Let’s take a closer look at the fixed-wing, and rotary-wing, aircraft in Coppola’s masterpiece. The most prominently featured aircraft in Apocalypse Now is the Bell UH-1 Iroquois, known as the “Huey.” ...
The American-made Bulldog never saw action at the hands of U.S. tank crews, but it still saw combat. This coming April will mark the fiftieth anniversary of the end of the Vietnam War, and one of the ...
When I pitched a review of Hanoi’s massive new Vietnam Military History Museum to the Saigoneer editorial staff, I expected to find the museum somewhat boring. After all, although I am a historian, I ...
The RAF base still has a few of its original buildings still standing including the barracks, which feature in an Oscar nominated film. The area for RAF Bassingbourn was chosen because it was swampy ...
In "Vietnam," Broyles, a screenwriter who went on to create the 1980s TV series "China Beach," and one of those platoon members share their reflections on those tense times, as they emotionally ...