Though Nixon initiated Operation Linebacker II, a bombing campaign against North Vietnam coinciding with the Christmas ...
Craig Honour and Jack "Fingers" Ensch were naval aviators during the Vietnam War, and on a recent afternoon they spoke of how wonderful it is to be flying — as long as no one is shooting at you. "I ...
Key Point: Had it not been for the U.S. Air Force and Navy, the Vietnam War might have ended in the spring of 1972 with North Vietnamese tanks in the streets of Saigon. It was forty-five years ago, on ...
ROANOKE, Va. – Three months before the 1972 presidential election, Richard Nixon and Henry Kissinger huddled together in the Oval Office to discuss when and how to get out of Vietnam. Despite a ...
To the editor: Jane Fonda's actions arguably triggered the end of the Vietnam War. ("Why L.A. County's 'Jane Fonda Day' declaration was so astoundingly insensitive," Opinion, May 9) As a Vietnam War ...
Diane Evans, a Northfield woman, took part in a 1,200-mile bicycle journey from Hanoi to Ho Chi Minh City, the former Saigon. Evans, an Army combat nurse, was the primary catalyst in establishing the ...
As Americans head into the holiday season, we also approach a significant historical milestone from the U.S. war in Vietnam: the 50th anniversary of the final U.S. air offensive on North Vietnam, an ...
Fifty years ago in Del Mar 39 people were arrested and four injured after demonstrators set fire to a pile of timbers on the train tracks to protest the transport of munitions to San Diego’s military ...
Afloat with the Seventh Fleet -- The NVA invades -- The fall of Quang Tri City -- Bat 21 -- The Seventh Fleet counterattacks -- B-52s return to the North -- MiGs and the Redeye missile -- Mining ...