Wikipedia describes Nose art as a decorative painting or design on the fuselage of a military aircraft, usually chalked up on the front fuselage, and is a form of aircraft graffiti. While begun for…
On June 7, 2015, I posted "Painting the Vietnam War, Part 1" as a very short and very general overview of the history of the Vietnam War. To...
13 Feb 1968, Hue, South Vietnam --- Color original Hue, South Vietnam U.S. Marine Congregate in back of tank, on residential street, which fires over an outer wall of the citadel. --- Image by © Bettmann/CORBIS
The Vietnam War was a Cold War-era proxy war that occurred in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia from 1 November 1955 to the fall of Saigon on 30 April 1975.
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The battle for Saigon. 1968. The First Battle of Saigon, fought during the Tet Offensive of the Vietnam War, was the coordinated attack by communist forces, including both the North Vietnamese Army and the Viet Cong (VC), against Saigon, the capital of South Vietnam. Philip Jones Griffiths/Magnum Photos
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Regular US combat units were deployed to Vietnam beginning in 1965, and while America's direct military involvement ended on August 15, 1973, the last soldiers left Vietnam on March 29, 1975. Here, take a look back at how some of the military action was portrayed stateside by Newsweek magazine.
The Vietnam War (1954–75) was a conflict that pitted the communist government of North Vietnam and its allies in South Vietnam, the Viet Cong, against South Vietnam and its principal ally, the United States. It was part of a larger regional conflict as well as a manifestation of the Cold War.
04 Apr 1968, Near Khe Sanh, South Vietnam --- 4/4/1968-Near Khe Sanh, South Vietnam- First Cavalry men, many with head wounds, wait to be evacuated from a hilltop along route #9, during their advance toward Khe Sanh. --- Image by © Bettmann/CORBIS
When speaking about the Vietnam War what image comes to mind first? Every war has some iconic machines that exceeded expectations. For the Vietnam War
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The Vietnam War was a Cold War-era proxy war that occurred in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia from 1 November 1955 to the fall of Saigon on 30 April 1975.
2/1/1968- Hue, South Vietnam: Vietcong attack the "Tet Offensive": Dodging bullets, US Marines take refuge behind trees and a tank on a battle-scarred street.
On the 40th anniversary of the end of the war, a look back at a groundbreaking photo essay that revealed the realities of the conflict
Wikipedia describes Nose art as a decorative painting or design on the fuselage of a military aircraft, usually chalked up on the front fuselage, and is a form of aircraft graffiti. While begun for…
Le Minh Khai's SEAsian History Blog Competing Representations of the Nation in 1970s Vietnam leminhkhai.wordpress.com/2012/07/24/competing-representat...
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Even though the Vietnam War, which raged from November 1955 to April 1975, is often looked upon mainly as a helicopter and bomber war due to the sheer
F-4 MiG Killer! The story of the only VF-31's aerial victory of the Vietnam War
On the 40th anniversary of the end of the war, a look back at a groundbreaking photo essay that revealed the realities of the conflict
1968, South Vietnam, Southeast Asia --- South Vietnam: U. S. Marines CH-46 helicopter prepares to land to pick up load of supplies. --- Image by © Bettmann/CORBIS
On November 4, 1965, some Vietnamese came across a very strange object that looked as if it had been dropped from the sky. Was it a bomb? Well, it had
On the 40th anniversary of the end of the war, a look back at a groundbreaking photo essay that revealed the realities of the conflict
Larry Burrows covered Vietnam for Life magazine from 1962 until he was killed there in 1971. To mark the 40th anniversary of the end of the war, here is a selection of his astonishing pictures
Fifty years ago, in March 1965, 3,500 U.S. Marines landed in South Vietnam, the first American combat troops on the ground in a conflict that had been building for decades.
The Vietnam War was a long, costly and divisive conflict that pitted the communist government of North Vietnam against South Vietnam and its principal ally, the United States.
