Sammy L. Davis: The Real Forrest Gump
While it might be disappointing to find out that there was no single individual who became a football star at Alabama, received the Medal of…
Helicopter Pilot Who Stopped My Lai Massacre Was Called A Traitor In America & Almost Court-Martialed
On 16 March 1968, Hugh Thompson, Jr., Glenn Andreotta, and Lawrence Colburne did their best to protect Vietnamese civilians from being slaughtered. In return for their…
Vietnam War Prisoner’s Package Sent Home after 40 Years
The wife of a Vietnam War veteran and prisoner of war has received the letters and personal items that she sent to her husband during…
Vietnam MIAs Accounted for and Returned to their Hometowns
It’s been 40 years since the end of the Vietnam War, but there are still over 1,500 men who served there whose bodies remain unaccounted…
‘It made me a wiser person’ Marine Corps veteran discusses lessons from service during Vietnam War
By Jeremy P. Ämick While attending Lincoln University in Jefferson City, Mo., in the fall of 1965, Ron Saucier and a group of friends decided…
What Kissinger Really Thought About Vietnam
Many people believe that Henry Kissinger supported the war in Vietnam throughout the 1960’s, and that was the reason Richard Nixon made him National Security…
Vietnam War CIA agents turned to Sears catalogue for payment
During the Vietnam War stories have emerged of Central Investigation Agency (CIA) operatives offering American goods in return for information. Jon Wiant was one of…
How Vietnam War POW Doug Hegdahl Tricked His Captors by Playing a Fool and Memorized the Names Of 256 POWs Of His Camp
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…
40th anniversary commemorations of the Vietnam War
Booby trap. Photo credit On the 40th anniversary of the end of the Vietnam War, the country is looking to commemorate and remember its violent…
Those left behind – Army veteran discusses combat service with Vietnamese Rangers
By Jeremy P. Amick The stories of veterans can often vary among the different branches of services and the types of military duties for which…
US Army Vietnam War recruiter recalls his role as ‘Death Angel’
Harry Spiller was a Vietnam War recruiter for the US Army and he has now talked for the first time about his experiences after becoming…
‘White Feather’ – America’s Vietnam War Sniper
Carlos Hathcock wore a white feather in his bush hat as he “wormed” his way through the jungle, following North Vietnam Army personnel during the…