To protect them from the stress of war, draftees served in Vietnam for just over a year. As victory did not appear to be in sight, surviving this period became the soldiers' main objective. As one marine explained: "You developed a survival mentality. You stop thinking about what you're...
The bombings are kept under wraps by Nixon and his administration since Cambodia is officially neutral in the war, although The New York Times would reveal the operation on May 9, 1969. • April-June 1970: U.S. and South Vietnamese forces attack communist bases across the Cambodian border...
On April 1, US forces began Operation Pegasus to relieve the Marines at Khe Sanh. This saw elements of the 1st and 3rd Marine Regiments strike up Route 9 towards Khe Sanh, while the 1st Air Cavalry Division moved by helicopter to capture key terrain features along the line of advance. ...
The Patrol Boat Riverine was one of the most important fighting vessels that played a key role in protecting U.S. troops during the Vietnam War.
crowded outside the U.S. Embassy in hopes of boarding one of the Marine helicopters carrying people to safety.This iconic image, taken by Dutch journalist Hubert van Es, perfectly captured the desperate and ignominious withdrawal from Saigon.Read more about iconic images of the Vietnam War era...
LBJ's Path to War *** • Moyers (PBS video) • Pt. 2 • Escalation Who's Who • Escalation Timeline (w/ audio) • More detail • Finding LBJ Audio Resources "Peace Without Conquest" Speech (7 Apr 65) • Alt Marine Landing & Buildup, 1965 • E-book • Mo...
复活节攻势(The Easter Offensive),北越方面称之为1972年春夏攻势(The 1972 Spring - Summer Offensive ,越南语:Chiến dịch Xuân Hè 1972),这次攻势在南越有“火红之夏”(Red fiery summer ,越南语:Mùa hè đỏ lửa)的称号。复活节攻势是在1972年3月30日至10月22日间由北越人民军(People...
Ronald Winter is the author of four books including the just-released Victory Betrayed, Operation Dewey Canyon, US Marines in Vietnam, a non-fiction account of the last major, and extraordinarily successful, Marine battle of the Vietnam War.
COLORADO VIETNAM WAR MEMORIAL Go Combat Action Badge (Army)Display Recognition and Hardware Go COMBAT ACTION BAR, MERCHANT MARINE Combat Action Ribbon InformationDisplay Recognition and Hardware Go COMBAT ACTION RIBBON INFORMATIONDisplay Recognition Go Combat Air Patrol Go Combat Airlift in SEA Go Combat...
The Vietnam War (Vietnamese: Chiến tranh Việt Nam), also known as the Second Indochina War, and in Vietnam as the Resistance War Against America (Vietnamese: Kháng chiến chống Mỹ) or simply the American War, was a conflict in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia ...