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More than 30 Vietnam air cavalry veterans visited a contemporary air cavalry unit at Hunter Army Airfield in Savannah, Ga.
From the thundering rotors to the chaos below, Huey helicopters became the lifeline of the Vietnam War—and veteran John Lunn was right in the middle of it. Hear his gripping firsthand accounts of ...
On April 30, 1975, the Fall of Saigon effectively ended the Vietnam War. Dubuque’s Jerry Merrick recalls his service in ...
Fifty years ago this week, on April 30, 1975, Saigon, the capital of South Vietnam, fell to communist North Vietnamese forces ...
A brief recall of the history of Vietnam and how it helps us understand its triumph over the US Army. In addition, we review what happened to Vietnam after the war.
It took five decades — a span of forever, it seems — but I finally realized something this week about my childhood.
His country had fallen. The enemy was approaching. South Vietnamese Air Force Maj. Buang-Ly knew his life and the lives of his wife, and their five young children, ages 1 through 6, were in danger as ...
The fall of Saigon on April 30, 1975, marked the end of a 35-year war period that began with resistance against French ...
Greg Powell, co-founder of the Shock Trauma Air Rescue Service (STARS) that revolutionized emergency medical air ambulance ...
The AH-1 Cobra’s performance in Grenada underscored its value as a flexible and lethal platform in low-intensity conflicts.
After Arvin's death, a local youth organization memorialized the war hero by naming it's Ypsilanti gymnasium after him. That ...
I have to say it was terrifying,” said the retired Air Force officer. “It caused my brain to start looking upward to the ...