Fifty-four years ago, a group of commandos fought for their lives in a small valley in one of the boldest special operations ...
Australian troops return to Bien Hoa Airbase north of Saigon after search and destroy operation with US and Vietnamese troops in 1965.Fairfax Media via Getty Images/Fairfax Media via Getty Images via ...
Here’s What You Need To Remember: In the meantime, the Navy sent the salvage vessel USS Reclaimer and the tug USS Tawakoni to Saigon Port to begin pumping water out of the sunken vessel. Despite poor ...
Here’s What You Need To Remember: The aftermath of the attack on the Card rallied American rescue and salvage crews to deal with a severe crisis. The American brass and Pres. Lyndon Johnson wanted to ...
Near the end of the war in Vietnam, an American-built Northrop F-5 fighter in South Vietnamese markings dropped bombs on the South Vietnamese Independence Palace shortly before the fall of Saigon.
Despite the many special-ops chronicles of recent""walk-overs"" in the Middle East, the Vietnam war is still the mythic heartland of great commando literature. A case in point is this gripping memoir ...
The US military has thousands of aircraft that can launch attacks and support conventional operations, from the futuristic F-35 and F-22 fighters to the venerable A-10 and AC-130 close air support ...
During the Vietnam War, US troops were supported by forces from several allied countries. Australia and New Zealand sent special-operations troops to fight alongside US commandos. The Australian and ...