This costly conflict spanned generations—and its brutal legacy endures. But why did the bloodshed go on for so long?
As a young man, Lon Holmberg was a staunch critic of the Vietnam War, even protesting America’s involvement in the conflict. But when Holmberg was called to duty via the military draft, despite his ...
A bridge has been dedicated to 1st Lt. Lee F. Clickner, among the 136 Bucks County military members killed while serving in Vietnam.
READING, Pa. - This year marks the 37th anniversary of Reading's Vietnam War Memorial, which the city recently helped get some upgrades. Last fall and earlier this year the city refurbished the ...
HONOLULU (Island News) -- Fourteen Vietnam War veterans from Hawaii returned from an Honor Flight to Washington, D.C., where they visited memorials dedicated to their service and sacrifice. These ...
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France Starts the Vietnam War
In 1946, tensions in Indochina explode into full-scale war. As France struggles to reclaim its empire, Ho Chi Minh’s Viet Minh fight for independence, setting the stage for a brutal conflict that will ...
To his friends in Langhorne, Lee Clickner was “Pee Wee” — he was small and weighed just 112 pounds when he entered the U.S. Army during the Vietnam war. That name was forgotten by all but childhood ...
The April 1975 effort matched more than 2,800 infants and children evacuated from Vietnam with adoptive families. Today, the adoptees are searching for clues to their past—and reflecting on the ...
Protests swept campuses after the war began. But tough discipline, pushed by Republicans, curbed a student movement that was one of the largest since the Vietnam War. By Anemona Hartocollis ...
In the spring of 1968, Donald P. Gervais’s helicopter crashed into a ravine in the dangerous A Shau Valley in the Republic of Vietnam. He was declared missing in action (MIA) for 10 years until the ...
The following editorial is from the opinion page of The Republican newspaper in Springfield. It reflects views of the newspaper’s leadership and not necessarily those of MassLive. Readers are invited ...
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