Bryant died in 1966 in Vietnam. He is one of 15 Vietnam veterans who do not have a photo with their online profile…

Australia Brings Vietnam Casualties Home

The first Australian killed in action in the Vietnam War has finally been returned home, more than fifty years after he died. Warrant Officer Kevin…

Battlefield 1 Almost Scrapped For Fears The Youth Does Not Know WWI Took Place

There was news last month that EA Studio head Patrick Soderlund received and initially rejected a pitch from DICE for Battlefield 1. The Cheif Financial…

The Battle I’ll Never Forget – Tony Nadal, Ia Drang Hero and Philosopher

Every Memorial Day, the AARP Studios release a film, this year the film was titled, “The Battle I’ll Never Forget’, and it tells the story…

VIETNAM – A View From The Front Lines – Review by Mark Barnes

The book on offer today is not new but it is a recent publication and utterly superior. There is a helpful quote from an American…