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‘Don’t Shoot the Rubber Trees!’ – Vet Recalls Absurd Rules-of-Engagement GIs Faced in Vietnam War
“Artillery ruined the rubber trees, which cost money. That the policy also cost lives, American lives, seemed to be a secondary concern.” By Jeff Danziger ANY VIETNAM vet will remember an instance – either hideous…
American Infantry Weapons of the Vietnam War
By Sam Bocetta AMERCIAN SOLDIERS went into battle in Vietnam armed with more than a dozen different types of infantry weapons. Many were throwbacks to earlier conflicts; others were new and untested. Here is a…
Flight F-BELV – The Mystery of the Only Lost Plane Never Recovered from the Vietnam War
“Why did it take the authorities three decades to renew its interest in the incident?” The 1954 Geneva Accords partitioned Vietnam into two countries: the communist North and the western-aligned South. International Commission for Supervision…
America Wasn’t the Only Foreign Power in the Vietnam War
“While the conflict is largely remembered as a contest between North and South Vietnam with the United States intervening on behalf of the latter, both factions enjoyed considerable help from a host of other world powers both…
‘Folly From the Start’ — Revisiting America’s Fatally Flawed Thinking About the War in Vietnam
“If a free election were run in South Vietnam, President Eisenhower observed, Ho Chi Minh would have won by a landslide.” By Sergio Miller NOBODY HAS EVER won a war by spinning, nor will they….
‘Agents Unknown’ – Filmmaker Reveals America’s Secret Spy War in Vietnam
“To understand the war better, it’s necessary to know why combat decisions were made, and how those decisions were the product of good or bad intelligence.” WHY DID THE United States lose in Vietnam? Was…
