In 1965, two battalions of US Marines were deployed to protect military bases at Da Nang ... into the jungle and villages of Vietnam to ‘take the war to the enemy’. This often meant soldiers ...
In Water on the Moon, Frederick M. “Skip” Burkle, Jr., MD recounts his life from childhood up to 2024, when he was 83. Having been drafted during the ...
The base was redesignated Fort Novosel in 2023 ... a Medal of Honor recipient whose extraordinary heroism during the Vietnam War saved the lives of 29 men.
Vietnam had been a French colony close colonyA country, state or territory ruled over by another country, state or territory. before it was occupied by the Japanese during World War Two.
"Which army base do you work at ... would call and we could get clearance and go out. The protocols of war were liquid in Vietnam. It wasn't my mother's war. It felt amorphous.
More than forty years after its conclusion, the Vietnam War is a persistent wound on the American psyche. It is a war that divided families and communities, and sparked massive protests on college ...