In August 1968, I turned 22 years old, and for the first time in my life I was eligible to vote in a presidential election. The only problem was that I was in Vietnam and when I suggested to my boss that I be given some time off to return to New York to cast […]
Vietnam War
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Vietnam Was Scary Enough. Friday the 13th Added To Our Fear
Superstition blankets a platoon of soldiers as they hunt and fight the Viet Cong on Friday the 13th.
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What Caused Maurice’s PTSD: The Vietnam War or Being Black in America?
The partner of a Vietnam War veteran wonders what role race and war played in his PTSD diagnoses.
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On a Remote Military Base During the Vietnam War, Books Offered an Escape
During the Vietnam War, an Air Force radio operator becomes the librarian of a remote base in the Philippines.
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The Fight After the Fight: My Dad’s War Didn’t End When He Left Vietnam
The daughter of a Marine who fought in the Vietnam War talks about what it’s like growing up with a father who suffered from PTSD and cancer.
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The Bonus Army of World War I Fought for Their Pay. Now, Veterans Are Fighting For Their Jobs
Veterans to gather in Washington D.C. to protest the Trump administration’s cuts to Veterans Affairs and federal jobs. Jon Stewart among the speakers.
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Their Bombs Destroyed–and Still Threaten–Villages. Vietnam-Era Veterans Are Going Back to Help and Heal
Veterans find healing by helping rebuild from the destruction the U.S. military left in Laos during the CIA’s “secret war.”
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I Left My Platoon a Day Early. I Listened as the Viet Cong Killed My Replacement
Army soldier listens over the radio as Viet Cong guerrillas shoot his replacement during Vietnam War
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Veterans Reunite with ‘Precious Cargo’ 50 Years After the Fall of Saigon
Woman who escaped the fall of Saigon as a toddle finds the veterans that helped her resettle in America
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Easter in Vietnam: Eggs, Orphans, and Too Much Warm Beer
Air Force team stationed in Vietnam dyes Easter eggs for Catholic orphanage and helps bridge a cultural divide.
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Norman Mailer Was Looking for a Fight. I Just Wanted Someone to Understand My Service in Vietnam.
Army veteran almost got in a fight with Norman Mailer when the American writerasked him to describe his service in the Vietnam War.
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Fifty-Two Years After a US Spy Plane Was Shot Down Over Laos, a Family Still Fights For Answers
The peace treaty was signed. Prisoners of war were coming home. The last thing America needed was an international incident.
