In an Unsteady Peace, Soldiers Built Bridges With Hankies, C Rations, and Salami
Our officers told us almost every week that North Korea could resume hostilities at any moment, with or without a reason. It was our job to be ready.
Entries by Marvin J. Wolf
If There Was No Iwo Jima Airfield, I’d Have Been on My Knees Praying
We stop in darkness; as engines whine into silence, our senior officer calls out, “Leave everything except headgear and weapons.” Something is very wrong.
Explosives, a Couple of Flamethrowers, and No Ordinary Men Against a Forbidding Jungle
The ships with our 437 helicopters would reach Qui Nhon harbor in about four weeks. They needed a place to land.
Remembering Journalist Sam Castan and His Deadly Ride with Crazy Horse
“Memories of Sam’s death haunted me for decades,” writes a former Army public affairs officer about the death of a journalist during the Vietnam War.
